Community Engagement & Outreach Senior Manager in Cambridge, Massachusetts at Boston Area Rape Crisis Center

Job Title: Community Engagement & Outreach Senior Manager

Department: External Relations

Reports to: External Relations Senior Director

Position Status: Full-time (32 hour workweek); Exempt

Location: Cambridge, Boston Area (hybrid: minimum two days in office)

Work Schedule: 32 hours per week

Salary Range: $65,000-$75,000; commensurate with experience

Application deadline: Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis until the position is filled.

BARCC Overview

Founded in 1973, the Boston Area Rape Crisis Center (BARCC) is the oldest and largest rape crisis center in New England, serving as the only comprehensive center for survivors of sexual violence in the Greater Boston Area. BARCC’s mission is to end sexual violence through healing, empowerment, and social change. BARCC empowers survivors of sexual violence to help find healing and seek justice in ways that are meaningful to them and works to provide education and advocacy needed to create social change and prevent sexual violence. We rely on our dedicated staff to do this important work, and our team is growing!

The External Relations team plays a critical role in advancing BARCC's mission by building the resources, relationships, and visibility necessary to sustain and grow our work. We are a collaborative, mission-driven team that values initiative, accountability, creativity, and shared ownership of outcomes.

Position Overview

BARCC is seeking a highly motivated, hands-on Community Engagement & Outreach Senior Manager to play a central role in strengthening the organization’s relationships across the communities BARCC serves. Reporting to the Senior Director of External Relations, this role is a key member of the External Relations team responsible for leading community outreach, partnership development, prevention education and training, and public engagement efforts.

This is a highly engaged, roll-up-your-sleeves role for someone who thrives in a relationship-driven, mission-focused environment and takes pride in building meaningful connections that advance impact. The Community Engagement & Outreach Senior Manager works across departments, manages complex collaborative projects, and brings initiative, adaptability, and strong follow-through to all aspects of the work.

The role ensures that BARCC’s community presence, training efforts, and outreach strategies are aligned, inclusive, and responsive to evolving community needs: directly supporting BARCC’s mission of ending sexual violence through healing and social change.

Work Environment

BARCC's staff, operations, hours, and location vary by function, type of work, and work style. This is a 32-hour per week full-time position. This position will work in a hybrid schedule with a minimum of two days on-site. Attendance at occasional evening or weekend events at BARCC offices and off-site may be required for this position. BARCC will engage in an interactive process regarding reasonable accommodations.

Key Responsibilities

Community engagement and partnership development

• Develop and implement strategies to deepen community engagement and expand BARCC’s visibility and relationships across diverse communities.
• Cultivate and manage partnerships with community organizations, institutions, and stakeholders to advance BARCC’s mission.
• Plan and oversee designated community collaboration projects, including managing workflows, timelines, and deliverables.
• Diplomatically manage relationships with partner agencies, ensuring shared goals are upheld and decisions are made collaboratively.
• Represent BARCC at community events, coalitions, and public forums.

Prevention education and training

• Coordinate and support delivery of prevention education initiatives and community-based training programs.
• Plan and facilitate collaboration meetings that are accessible, inclusive, and grounded in BARCC’s values.
• Develop and deliver trainings to raise awareness about sexual violence and prevention, including curricula, resource manuals, and other materials.
• Serve as a liaison between community partners and program staff to align outreach, education, and service needs.
• Identify opportunities to expand training reach and strengthen community-based prevention efforts.
• Coordinate training requests for our Survivor Speakers Bureau (SSB).
• Collaborate with staff to provide orientation and training for survivors to join our SSB.

Product and resource development

• Write, design, and develop a wide range of products for internal and external use, such as curricula, resource guides, fact sheets, and toolkits, in collaboration with BARCC staff and partner organizations.
• Support planning and execution of community-facing events, awareness campaigns, and engagement activities.
• Collaborate with External Relations and program teams to ensure all products and events reflect survivor-centered, inclusive practices.

Data tracking and systems management

• Track community partnerships, outreach efforts, training data, and project budgets to ensure accurate reporting and impact measurement.
• Utilize data platforms to document engagement activities and support cross-department coordination.
• Manage grant reporting requirements and communicate with funders as applicable.
• Contribute to development of systems and workflows that strengthen community engagement infrastructure.

Event and communications support

• Partner with the Senior Director of External Relations and Development Manager to support integrated supporter communications strategies.
• Provide support to events and initiatives
• Surface program stories, community insights, and engagement data that support survivor narratives.

Internal collaboration and organizational citizenship

• Serve as a bridge between programs, External Relations, and leadership to ensure alignment across outreach, training, and community priorities.
• Model accountability, initiative, and collaborative leadership.
• Act as an ambassador of BARCC’s mission and values in all community-facing work.
• Participate in departmental, organization-wide, and external meetings and events as needed.
• Supervise interns and volunteers as assigned.
• Perform other duties in support of organizational priorities.

Physical Requirements & Essential Functions

• The role may involve remaining in a stationary position for periods of time during calls, meetings, and general role responsibilities.
• This role requires the ability to work comfortably with databases, spreadsheets and cloud-based tools.
• This role requires the ability to communicate with community partners and colleagues through multiple formats, as well as use a computer, phone and other office equipment.
• Ability to handle confidential information with discretion and professionalism.

Required Qualifications

• At least three years of experience in community engagement, outreach, partnership development, nonprofit program management, or related roles.
• Demonstrated experience coordinating training programs, facilitation, or community-based education initiatives.
• Strong project management skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities, budgets, and deadlines.
• Comfort working in a hands-on role that includes both strategic thinking and day-to-day execution.
• Experience working with CRM or supporter databases.
• Strong written, verbal, and facilitation skills.
• Ability to work independently while thriving in a highly collaborative team environment.
• Commitment to equity, inclusion, and survivor-centered values.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bilingual in English and Spanish
• Experience in sexual violence prevention, social justice, disability justice, or human services organizations.
• Experience supervising or mentoring staff, interns, or volunteers.
• Experience developing curricula, training materials, or community resources.

Benefits and incentives

At BARCC, we understand the hard work and dedication necessary to support our mission-driven organization, which is why we are committed to ensuring our employees are healthy, happy, and secure. We offer the following benefits:

• 32-hour work week designed to promote healthy work-life balance
• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans offered at 85% employer paid
• Generous Paid Time Off (PTO): 12 vacation days, 15 paid sick days, minimum 14 paid holidays, two personal days, and two religious holidays per year
• Parental Leave and Massachusetts Paid Family Medical Leave Act (PFMLA) benefits
• Health and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
• 403(b) retirement plan
• Commuter benefits
• Professional Development Allowance and other perks
• Public Service Loan Forgiveness eligible employer
• The opportunity to make meaningful change and improve the lives of others through mission-driven work, at all levels of the organization.

Hiring process and timeline

Please submit your resume and cover letter via our online application system. We want to get to know you as the incredible professional you are and ask that your cover letter not be written by AI. No phone calls, please. The full hiring process will include a phone-screen, first-round virtual interview and a final team interview with skills assessment. Reasonable accommodation is provided upon request.

Employment is contingent upon satisfactory completion of any background checks required by applicable law, regulation, contract, or funding requirement. Information obtained through a background check will be considered in accordance with applicable law and BARCC policy, including an individualized assessment where required.

BARCC is an equal opportunity employer committed to workforce diversity and hiring people with diverse life experiences. Survivors, people who are bilingual/bicultural, persons of color, people with disabilities, and LGBTQIA+ people are encouraged to apply