Global Kids Program Coordinator Part-time

Summary

Global Kids (GK) educates inspires and mobilizes youth to become global citizens who are positively engaged in the world and are prepared for their future. Global Kids is seeking a highly motivated Program Coordinator to join our team. The Program Coordinator will play a key role in developing and implementing our global education and youth development programs. This position offers an exciting opportunity to positively impact youth and contribute to their global citizenship development. The successful candidate will work from one of our middle schools in Astoria New York. This role is fully inperson.

We are excited to find an individual who shares our passion for youth development global education and community engagement.

Responsibilities:

Program Development and Implementation:

• Take a lead role in writing curriculum/lesson plans focusing on global content and other key program areas.

• Coordinate develop and cofacilitate interactive experiential workshops and activities for GKs global education academic enrichment programs.

• Collaborate with GK staff and youth to generate new program ideas focusing on global/local issues and meeting the goals of contracted initiatives.

• Develop relevant content and curriculum on global issues 21stcentury skills while supporting social and emotional learning.

Event and Project Management:

• Work with other staff and students to implement the annual Global Kids Youth Conference and other special projects.

• Implement student outreach recruitment and retention strategies throughout the year.

• Help support partner schools goals and functions.

• Build and maintain positive relationships with multiple stakeholders such as students families school personnel policymakers and other community members.

• Occasional evenings weekends and overnights with longdistance travel for events and trips (college trips student leadership retreats)

Administrative Responsibilities:

• Serve as a site manager/point person for schoolbased programs in the absence of a site supervisor.

• Collaborate with the program director on program design and scope of work.

• Work with school personnel on logistics for program implementation (e.g. space security needs permits trip forms/permission slips).

• Collect input and review attendance evaluation and other data related to projects and student progress.

• Maintain necessary documentation/case files as well as program data entry and records.

• Complete administrative tasks related to maintaining assigned GK equipment fiscal procedures (fund requests and expense reports) and other assigned tasks.

Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree in a related field or five years of relevant professional experience.

• Strong understanding of a wide array of NYC social service resources for youth and families.

• Experience using interactive experiential learning strategies counseling conflict resolution skills and youth development/leadership strategies with middle school and/or high school age youth.

• Experience and enthusiasm for designing and leading educational workshops that build on each other.

• Commitment to and understanding of working in culturally diverse settings and using antiracist pedagogical practices

• Experience working in or closely with NYC public schools a plus.

• Knowledge of and passion for global issues political science history education social justice and human rights.

• Excellent facilitation consensusbuilding and interpersonal skills.

• Strong work ethic initiative creativity willingness to learn and ability to manage multiple tasks independently.

• Strong communication writing administrative organizational and technology skills (Microsoft Suite Google Suite Zoom).

• International experience a plus

• Fluency in other languages is a plus (particularly Spanish Haitian Creole and South Asian languages and dialects)

To Apply: Please submit your application through BambooHR including a cover letter that highlights your abilities and preference to work with middle and/or high school youth. The GK Director of Human Resources and the hiring Director will review all applications received for this role.

We kindly request that you refrain from making inquiries via phone mail or fax. For more information about Global Kids and our organization please visit our website at www.globalkids.

Qualified candidates will be contacted for an interview.

Global Kids Inc. is an equalopportunity employer. We are committed to a policy of equal treatment and opportunity and do not discriminate against employees or applicants for employment on the basis of race sex color national origin religion age citizenship mental or physical handicap or disability marital status sexual orientation pregnancy military or veteran status or any other characteristics protected by law. We continue to support and promote equal employment opportunity human dignity and diversity in all forms.