Part-time Site Manager
Homeless Children's Playtime Programs
For a complete position description go to: http://www.idealist.org/view/job/359ZNsg5j5PbD/
Description:
The Homeless Children's Playtime Project (HCPP) seeks a strong, diverse, energetic, skilled and child-focused leader to join our team as a Site Manager. This is an amazing opportunity for someone with demonstrated experience in the field who is looking to gain additional experience managing a program, supervising and training volunteers, nurturing community partnerships, and working directly with children and families experiencing homelessness in Washington, DC.
Homeless Children's Playtime Programs
For a complete position description go to: http://www.idealist.org/view/job/359ZNsg5j5PbD/
Description:
The Homeless Children's Playtime Project (HCPP) seeks a strong, diverse, energetic, skilled and child-focused leader to join our team as a Site Manager. This is an amazing opportunity for someone with demonstrated experience in the field who is looking to gain additional experience managing a program, supervising and training volunteers, nurturing community partnerships, and working directly with children and families experiencing homelessness in Washington, DC.
Responsibilities:
Overseeing three evening play programs from 6:00-8:45 p.m. on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays in two transitional housing programs (required availability all three evenings),
Implementing HCPP's play-based curriculum nightly, including creating and supervising age-appropriate guided activities,
Carefully tracking and managing records and outcomes for play programs using HCPP's new database, meeting deadlines consistently,
Helping to ensure that children's educational, social and emotional needs are met by working with parents and staff to issue referrals to service providers for mentoring, tutoring, developmental assessments, summer camps, and after school activities, etc.
Overseeing three evening play programs from 6:00-8:45 p.m. on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays in two transitional housing programs (required availability all three evenings),
Implementing HCPP's play-based curriculum nightly, including creating and supervising age-appropriate guided activities,
Carefully tracking and managing records and outcomes for play programs using HCPP's new database, meeting deadlines consistently,
Helping to ensure that children's educational, social and emotional needs are met by working with parents and staff to issue referrals to service providers for mentoring, tutoring, developmental assessments, summer camps, and after school activities, etc.
See job description for a complete list of responsibilities.
Qualifications:
-Demonstrated ability to engage children that span a variety of ages in group learning opportunities,
-Experience leading and motivating a team, including facilitation skills and the ability to provide and receive constructive feedback,
-Commitment to teamwork and collaboration with diverse groups of people,
-Hard working, mature, efficient, meets deadlines, is incredibly organized, responsive and trustworthy,
-Strong professional, problem-solving, verbal and written communication, and time management skills,
-Experience with tracking program outcomes, such as collecting quantitative and observational data and administering surveys,
-A Bachelor's degree with experience or at least two years working in the child development field is preferred. This position is also a great fit for a graduate school internship.
-Demonstrated ability to engage children that span a variety of ages in group learning opportunities,
-Experience leading and motivating a team, including facilitation skills and the ability to provide and receive constructive feedback,
-Commitment to teamwork and collaboration with diverse groups of people,
-Hard working, mature, efficient, meets deadlines, is incredibly organized, responsive and trustworthy,
-Strong professional, problem-solving, verbal and written communication, and time management skills,
-Experience with tracking program outcomes, such as collecting quantitative and observational data and administering surveys,
-A Bachelor's degree with experience or at least two years working in the child development field is preferred. This position is also a great fit for a graduate school internship.
How To Apply:
Qualified candidates are asked to email a cover letter and resume to hiring@playtimeproject.org
with "Part-Time Site Manager" in the subject line. Please also include
the date that you are available to start, as well as both your daytime
and evening availability. Please also address why you are looking for a
part-time job and how this fits into your other responsibilities.
