Program Coordinator

Program Coordinator Job Description

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 make a positive impact on youth and contribute to their global citizenship development.

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 co-facilitate 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 and 21st-century 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 the partner schools goals and functions.
• Build and maintain positive relationships with multiple stakeholders such as students families school personnel policymakers and other community members.

Administrative Responsibilities:

• 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.
• Strong understanding of a wide array of NYC social service resources for youth and families.
• Experience using interactive experiential learning strategies counseling and 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 as a plus.
• Knowledge of and passion for global issues political science history education social justice and human rights.
• Excellent facilitation consensus-building 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).
• Must by avaiable to work in person from Mondays to Fridays 2 pm to 6 pm.

Salary/Benefits: This Part-time non-exempt position has a range of $22-$27 per hour. GK also offers vacation time off personal days sick time and possibilities for travel. GK staff also have access to retail discounts through our Professional Employer Organization (PEO).

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Qualified candidates will be contacted for an interview. We strongly encourage candidates from diverse backgrounds to apply.

Global Kids Inc is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to a policy of equal treatment and opportunity and do not discriminate against employees or applicants for employment based on 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.