Group Leader- Summer 2025

The Child Center of NYstrengthens children and families with skills, opportunities, and emotional support to build healthy, successful lives. Founded in 1953, The Child Center of NY has become a powerful community presence throughout the city. With 50 locations and 100 programs in NYC’s most under-served communities, our 1,000+ results-oriented professionals make a difference for more than 40,000 children and their families each year.

Position Overview:

The Group Leader is responsible for setting goals for program participants, facilitating activities, and preparing curriculum and lesson plans. The group leader maintains a safe and learning environment for program participants.

Essential Functions:

• Facilitating activities and supervising children in programs outside of school day hours.
• Supervise and monitor children and take daily attendance.   
• Assist tutors and activity specialist to manage and document behavior.  
• Maintain supplies.  
• Assist and maintain in data collection and upkeep of participants documents.   
• Attend all necessary program meetings.  
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Supervisory Responsibilities: 

None  

Minimum Qualifications:

·Ability to plan and carry out assignments independently.

 ·Ability to prioritize, adhere to timelines and multi-task.

 Preferred Qualifications:

 ·High School Diploma or equivalency, or 1-year of relevant experience in lieu of education.

 ·Proficiency in Microsoft Office.

Job Behavioral Expectations:

 ·Maintain regular consistent and professional attendance, punctuality, personal appearance, and adherence to relevant health & safety procedures.

. ·Safe and successful performance, including meeting productivity standards.

·Maintain established departmental policies and procedures.

 ·Displays effective communication skills.

 ·Maintain established departmental policies and procedures including maintain strict confidentiality and adherence to all HIPAA guidelines at all times. Physical demands and work environment:

The physical demands and work environment:characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Physical demands:While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to walk, sit for long period of time; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or control; reach with hands and arms; balance; stoop; talk or hear. Employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 20 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus.

Work environment:

·Work is performed in an office environment with normal heating and cooling.

This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only job duties to be performed by the incumbent. He or she will be required to follow any other instructions and to perform any other duties requested by his or her supervisor.

Work Schedule: 

• Days: Monday- Friday

•  Hours: Monday- Thursday 12:30pm-5:30pm
• Fridays- 7:30am-3:30pm with an hour break

Pay rate: 

$18.00