What are the responsibilities and job description for the Activity Specialist - Dance position at Union Settlement?
Dance Activity Specialist
Job Description
Organizational Summary
Union Settlement is an East Harlem based nonprofit organization founded in 1895. For 128 years, Union Settlement has provided critical and innovative programming to children, youth, families, and older adults. As a pioneer of the settlement house movement, Union Settlement continues to meet the needs of the ever-changing East Harlem community through its core programs. Through these programs, New Yorkers gain opportunities, develop skills, and become empowered to pursue and achieve their dreams.
Today, Union Settlement provides services through 33 program sites in approximately 28 locations. Union Settlement's current programmatic portfolio includes 8 core program areas : Early Childhood Education, Youth Development & Opportunity (including after school programs), Family Services (including the Family Enrichment Center and the Family Childcare Network), the East Harlem Community Partnership, Adult Education, Comprehensive Mental & Emotional Healthcare (Mental Health Services), Aging, Health & Wellness Services (Older Adult Centers), and Economic Development. Union Settlement serves more than 10,000 individuals and nearly 1,000 businesses every year.
Strengthened by a dynamic, diverse, and collaborative workforce of more than 350 employees, Union Settlement also serves as a connector, convener, and advocate for East Harlem and its partners. To learn more about Union Settlement, visit www.unionsettlement.org
Position : Dance Activity Specialist
Department : Youth Services
Reports to : Program Director
Hours : Part-time; 2 : 00pm - 5 : 30pm
Salary : $20.00 per hour
FLSA : Non-Exempt
Location : Will be provided upon interview
Positions Reporting to this Role : None
- Eligible, qualified candidates if available, can be hired earlier and prior to the Summer Camp commencement and earn additional wages and experience within our active After School programs. Positions include Activity Specialist, Classroom Aide, Group Leader (Middle & Elementary School), Education Specialist, Senior Group Leader / Site Supervisor, Tutor (Middle School), Visual Arts Specialist, and Manager and Director-level roles). If interested, ask about it during the phone screen and interview.
Position Summary :
The summer program seeks to provide all participants with a range of opportunities for learning, guidance, mentorship, and creative self-expression for improving self-confidence and self-efficacy, cultivating interests and broadening worldviews, challenging themselves, helping others, and becoming engaged in their schools and community. The Activity Specialist will be responsible for curriculum development, activity facilitation, and classroom management in organized sports, performing arts (theater, dance, spoken word, etc.), STEM, photography / media / graphic design, visual / creative arts, or leadership. We also seek to provide our participants with many of the services to which they would otherwise not have access : computer classes, specialized high school prep, arts enrichment, tutoring, consistent physical education and recreation, and one-on-one mentorship and guidance.
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CO R E CO M P E T E N C IE S
Union Settlement's Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Commitment
Union Settlement is an equal opportunity employer. They do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, marital status, age, national origin, physical or mental disability, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, or any other status protected under federal, state, or local law.
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