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Neighborhood Villages is a Massachusetts systems-change non-profit working to create a future in which all families have access to affordable, high-quality early education and care. Despite the critical role early childhood education plays in the lives and prospects of children and families, it has long been undervalued in the United States and, as a result, the sector has been starved of the resources it needs to provide quality programming at affordable rates to families.
Our mission is to transform our existing, inadequate early education sector into an equitable, accessible high quality system and to demonstrate that achieving such a system is possible.
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Open Positions
Policy Analyst
The Policy Analyst, reporting to the Chief of Policy, will be responsible for supporting Neighborhood Villages’ state and national child care policy portfolio. In Massachusetts and nationally, there are significant opportunities for reforming our early education and care sector. The Policy Analyst will be immersed in the policy landscape, contribute to Neighborhood Villages’ policy positions and resources, and produce related data analyses and writing.
Apprenticeship Program Coordinator
The Apprenticeship Program Coordinator will be responsible for supporting the Apprenticeship Program and will report to Neighborhood Villages' Director of Apprenticeships. The successful candidate will be responsible for providing high-level administrative support to the Apprenticeship Program, including recruitment and registration of program participants; serving as point of contact for participants, their mentors, and employers; collecting and organizing required paperwork; and providing technical assistance for participants throughout the program. The Apprenticeship Program Coordinator will ensure participants enrolled in the program have a seamless experience from start to finish. Candidates should be self-directed, able to manage multiple tasks simultaneously, and able to thrive in a dynamic and fast-paced environment.
PLI Early Childhood Consultant Coach
The Playful Learning Institute (PLI) Consultant Coach position is a grant-funded part-time 1099 Consulting position, currently funded through June 2026 with the possibility for further renewal, with oversite by the Project Manager, who subsequently reports to the Senior Director of Early Education Support at Neighborhood Villages. The PLI coach provides comprehensive coaching and professional development support around the Playful Learning practices, which include Read Aloud Text Talks, Center and Studios, Thinking and Feedback, Writing, Storytelling and Story Acting, Community Meeting.
These practices have been developed in collaboration with the Boston Public Schools Department of Early Childhood in alignment with the Focus on Early Learning curriculum. The coaching focuses on Massachusetts’ elementary and secondary districts and involves delivering high-quality, tailored support and development assistance on playful learning to educators and administrators in these districts, covering coaching, facilitation, debriefing assessments, and outcome measurement. The PLI coach will specifically be assigned to collaborate with district schools under the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) purview.