Activity Specialist - 2000711

Catholic Charities, Archdiocese of New York•New York, NY

4d•Onsite

About The Position

The Activity Specialist helps participants grow artistically by developing, teaching, and maintaining scheduled activities in the Alianza Division. The role includes creating arts, theater, music, dance, and poetry programming and organizing related exhibitions, performances, and presentations. The specialist supports participant recruitment and retention, accompanies participants on arts-related trips, tracks attendance, co-facilitates parent meetings, and helps maintain program spaces. The specialist reports program changes and abnormalities to the Program Director, submits weekly reports, attends staff meetings, trainings, and special events, and assists other staff as needed. This is a part-time, non-exempt administrative position based in the Bronx, New York. The stated schedule is Monday through Friday, 6 p.m. to 10 p.m., with some Saturdays from 12 a.m. to 5 p.m.; during August and September, the hours are 6 p.m. to 11 p.m. The role requires working with children and young people, providing instruction while moving for extended periods, and escorting youth on trips using public transportation and navigating city streets, stairs, and outdoor weather conditions.

Requirements

High school diploma or GED.
At least 1 year of experience in the field and a high level of knowledge in Creative Arts.
Experience teaching or training individuals in group settings.
Experience developing lesson plans.
Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
Ability and patience to work with children and young people, recognizing their exuberance and juvenile behavior, particularly in group settings.

Nice To Haves

Working toward or possessing an associate or bachelor's degree.

Responsibilities

Develop, teach, and maintain scheduled activities.
Develop and maintain arts, theater, music, dance, and poetry programming.
Organize and create art exhibitions, dance routines, theater presentations, music recitals, and poetry jams.
Assist with recruitment and retention of participants.
Maintain site bulletin boards and produce event flyers.
Organize and create costumes for program performances.
Accompany participants on art-, theater-, and dance-related trips.
Maintain daily attendance records for all courses.
Co-facilitate parent meetings.
Ensure the cleanliness and presence of all spaces used by program participants.
Keep the Program Director informed of changes and abnormalities.
Submit weekly reports to the Program Director on time.
Attend program staff meetings, trainings, and special events.
Assist other staff when needed.
Perform other duties as assigned.