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About the Role

El Puente is seeking an experienced, energetic, and community-centered Senior Cornerstone Group Leader passionate about youth development to provide day-to-day guidance, coaching, and support to Group Leaders, ensuring high-quality programming and a safe, welcoming environment.

Responsibilities

• Build meaningful, supportive relationships with youth in grades K–8.
• Foster participants' academic, social-emotional, and leadership development.
• Develop and facilitate engaging, age-appropriate lesson plans and enrichment activities.
• Lead recreational, leadership, and team-building activities.
• Promote a structured, positive, and inclusive learning environment.
• Model positive youth development practices and restorative approaches to behavior management.
• Provide day-to-day guidance, mentorship, and support to Group Leaders.
• Assist with onboarding and training new staff members.
• Ensure lesson plans and activities are implemented consistently across groups.
• Work closely with (TBD supervisor) to support staff development through feedback and collaboration.
• Support classroom management strategies and assist with behavioral interventions when needed.
• Serve as a role model by demonstrating professionalism, teamwork, and strong youth engagement practices.
• Assist with participant records, and required documentation.
• Prepare and submit incident reports, behavior documentation, supply requests, and other required reports in a timely manner.
• Help coordinate daily schedules, activity transitions, field trips, and special events.
• Ensure classrooms and shared spaces remain organized, clean, safe, and welcoming.
• Monitor program materials and supplies and communicate inventory needs.
• Support compliance with Department of Youth and Community Development (DYCD), Department of Education (DOE), and organizational policies.
• Collaborate closely with the designated program leadership team to maintain high-quality programming.
• Participate in Senior Group Leader training and development sessions as required, in addition other staff meetings.
• Contribute ideas to strengthen program quality, participant engagement, and family involvement.
• Build positive relationships with school personnel, families, community partners, and fellow staff.

Requirements

• High school diploma or GED.
• Minimum of two 2 years of experience working with children or youth in after-school, educational, recreation, or community-based programs.
• Ability to successfully complete all required background checks and fingerprinting.
• Strong classroom management and conflict-resolution skills.
• Excellent organizational, communication, and leadership abilities.
• Demonstrated commitment to El Puente's mission, values, and community-centered approach.

Skills

• Youth development
• Leadership
• Mentoring
• Program development
• Quality assurance
• Staff training
• Classroom management
• Conflict resolution
• Organizational skills
• Communication skills
• Restorative approaches to behavior management
• Positive youth development
• Social-emotional learning practices
• Bilingual English/Spanish proficiency

Location

• Brooklyn, NY 11249

Work Type

• Part Time

Experience Level

• Senior
• Minimum of two 2 years of experience working with children or youth in after-school, educational, recreation, or community-based programs.
• Experience supervising or mentoring staff, interns, or volunteers.

Education Level

• High school diploma or GED.
• Associate's degree or college coursework in Education, Youth Development, Human Services, Social Work, or a related field.

Salary/Compensations

• $25.00 - $25.00 Hourly

About the Company

• Founded in 1982, El Puente is a youth-centered human rights organization rooted in Brooklyn, New York and Puerto Rico, using the arts, education, and environmental justice as tools to inspire and nurture leadership for peace and justice.
• For over four decades, El Puente has been building community-led movements grounded in self-determination, where young people, families, and communities are not only participants, but leaders shaping the future of their neighborhoods and beyond.
• Through a holistic leadership and membership model, the organization creates spaces where culture, identity, and activism intersect.
• El Puente's work spans Youth Leadership Centers across Brooklyn, a nationally recognized public high school, environmental justice initiatives, and organizing efforts that place community voice at the center of change.
• From local neighborhoods to global conversations, the organization continues to stand at the forefront of movements for equity, climate justice, and human rights.
• At its core, El Puente is deeply relational, intergenerational, and community-rooted.
• The work is dynamic and responsive, grounded in the lived experiences of the communities it serves.

Equal Opportunity

• El Puente is an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering a diverse, inclusive, and equitable workplace that reflects the communities it serves.
• We strongly encourage applications from Black, Latinx, Indigenous, immigrant, LGBTQIA+, and other historically underrepresented communities.
• We value lived experience, community leadership, multilingualism, and cultural knowledge as essential assets in advancing our mission of youth leadership, justice, and community transformation.