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About the Role
Union Settlement is seeking a Group Leader to facilitate learning, guidance, mentorship, and creative self-expression for youth participants in an afterschool program. This role involves curriculum development, activity facilitation, and classroom management to enhance participants' self-confidence, interests, and community engagement.
Responsibilities
- Attend bi-weekly strategic planning sessions with Program Director and program staff.
- Prepare classroom and program spaces for activities.
- Plan and implement weekly lesson plans related to social-emotional, educational, and recreational activities.
- Lead workshops for the program in at least one of the following disciplines: Sports, technology, leadership, performing arts (dance, theater, etc.), prevention, visual arts, or STEAM.
- Assist in workshops and activities to support activity specialists, tutors, and program partners to address inappropriate behavior and classroom management.
- Lead project-based, theme-related activities and prepare participants for quarterly presentations, showcases, and performances.
- Escort participants out of school and off-premises to ensure safety during dismissal.
- Engage participants and support school staff during the school day as assigned.
- Support hall monitoring as needed.
- Plan, attend, and escort participants on trips.
- Participate in special events and staff meetings.
- Additional duties as assigned by management.
Requirements
- Three years of experience working in a youth services program.
- Successful completion of background and criminal record check, fingerprinting check, and reference check required.
- Bilingual (English/Spanish) preferred.
- Operational knowledge of 21 CCLC, DYCD, DOE, OCFS, DOHMH regulations, guidelines, and frameworks.
- Strong verbal, written, clerical, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
- Demonstrated ability to perform multiple tasks effectively in a fast-paced, challenging, and constantly changing environment.
- Demonstrated success facilitating workshops in one of the following disciplines: sports, technology, leadership, performing arts, prevention, and visual arts.
- Dedication to serving youth in an urban setting.
- Innovation and patience.
- Demonstrated understanding of the challenges facing youth in an urban setting.
Skills
- Social-emotional learning
- Educational activities
- Recreational activities
- Sports
- Technology
- Leadership
- Performing arts
- Prevention
- Visual arts
- STEAM
- Classroom management
- Curriculum development
- Activity facilitation
- Problem-solving
- Organizational skills
- Verbal communication
- Written communication
- Clerical skills
Location
- On-site; MS 96
Work Type
- Part-time
Experience Level
- Three years of experience
Salary/Compensations
- $17.50 per hour
About the Company
- Union Settlement is an East Harlem based nonprofit organization founded in 1895.
- For over 130 years, Union Settlement has provided critical and innovative programming to children, youth, families, and older adults.
- As a pioneer of the settlement house movement, Union Settlement continues to meet the needs of the ever-changing East Harlem community through its core programs.
- Through these programs, New Yorkers gain opportunities, develop skills, and become empowered to pursue and achieve their dreams.
- Union Settlement provides services through 33 program sites in approximately 28 locations.
- Union Settlement’s current programmatic portfolio includes Early Childhood Education, Youth Development and Opportunity, Family Services, Adult Education, Mental Health Services, Older Adult Centers, and Economic Development.
- Union Settlement serves more than 15,000 individuals and nearly 1,000 businesses every year.
- Strengthened by a dynamic, diverse, and collaborative workforce of more than 350 employees, Union Settlement also serves as a connector, convener, and advocate for East Harlem and its partners.
Equal Opportunity
- Union Settlement is an equal opportunity employer.
- They do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, marital status, age, national origin, physical or mental disability, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, or any other status protected under federal, state, or local law.