Interested in working with us this summer?

Save the Harbor/Save the Bay hires a staff of 42 local high school, college and graduate aged young adults to be a part of our Youth Jobs & Leadership Program. This position is for a motivated individual with experience working in a team environment, developing leadership skills, and excitement for working outdoors. Junior Program Assistants (JPAs) will support the daily operations and enrichment for our summer programming in our Boston Harbor Explorer's Program, All Access Boston Harbor Cruise Program, and our Catch of the Day Fishing Program, as well as spend some time immersed in a research question of their choosing.

JPAs will spend 5 weeks in a team led by two team leaders and 3 - 4 fellow JPAs. Each team will be placed at a partner site along the waterfront where they will facilitate STEAM environmental activities from our Boston Harbor curriculum. These activities include fishing, touch tanks, invasive species identification and monitoring, ocean acidification, and more!

Our partner sites include: Piers Park Sailing Center, Courageous Sailing Center, Camp Harbor View, Boston Children’s Museum, Spectacle Island, George’s Island, Peddocks Island, Atlantic Wharf, and 15 Necco Street.

The remaining 3 weeks of the summer are spent on an independent research project to explore a question around the Boston Harbor. Last year’s project topic included green crab abundance on rocky vs sandy beaches, MBTA accessibility to harbor beaches, envisioning sea level rise on harbor beaches through AI visualization and many more!

To complement the research project days, JPAs will attend field trips with partner organizations to learn about active environmental work across Boston. Last summer we partnered with Charles River Conservancy, Mystic River Watershed Association, Mass Oyster Project, UMass Boston Archives, Emerald Tutu Project, Massport, MIT Sea Grant, and the Wind Testing Technology Facility.

Interested in applying? Fill out the interest form below!