Youth Development Assistant Manager Summer

The Youth Development Summer Assistant Manager supervises Youth Development Instructors and Assistant Youth Development Instructors when the Manager is not present, Leads the program management from 4:30 pm - 6 pm and/or in the absence of the Manager. This Youth Development Summer Assistant Manager will promote high quality programming and will assist in the classroom and on field trips with students Youth Development Summer Assistant Manager will ensure staffing ratios and supports classroom as needed. Youth Development Summer Assistant Manager build strong parent relationships and address and document and parent or programmatic concerns. At times, the Youth Development Summer Assistant Manager will attend or lead team meetings, staff supervision meetings, and support other center-based operations as able. 

Department Overview

Carole Robertson Center for Learning is a non-profit dedicated to educating, enriching, and empowering children and families through comprehensive child and family development programs. Our youth development programs offer high quality academic support and enrichment activities. Carole Robertson Center for Learning is seeking Youth Development Instructors for our summer camp. Programming takes place at our three flagship centers in North Lawndale, Little Village or Albany Park. 

Major Responsibilities and Key Tasks

• Ensure Youth Development are planning and facilitating high quality youth development programming. 
• Foster positive relationships with parents, students, school staff and community partners.
• Manage crisis situations in a professional manner.
• Provide in-class facilitation modeling with the goal of building staff skills when necessary.
• Ensure proper staffing ratios and policy compliance.
• Ensure all behavior and goal setting discussion between staff/volunteers and youth/families is strengths based, youth centric and solution focused. 
• Ensure all Youth Development staff are maintaining all supplies, classroom, maker space and common use areas.
• Fulfill all grant and reporting requirements. 
• Participate in staff meetings, training sessions, conferences, workshops, and other professional development activities.
• Evaluate and coach staff on high quality activity plans.
• Ability to resolve problems, handle conflict, and make effective decisions under pressure and manage crisis situations in a professional manner.
• Demonstrate respect, understanding and patience to all youth and adults with an appreciation for their interests, creativity, capabilities, and means of expression.
• Comply and adhere to all compliance and licensure standards, including local, state and national regulatory entities. 
• Physical agility to attend to the activity levels of youth.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Required Education and Experience

Applicants for this position must possess the following:

• Bachelor's degree in field related to School-Age Childcare, Child Development, Elementary Education, Physical Education, Recreation, Camping or other related fields. Masters preferred.
• Five (5)+ years' experience in Youth Development with at least 2 years of direct youth facilitation experience.
• Available to work until 6PM M-F.
• Proven success in managing staff using strengths-based approached. 

Working Conditions

• Possible exposure to blood, bodily fluids, or tissues. 
• Possible exposure to communicable diseases.
• Job requires sitting for a long period of time (during planning and reporting) and standing for long periods of time (during work with children, observations, and training), as well as stooping squatting, and running.

Benefits

• Retirement savings plan (401(k))
• Paid Time Off (vacations, sick leave, holidays)
• Employee Assistance Program 

Carole Robertson Center for Learning provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensations, and training.