Activity Specialist - Davidson Cornerstone

About Phipps Neighborhoods

Phipps Neighborhoods, the social service affiliate of Phipps Houses, has been a catalyst for community growth and empowerment for over 50 years. Our mission is focused on creating safe, inclusive spaces where community members can access education, career opportunities, and economic pathways. Serving approximately 14,000 New Yorkers annually, we address barriers to educational achievement, economic security, and career stability through three key program areas:

• Education and School-Day Programs: Offering pre-kindergarten services, community schools, after-school programs, and college access counseling.
• Sector-Focused Training and Employment Placement Pathways: Providing specialized training, employment placement pathways, Summer Youth Employment, Work Learning Grow initiatives, and aiding residents in accessing new employment opportunities.
• Community & Economic Empowerment Services: Enabling community progress through community centers, resident services, food access, financial literacy programs, and support accessing benefits and wellness services.

We collaborate with government, corporate, and philanthropic partners to effect significant and lasting social change, fostering thriving communities.

Position Summary:

The Activity Specialist will be able to provide daily hands on activities in their specialty area. The Activity Specialist will teach a weekly class in a specific content area (ie. athletics, fitness, gaming, cooking) in our program designed to improve youth development, leadership and civic engagement, social-emotional learning, sports-based youth development, and academics. This dynamic specialist will use activities as a vehicle to promote healthy social, physical, and emotional development. 

Salary: $19 to $25 per hour and is commensurate with education, training, experience and program size

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Work individually with students, and collaborate with staff to provide an enriching learning experience for all participants
• Create individualize learning plan for each participant or cohort based on academic strength/area of specialty.
• Establish a comfortable learning environment and implement clear, consistent age-appropriate expectations
• Document student progress
• Maintain accurate participant attendance, activity and sign-out records
• Maintain classroom cleanliness and organization
• Model appropriate child development practices
• Perform other duties as assigned by the Program Director

Qualifications:

• HS Diploma or HSE; 3-5 years proven experience in activity area
• Experience with the design and implementation of group activities
• The ability to work with young people at multiple grade levels and varying stages of development.
• Previous experience working in an urban environment
• Excellent oral and written communication skills and computer literacy
• Bilingual (Spanish speaking) preferred
• Enthusiasm, creativity and initiative
• A sense of humor and a sense of urgency

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 regularly required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear. The employee occasionally is required to bend, stoop, and kneel. The employee is occasionally required to sit. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds, and occasionally lift and/or move up to 20 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, and 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 is occasionally exposed to outside weather conditions. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Phipps Houses and Affiliates is an Equal Opportunity Employer that does not discriminate on the basis of actual or perceived race, creed, color, religion, citizenship or national origin, ancestry, alienage, citizenship status, age, disability or handicap, sex, marital status, veteran status, pregnancy, gender, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local laws.  Our management team is dedicated to this policy with respect to recruitment, hiring, placement, promotion, transfer, training, compensation, benefits, employee activities and general treatment during employment.

Salary : $19 - $25