Stowe Birthday Party Staff
About The Position
The Birthday Party Staff team provides high quality and fun events for kids of all ages. Our Specialty Themed parties incorporate a variety of exciting activities in a positive, non-competitive and fun environment. Staff must be enthusiastic, outgoing and reliable individuals with good communication skills and a genuine love of children. Successful staff members come to us with a background of working with children and/or experience in physical education, dance, drama, creative movement, sports, music, early childhood development, babysitting or camp counseling. Birthday Party staff is only scheduled on the weekends. We currently have part-time openings for all our booked parties. We can have up to six (6) birthdays in one weekend. Hours vary.
Requirements
- Minimum age of 16.
- Minimum of two years of experience working with youth.
- CPR, First Aid, and AED certification required within 60 days of hire (YMCA provided).
- Ability to lead, plan, organize, and implement program activities.
- Excellent organizational and communication skills and demonstrated ability to be a role model for youth.
- Demonstrated ability to work with diverse populations.
- Ability to initiate projects and be self – motivated.
- Must be very flexible, willing to jump into new duties at a moments’ notice, and thrive on helping all YMCA programs grow by doing whatever is needed.
- Must have a friendly, upbeat personality and believe in teaching through positive reinforcement to represent our core values with professionalism.
Responsibilities
- Read party paperwork to ensure that the program/activity space is properly set up, clean, and ready for partygoers.
- Greets, acknowledges and interacts with members and their guests in a friendly and professional manner.
- Facilitates organized birthday party activities and ensures children are active, interested and safe throughout the party.
- Explains and demonstrates games and activities to party participants.
- Supervises activities and participants during birthday parties.
- Resolves conflicts in a timely and professional manner
- Ensures that event activities are age-appropriate, non-threatening and successfully communicated.
- Ensures a professional and exuberant personality in order to keep the energy and attention of partygoers for the purposes of fun and safety.
- Assume any other duties as assigned.
- Adhere to policies related to boundaries with consumers
- Attend/complete required abuse risk management training before working with consumers and on an annual basis.
- Adhere to procedures related to managing high-risk activities and supervising consumers
- Follow mandated reporting requirements
- Adhere to job specific abuse risk management responsibilities
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Part-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
