EAE (GSA) Support Consultant

General Information

JOB TITLE:

(GSA) Support Consultant(Employee Agreement)

FTE: Contract hourly position average 20 hours/week $25-40/hr depending on experience

Contract: Dec 1 2025- July 31 2026 (with possibility of renewal in SY 26-27 starting August 2026)

Department: BPS Office of Health and Wellness & Department of Social Work

Reports to: LGBTQ Student Support Manager & ETTH Grant Coordinator

Background:

In a district-wide strategic effort to address health inequities that interfere with academic success the Boston Public Schools (BPS) Office of Health and Wellness (OHW) in collaboration with the Department of Social Work and Health Services receives funding from the Center for Disease Control for the Empowering Teens Through Health (ETTH) Grant. The ETTH grant aims to improve the behaviors and experiences of middle and high school students and reduce disparities in sexual risk behavior substance use experience of violence poor mental health and suicidality by supporting schools to deliver high-quality health education increase access to needed health services including behavioral and mental health services create safe and supportive school environments.

Position Summary & Responsibilities:. The GSA Support Consultant will work within the BPS Health and Wellness Office and Department of Social Work to strengthen and/or expand BPS GSAs and promote LGBTQ initiatives district wide. This includes the following key responsibilities:

1. Support BPS Gender and Sexualities Alliances

• Build capacity of middle and high school-based staff to advise and facilitate GSA meetings
• Meet one on one with individual GSA advisors to provide best practices for facilitating a GSA supporting LGBTQ students and providing BPS-specific resources
• Attend school-based GSA meetings as availability allows
• Host monthly district-wide GSA Advisor Meetings
• Connect GSA advisors with local partner organizations as needed
• Develop content for regular GSA newsletter to advisors and partners

1. Support planning and delivery of district-wide LGBTQ Awareness Events

• Plan and organize BPSs annual LGBTQ Student Summit in collaboration with the LGBTQ Student Support Manager and ETTH Grant Coordinator
• Develop additional student-focused events

1. Collaborate with community partners focused on supporting LGBTQ youth

• Build relationships with new and existing community partners throughout Boston and Massachusetts (including Safe Schools Greater Boston PFLAG etc.)
• Attend regular coalition meetings and other community events as needed
• Serve as connection between community partners and BPS schools

QUALIFICATIONS - REQUIRED:

• Experience working in or with schools especially in an urban setting
• Experience working with LGBTQ youth
• Experience coordinating and implementing projects events and professional development
• 1-2 years of written and oral communications work such as promotions
• Excellent planning and organizational skills with a strong attention to detail
• Self-motivated with excellent organizational and time management skills
• Ability to maintain a flexible schedule to enable participation in school-based events that may occur in the evenings
• Enthusiasm for working in a fast-paced environment and flexibility in performing multiple duties that apply to the success of the grant
• Ability to engage with others in conversations about race culture racism and racial equity
• An understanding of the principles of equity at multiple levels (e.g. racial ethnicity gender sexual orientation health ability) and the need for antiracist policies and practices
• Proficiency with Microsoft programs (Word PowerPoint and Publisher) and Google Workspace

QUALIFICATIONS - PREFERRED:

• Experience working in the greater Boston youth community
• Has a drivers license
• Experience with GSAs

BPS values linguistic diversity and believes that candidates who speak another language bring added value to the classroom school and district culture and diversity. BPS is particularly interested in candidates who are fluent in the following major languages: Spanish Cabo Verdean Creole Haitian Creole Chinese Vietnamese.

The Boston Public Schools in accordance with its nondiscrimination policies does not discriminate in its programs facilities or employment or educational opportunities on the basis of race color age criminal record (inquiries only) disability homelessness sex/gender gender identity religion national origin ancestry sexual orientation genetics or military status and does not tolerate any form of retaliation or bias-based intimidation threat or harassment that demeans individuals dignity or interferes with their ability to learn or work.

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