What are the responsibilities and job description for the Activity Leader position at EF Language Abroad?
Role: Activity Leader- Summer 2025
Location: Thornwood, NY OR Pasadena, CA
Compensation: $18- $21 / hour – Based on experience
Room & Board Available
EF is the world’s leading educational travel provider with over 55 years of experience. With our International Summer Schools, we offer young learners the opportunity to spend 2 – 4 weeks in North America, improving their English language skills in a robust program while participating in a full-activity program of sports, discos, parties, excursions, and lots more!
Who You Are
The Role:
As an Activity Leader, you will be working with our summer team to deliver an exceptional experience to our students. You will help deliver safe and fun activities that will give the students a sense of the local culture while having fun with their new international friends. You will interact with staff and students from across the world. Every day is different, you may go from leading students on a city tour to running epic themed Murder Mysteries while dressed as your favorite film character!
Your key tasks will consist of, but not be limited to:
This is the most fun, high caliber place you’ll ever work. Ask any employee why they love EF (whether they’ve been here 10 minutes or 10 years) and they’ll probably tell you the same thing: it’s the people. When you work at EF, you join a purpose-driven, international and energetic community that thrives on continuous learning, fearless innovation and mutual support.
In addition, you can expect:
Some companies are in the Business of Technology.
Others are in the Business of Finance…Sports…Or Soft Drinks.
At EF, we’re in a different kind of business.
One that’s a little less tangible, and a lot more important.
We’re in the Business of Understanding.
For over 60 years we’ve been the leader in international educational programs and culturally rich travel experiences with the power to change how people think, feel and act. The programs we deliver open the world to students and travelers in ways that challenge biases, overcome barriers, and pave the way for a more understanding world. You’ll find us working across more than 50 countries, with offices in some of the world’s greatest cities - each one filled with smart, driven people who push each other to be better every day. And yes, we have technology, we have finance, we even have sports with our own professional cycling team. But it’s what we do with it – building greater understanding, breaking down barriers, and creating a better world…that makes all the difference.
Location: Thornwood, NY OR Pasadena, CA
Compensation: $18- $21 / hour – Based on experience
Room & Board Available
- All applicants must be age 21 or older
EF is the world’s leading educational travel provider with over 55 years of experience. With our International Summer Schools, we offer young learners the opportunity to spend 2 – 4 weeks in North America, improving their English language skills in a robust program while participating in a full-activity program of sports, discos, parties, excursions, and lots more!
Who You Are
- Are you passionate about travel and languages?
- Do you believe that students studying abroad have the opportunity of a lifetime?
- Are you dynamic, outgoing, and energetic?
The Role:
As an Activity Leader, you will be working with our summer team to deliver an exceptional experience to our students. You will help deliver safe and fun activities that will give the students a sense of the local culture while having fun with their new international friends. You will interact with staff and students from across the world. Every day is different, you may go from leading students on a city tour to running epic themed Murder Mysteries while dressed as your favorite film character!
Your key tasks will consist of, but not be limited to:
- Set up, participation, and clean up for on campus activities
- Leading students on off-campus excursions
- Monitoring daily student attendance
- Assisting with student arrivals and departures.
- Attending all leader meetings.
- Ensuring the EF behavior code is followed by students at all times and informing management immediately if there are any issues or problems.
- Handle problems and emergency situations should they arise in a professional manner.
- Enthusiastic, organized, and a natural leader.
- Ability to keep students engaged, in a safe and meaningful environment.
- Highly responsible, approachable, and friendly.
- Have the ability to create a positive learning environment.
- Have the right to live and work in the United States.
- Complete fluency in English.
- Applicants must be age 21 or older, due to the nature of the role working with minors.
This is the most fun, high caliber place you’ll ever work. Ask any employee why they love EF (whether they’ve been here 10 minutes or 10 years) and they’ll probably tell you the same thing: it’s the people. When you work at EF, you join a purpose-driven, international and energetic community that thrives on continuous learning, fearless innovation and mutual support.
In addition, you can expect:
- Continuous professional development
- Work in a truly international environment
- Staff are encouraged to innovate, take ownership of their ideas and bring them to fruition.
- The potential for future career opportunities with EF.
Some companies are in the Business of Technology.
Others are in the Business of Finance…Sports…Or Soft Drinks.
At EF, we’re in a different kind of business.
One that’s a little less tangible, and a lot more important.
We’re in the Business of Understanding.
For over 60 years we’ve been the leader in international educational programs and culturally rich travel experiences with the power to change how people think, feel and act. The programs we deliver open the world to students and travelers in ways that challenge biases, overcome barriers, and pave the way for a more understanding world. You’ll find us working across more than 50 countries, with offices in some of the world’s greatest cities - each one filled with smart, driven people who push each other to be better every day. And yes, we have technology, we have finance, we even have sports with our own professional cycling team. But it’s what we do with it – building greater understanding, breaking down barriers, and creating a better world…that makes all the difference.
Salary : $18 - $21
