Office Assistant - Adult Literacy (57021)

University Settlement partners with 40,000 New Yorkers on the Lower East Side and in Brooklyn every year to build on their strengths as they achieve healthy, stable, and remarkable lives. For 135 years, we’ve collaborated with our communities to pioneer highly effective programs that fight poverty and systemic inequality. Established in 1886 as the first Settlement House in the United States, we bring the values of that movement into the 21st century by meeting New Yorkers where they live, listening to their perspectives, recognizing their excellence, understanding them as complete individuals, and creating space for them to organize. Joining together with our neighbors to advocate for justice and equality, we help build community strength. 

The Adult Literacy Program provides ESOL classes and Technology classes to immigrant adults in New York City. University Settlement provides a comprehensive network of services to over 10,000 people of all ages living in the Lower East Side. Its broad network of activities includes adult literacy classes; mental health counseling and intensive case management; group and family day care; support services to the formerly homeless; job training; after-school and summer camp programs for children and teens; a senior center; and a credit union.

Responsibilities:

• Work with office staff to gather outcome data about students in our program
• Input data about students and outcomes into ASISTS database
• Handle orientation, intake and record keeping procedures.
• Participate in State and staff mandated workshops
• Do follow-up surveys as required by the program
• Help students with referrals to other training programs and other education programs
• Work with teachers and other staff to ensure that students goals are met
• Work with counselors to prepare activities for families

Qualifications:

• High School diploma or HSE required, some college a plus
• Bilingual required (Mandarin, Cantonese, Spanish, or Russian preferred)

Work Schedule: Part time, Thursday, 6:00pm - 9:00pm, Saturday - Sunday, 9:00am - 5:00pm, 17 hours per week 

We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive community. We support a broadly diverse team who will contribute to our organization. We are an equal employment opportunity for all regardless of race, color, citizenship, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, veteran or reservist status, or any other category protected by federal, state, or local law.