Youth Educator, School Year 2025- 26 - Millbrook Community Center

Position Description

Title

Youth Educator, Millbrook Community Center

School Year 2024-25

FLSA-Classification

Non-Exempt, Seasonal

Salary Range

$20 per hour   

Reports to

Program Director

Location

201 St Ann's Ave, Bronx NY 10454

Program

Mill Brook Community Center

Organization Summary

East Side House, founded in 1891, is a 501(c) (3) organization that has served the South Bronx since 1963. The organization is dedicated to the community and focused on providing resources and opportunities. East Side House has identified that education is the foundation for economic improvement. Its youth education and technology programs teach skills to allow its students and clients to become more self-sufficient and independent. As a community resource, the organization also provides services to families and a growing senior population. In 2020 the organization began food distribution as an additional way to provide economic support to the community we serve.

ESH summer camp programs offer students additional learning time in a fun, engaging, and safe environment. Students are offered a wide variety of activities, including homework help, robotics, team sports, karate, dance, and music. Educational methods are used to build and reinforce the skills needed to reach New York State standards for promotion and graduation

The primary responsibility of the Youth Educator is to design and lead diverse enrichment activities. Therefore, we are seeking creative professionals with experience working with the youth in the following (but not limited to) areas: civic engagement, music, visual arts, martial arts, media technology, dance, sports, and recreation (soccer, tennis, basketball, volleyball, or lacrosse), health awareness and community leadership.

Primary Functions

Duties and Responsibilities shall include but are not limited to the following:

• Identify, create, and facilitate age-appropriate, thematic-based lesson plans and activities.
• Work as a part of a collaborative team, providing support to any specialist implementing activities.
• Prepare the learning working environment by creating a welcoming space that exhibits participant's work.
• Build positive relations with youth and adults to serve as a role model with respect to demeanor, communication, and behavior.
• Ensure the health, safety, and well-being of participants in the program by closely supervising all activities.
• Assist in participant's enrollment, recording and submitting daily attendance records and other required documents to the program director.
• Inspect daily all facilities (including shared spaces), equipment, and supplies; be sure all are account