About the Role
Activity Leaders will assist with academic tutoring and lead engaging activities in STEM, leadership, sports, and the arts, preparing students to demonstrate newly acquired skills. The role requires a passion for working with children and promoting positive character development.
Responsibilities
- Establish and enforce rules for behavior and procedures for maintaining order among students.
- Organize, lead, and promote student interest and participation in program activities.
- Provide academic support, homework guidance, assistance, and supervision to students.
- Write age-appropriate, inclusive, and engaging lesson plans for activities.
- Foster an atmosphere of fun and learning, serving as a role model with professionalism and appropriate boundaries.
- Promote positive character development in all youth.
Requirements
- Must be responsible, reliable, and punctual.
- Must have a passion for the Greenwich House mission and a demonstrated interest in education and youth development.
- Requires strong academic skills in Math and English.
- Must be able to facilitate structured activities such as arts & crafts, games, and social-emotional learning.
- Must be flexible and available to work evenings, school breaks, non-instructional days, or weekend events as needed.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with children, parents, and staff.
- Well-organized, able to work both independently and collaboratively.
- Experience working or volunteering with youth in a classroom, after-school, or community-based environment.
- Experience working with children ages 3-11 in a group setting.
- Must pass a pre-employment background investigation, including fingerprinting, employment history, and criminal background check.
- Must complete mandatory DOH/OCFS training prior to employment.
Skills
- STEM
- Leadership
- Sports
- Arts
- Academic Tutoring
- Lesson Planning
- Character Development
- Communication
- Interpersonal Skills
- Organization
- Collaboration
- Arts & Crafts
- Games
- Social Emotional Learning
Location
- 27 Barrow Street, New York, NY
Work Type
- Per Diem
- Monday-Friday, 2PM-6PM
Experience Level
- Previous experience as a group leader is a plus, but not required.
- College Students encouraged to apply!
Education Level
- High School Degree/Equivalent required.
- AA or BA in-progress preferred.
Salary/Compensations
- Competitive Remuneration
Benefits
- Worker’s Compensation
- Sick Leave
About the Company
- Founded in 1902 as a settlement house to help New York’s increasing immigrant population adjust to life in a new country, Greenwich House today offers a variety of programs and approaches that continue to provide thousands of New Yorkers with health and wellness supports, education and personal enrichment, and skills building and cultural experiences.
Equal Opportunity
- Greenwich House is strongly committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all individuals. All employment decisions and administration of all personnel policies are without regard to an applicant or employee’s actual or perceived race, religion, sex, age, national origin, creed, color, gender, sexual orientation or affectation, gender identity or expression (including transgender status), predisposing genetic characteristic, genetic information, pregnancy, ancestry, ethnicity, citizenship, alienage, military or veteran’s status, physical or mental disability, status as a victim of domestic violence, stalking offense and sex offenses, marital status, partnership status or any other status protected by federal, state or local law.
