Fall "After-School" Youth Mentoring Professional (Elementary)

Job description

Do you want to make a difference in young lives? You can!!

We are looking for the right people who have a heart for elementary aged students and this important work!

The Boys & Girls Club of the Foothills is providing a safe, fun, structured after-school program for young people in TK-5th grade to safely engage in social/emotional learning and enrichment activities designed to meet their wide range of needs.

Primary responsibilities:

• Ensure our young people are safe,
• Build transformative relationships with them
• Support young people in their academic needs
• Plan/implement enriching programs/activities for them

Experience preferred, but we are equally willing to train.

All qualified candidates will be screened and fingerprint background checked before being hired.

Hours:

• Shift up to 5.5 hour per/day
• Monday- Friday- Summer/Fall morning and afternoon shifts available

This Job will start as soon as your interview and background check are processed and cleared by the BGCF hiring panel.

'Work Remotely No

Job Type:Part-time

Pay: From $19.00 per hour

Requirements

The qualifications for this position include:

• Passion for mentoring and youth development
• Culturally competent with the ability to work with a diverse group of youth (ethnicity and backgrounds)
• Positive, can-do attitude, good work ethic and the ability to take on new challenges
• Team player
• Ability to implement Boys & Girls Clubs of the Foothills curriculum
• Preferred- Ability to drive club minivans for transporting students
• Reliable personal transportation
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Experience with Google Suite and Microsoft Office programs

Physical Requirements: The physical requirements described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• The ability to stand and walk several hundred yards a day is the expectation during a work shift. Sitting with members occurs, but is less frequent.
• Physically fit with the ability to play and participate in activities with members
• Talk or hear; use hands; handle or feel objects, tools or controls; and reach with hands and arms.
• Occasionally required to climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl; and may be infrequently required to run.
• Must remain physically fit enough to keep children safe in an emergency.
• Ability to lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, and the ability to adjust focus. Hand-eye coordination is necessary to perform certain duties.
• The noise level in the work environment can range from quiet to moderate in office settings to moderate and usually loud in recreation and play settings when members are present.