Bike Shop Faculty Instructor
Bike Shop Faculty Instructor
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Job Description
Come join The Crucible as a member of our Bike Shop for the opportunity to use your deep knowledge of bicycle mechanics in service to a community-based industrial arts school that is an iconic Oakland institution!
As a member of our Bike Shop faculty youll be responsible for maintaining and contributing to the development of our Bike Shop programming and curriculum helping to build a strong teaching program in bike maintenance repair and reuse as well as serving the local community with bike this role youll provide hands-on support for our regular community shop nights repairing/refurbishing bikes for the community outreach events such as our planned mobile bike shop program and teaching bike-oriented classes offered by The Crucible and other similar responsibilities. This is a great position for someone who enjoys teaching and interaction as an educator tied to bike riding repair and transportation equity and working with youth.
Knowledge Skills & Abilities
- Commitment to The Crucibles vision and mission for and to the Oakland community.
- Demonstrable full-service bicycle/technician mechanical experience required.
- Full spectrum of service skills for common repairs including but not limited to the following maintenance skills:
- Wheel truing and tensioning; wheel building not required but beneficia
- Full spectrum of skills to service a wide variety of bikes and components and installation tasks.
- Experience as a Bike educator or experience with teaching or customer service;
- Commitment and ability to work with populations that are both economically and ethnically diverse.
- Experience teaching either youth or adults in a comprehensive way with patience and understanding.
- Experience teaching or developing educational curriculum.
- Familiarity with basic computer software systems (email Google Workspace); Salesforce experience is welcomed.
- Be a team player a willing partner with development communications and studio leadership.
- Flexibility to work evenings and weekends as this position may require approximately 2 to 4 evenings per week and one-to-three weekend days monthly.
- Valid California Drivers License with an insurable driving record
- Ability to complete California DOJ LiveScan for youth-serving organizations.
Physical Requirements
This position is primarily located in an office and warehouse environment. Able to perform the following duties with or without accommodation:
- Stand sit kneel walk bend and perform repetitive motions for the duration of shift.
- Able to operate standard office equipment including computers keyboard phones POS machines and printers.
- Able to use tools involved in all aspects of bike maintenance and repair.
- Traverse safely throughout the entirety of the facility including climbing stairs.
- Safely lift move and transport items weighing up to 35 lbs.
- Complete COVID-19 primary vaccination series and most recent vaccination booster available.
Benefits and Compensation
This is a temporary part-time non-exempt position based in Oakland CA. Our work environment is casual upbeat professional and fun. This position is scheduled to work approximately 12-15 hours/week during The Crucibles business hours which change seasonally. A successful candidate would have the flexibility to work 2-4 evenings per week and 1-3 weekend days per month.
The non-negotiable pay rate for this position is $25.00 per hour. Temporary non-exempt part-time employees accrue paid sick leave pursuant to California law.
How to Join The Crucible
Apply for this position by submitting your cover letter and resume on The Crucible Careers page here. Your cover letter should include why you would be a good fit what youd bring to The Crucible and what appeals to you about this position. Due to the size of our team and the physical nature of our work we are unable to respond to phone calls.
Note: The Crucible does not have the resources to sponsor visas nor any open positions eligible for the H-1B program.
The Crucible fully and actively supports equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race color religion age sex national origin disability status genetics protected veteran status sexual orientation gender identity or expression or any other characteristic protected by federal state or local laws. Our commitment applies to all terms and conditions of employment including recruiting hiring placement promotion termination layoff recall transfer leaves of absence compensation and training.
Employment Type
Full Time
