Youth Specialist - Boys Prep

Location: 192 E 151st St, Bronx, NY 10451

Salary: $18.00 per hour

Schedule: 15-20 hours per week

Employment Type: Part -Time; Non-Exempt

Number of Openings: 8

Dates: Immediately – June 30th, 2024

Founded in 1876, The Boys’ Club of New York (BCNY) is a youth development organization with the mission to empower boys and young men, ages 7 to 21, by providing effective programs and a supportive community. BCNY provides evidence-based programs to address the evolving social, emotional, health, creative, educational, and vocational needs of our members in meaningful, lasting ways. BCNY develops programs to cultivate positive qualities in members and strives to continually deepen and broaden our impact. BCNY will be expanding to provide programming in school buildings. It is an exciting time to learn more about our members and help to ensure our young men are achieving their fullest potential.

We are a COVID-19 proactive organization that follows applicable health and safety regulations to help protect our members and staff. A Youth Specialist in the BCNY expansion program delivers engaging age-appropriate educational, recreational, and social programs to young men of the school community. The Youth Specialist will oversee and become familiar with the population of members and develop an afterschool experience that is meaningful alongside the program director and project coaches.

Frontline employees are not required to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19, however, BCNY strongly encourages all employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19 and obtain a booster shot.

• Supervise and coordinate the after-school programming of a group of middle school boys.
• Deliver engaging age-appropriate curriculum, activities, and games for participants.
• Provide guidance, encouragement, intervention, and restorative practices
• Coordinate a range of movement based indoor and outdoor activities
• Support program goals by providing feedback of strengths and areas of improvement as they arise.
• Serve as a liaison between the school and members to advocate for needs to program

director.

• Complete member documentation to effectively track member participation
• Assist with daily operational tasks including set-up, transitions, and clean up
• Use restorative strategies to encourage positive behavior and communication
• Attend mandatory professional development trainings
• Other duties as assigned

• Associates’ or Bachelor’s degree preferred
• Previous experience in youth development, education, or afterschool
• Strong communication skills
• Experience managing multiple priorities
• Well organized, able to work both independently and collaboratively
• First Aid and CPR certification desirable
• Bilingual (English/Spanish) desirable

The Boys’ Club of New York is an equal opportunity employer

and makes employment decisions without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, or any other status protected by law. If you have a disability or other protected need requiring an accommodation, please contact Human Resources.