Y-Winners is looking for a part time staff to assist with after school programming for our junior high age youth. If you are passionate about impacting the lives of the youth in our community and instilling the values of caring, honesty, respect, and responsibility please apply. Hours are 3-6 pm M/T/TH/F and 2-6 pm W (with some additional opportunities for hours on early out days)

Summary: Y-Winners Program Instructor delivers excellent service to all program participants, prepares for and instructs program activities, supervises children, and communicates with them about programs. The Y-Winners Program Instructor models caring, honesty, respect and responsibility to the program participants, members, and other staff.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

• Ensure all members and guests are welcomed and treated in a manner such that they enjoy the best possible experience at the Two Rivers YMCA.
• Implement the Y’s Core Values and the 40 Developmental Assets into activities.
• Be physically and mentally present, alert, and engaged while on duty.
• Prepare curriculum for Y-Winners programming utilizing existing resources and working with supervisor to develop or obtain necessary supplies.
• Arrive on time and have program ready to start at designated time.
• Assure that all cleanup duties are cared for following program.
• Communicate effectively to all program participants, including but not limited to children and caregivers.
• Carry out responsibilities in accordance with the organization’s policies and applicable laws, including ensuring proper usage of facilities and equipment.
• Manage all member and participant inquiries and complaints as effectively as possible. If follow up is needed, communicate situation to supervisor in a timely manner.
• Use professional conduct when dealing with participants, members, non-members and other staff.
• Attend regular staff meetings and trainings, and keep all required certifications current.
  

Effect and End Results:

• All members and participants will be greeted and feel welcome and included.
• The YMCA organization, staff, and programs will be represented in a positive manner.
• The overall quality of the YMCA and its programs and services will be viewed as excellent by members and guests, leading to higher satisfaction and participation rates.

Supervisory Responsibilities: Supervises program participants and their activities in family programming. Communicates all activities with Youth Development Director.

Qualification Requirements: The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

Education and/or Experience: Must have experience working with children ages infant to 10 years old.

Language Skills: Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, curriculum, policy/procedure manuals, and financial documents. Ability to respond to common inquiries or complaints from members and non-members of the YMCA. Ability to communicate effectively to children, parents, members and non-members, and other staff.

Mathematical Skills: Must have basic mathematical skills.

Reasoning Ability: Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations: Complete background check, child abuse prevention training, CPR/AED certification for infant, child and adult, and blood borne pathogens.

Physical Demands: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to sit and talk or hear, required to stand for long periods of time; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools or controls; reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.

The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds, and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee occasionally works in outside weather conditions.

The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.