Join Our Team
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.
Inspired? Join our team!
Vice President of Development
Neighborhood Villages is searching for a Vice President of Development to play a pivotal role in shaping and advancing the organization's fundraising efforts as it approaches its first full decade of service to families and child care providers in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The Vice President will be responsible for meeting or exceeding the organization's annual fundraising targets by envisioning, designing, and implementing a comprehensive development strategy that aligns with and supports the organization's strategic goals and core values. Reporting to senior leadership, the Vice President of Development will work closely with and support the organization's leadership team, to sustain and expand Neighborhood Villages' individual and institutional fundraising program.
The ideal candidate for this position is a collaborative and experienced senior development professional with a successful track record in cultivating, stewarding, and closing institutional grants, government grants, and individual major gifts and demonstrated experience in relationship management, oversight of development programs and systems, and staff supervision. We seek an individual who will leverage existing and well-functioning processes while initiating new programs that identify additional opportunities for revenue growth and deepen donor engagement.
Playful Learning Institute Director
The Playful Learning Institute (PLI) Director position is an exempt level grant-funded full-time position, currently funded through June 2026 with the possibility for further renewal, with a direct reporting line to the VP of Program and Innovation at Neighborhood Villages. The Director will lead the development, implementation, and expansion of playful learning practices across Massachusetts elementary school districts. This role involves supervising a team of PLI coaches, collaborating with district leaders, and ensuring alignment between playful learning strategies and district goals. The Director will champion innovation in teaching and learning by promoting research-based, developmentally appropriate practices that foster joy, engagement, and academic rigor.
Playful Learning Institute Coach
The Playful Learning Institute (PLI) coach position is a full-time grant-funded full-time position, through June 2026 with the possibility for further renewal, with a direct reporting line to the Director of PLI at Neighborhood Villages. The PLI coach provides comprehensive coaching and professional development support around the Playful Learning practices.
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. It covers 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.