Kid's Club Ambassador

Pathways Healthcare Careers Teen Ambassador

We are seeking two dynamic individuals to join our team as Pathways Healthcare Careers Teen Ambassadors.

About the Role:

This is an exciting opportunity for teens aged 15-18 to gain valuable leadership skills, experience, and exposure to healthcare careers. As a Pathways Healthcare Careers Teen Ambassador, you will be responsible for designing and presenting original workshops on healthcare careers to pre-teens, leading engaging discussions with your peers, and helping organize events and activities at your club.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design and present an original healthcare careers workshop for BGCB pre-teens as your capstone project.
• Create and lead engaging healthcare careers discussions with your peers under the direction of the Pathways Healthcare Careers Director.
• Help organize healthcare events and activities at your club alongside the Director of the Healthcare Careers Pathway.
• Organize monthly awareness campaigns to share on your club's social media.
• Share Pathways Healthcare career programming info through bulletin posts and social media.
• Connect with other teen ambassadors across different clubs.
• Participate in professional development workshops such as "Crafting your Message".

General Expectations:

• Positive Interactions – All employees will interact with youth at points in their employment. It is essential that all employees engage with our members in a positive, supportive, and respectful manner.
• Healthy Behavior Modeling – Teaching youth/teens the importance of living an active, healthy lifestyle is a priority. As a result, all staff is expected to model healthy behavior while working with our members.
• Inclusive Environment – We value creating child-friendly environments, where youth/teens of all abilities can be successful and participate. We expect employees to embrace our focus on inclusion of all members, regardless of disability or developmental challenge.
• Continuous Learning – Building the capacity of staff is central to us. We encourage and require that all staff participate in annual professional development opportunities that continue to cultivate their skills in the youth development field.
• Safe Spaces – Every staff member shares the responsibility for ensuring we are, and remain, an environment free of sexual, physical, or emotional abuse.

Requirements:

• Must be a BGCB member aged 15-18.
• Complete 11 hours of paid training before starting.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.

PREFERRED SKILLS:

• Be passionate about healthcare or interested in learning more.
• Comfortable presenting to groups, especially peers and pre-teens.
• Basic tech skills or willing to learn (for creating presentations).

Work Demands:

• Able to be on site at club(s) for meetings, professional development workshops, monthly TTA Meetings, and events.
• Able to commit from February through June 2025.