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About the Role
The Group Leader is the primary frontline staff responsible for supervising and engaging a group of children or youth in a DYCD-funded after-school program. The Group Leader ensures safety, leads activities, supports homework time, and builds positive relationships with participants and families.
Responsibilities
- Provide active supervision of assigned group, maintaining required ratios at all times.
- Oversee transitions, bathroom breaks, trips, and dismissal according to program safety procedures.
- Implement emergency procedures and complete incident reports.
- Lead or co-lead activities including homework help, enrichment, recreation, and SEL activities.
- Create a welcoming, inclusive group environment that supports positive youth development.
- Use positive behavior management strategies, restorative approaches, and de-escalation techniques.
- Encourage youth voice, leadership, and teamwork.
- Build supportive, respectful relationships with youth and serve as a positive role model.
- Communicate with parents/guardians during pick-up and as directed by program leadership.
- Share observations and concerns about youth behavior, attendance, or academic needs with supervisors.
- Participate in staff meetings, trainings, and planning sessions.
- Take accurate daily attendance and assist with sign-in/sign-out procedures.
- Support maintenance of organized group binders, behavior logs, and other program documentation.
- Follow all program, agency, and DYCD policies regarding safety, confidentiality, and mandated reporting.
Requirements
- High school diploma or GED.
- Available during after-school hours, 2:00pm - 6:00pm, Monday-Friday during the school year and some school holidays.
- 1+ years' experience working with school-age children or youth (after-school, camp, school, or community setting).
- Ability to manage and engage a group independently.
- Reliable, punctual, and able to follow directions and procedures.
- Strong communication skills and commitment to equity and inclusion.
Skills
- Positive behavior management
- Restorative approaches
- De-escalation techniques
- Communication skills
- Equity and inclusion
Location
- Brooklyn
- Queens
- The Bronx
- Manhattan
Work Type
- Part Time
- Monday - Friday, 2:00pm - 6:00pm
Experience Level
- 1+ years' experience working with school-age children or youth
Education Level
- High school diploma or GED
- Some college coursework, especially in Education, Youth Development, or related fields (Preferred)
Salary/Compensations
- $20/hr
About the Company
- For over fifty years, New York Junior Tennis & Learning (NYJTL) has honored its founder Arthur Ashe’s legacy by celebrating the diversity of children, encouraging them to reach their highest potential through free tennis and academic programs.
- NYJTL is the largest provider of youth tennis and education programs in the nation, providing services in 100 unique sites across all five boroughs while reaching nearly 90,000 kids.
- In addition, NYJTL designed, funded (with NYC), built and operates the Cary Leeds Center for Tennis & Learning in the South Bronx.
- All NYJTL community tennis and after school programs are offered at no cost to its participants.
- The mission of NYJTL is to develop the character of young people through tennis and education for a lifetime of success on and off the court.
- It believes life skills gained through tennis, academics, healthy living, and character development are a catalyst for long-term achievement.
Equal Opportunity
- NYJTL values the diversity of the people we hire and inspire. Diversity at our organization means fostering a workplace in which individual differences are recognized, appreciated, respected, and responded to in ways that fully develop and utilize each person’s talents and strengths without regard to race, color, religion, gender, pregnancy, sexual orientation/affectional preference, age, national origin, marital status, citizenship, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
- We center equity in all our work and in our hiring practices.