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Program Assistant

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Brooklyn, NY, USA
21-21 Hourly
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Brooklyn, NY, USA
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Supports an after-school youth development program for middle school students. Responsibilities include supervising participants, distributing snacks, entering program data, conducting family outreach, maintaining student registration records, mentoring youth, assisting with field trips, and helping create a safe, welcoming environment. The role also involves professional development and collaboration with program staff serving under-resourced communities.
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Primary Location:

BROOKLYN COLLEGE

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Position Summary: BCCP is seeking a part-time program assistant to work with middle school students after school. Under the supervision of the Program Director, the program assistant will work closely with staff to ensure a safe and welcoming environment, assist with snack distribution, data entry and collection, and conduct family outreach.

Primary responsibilities:

  • Assist the Program Director with day-to-day activities and ensure participants are supervised adequately

  • Will be trained on DYCD Connect system, EZReports to ensure program data is collected and entered on time

  • Foster positive relationships with students and actively engage them to support their development

  • Participate in professional development and show dedication to youth development for under-resourced communities

  • Accompany teaching artists on field trips with participants

  • Work with program staff to provide a safe environment for all students 

  • Establish rapport with youth and provide mentoring and guidance

  • Participate in the student registration process to completion; maintain complete folders on students (enrollment forms, field trip consent forms, etc)

  • Demonstrate behavior that is professional, ethical, and responsible

  • Other duties as assigned

Qualifications:

  • No experience necessary

  • Current college students or higher 

  • Strong interest in youth development

  • Excellent interpersonal skills

Employment date: Immediately 

Location: Brooklyn, NY

About BCCP:

The Brooklyn College Community Partnership (BCCP) is a youth development program that connects Brooklyn College to Brooklyn neighborhoods through a comprehensive range of after-school and extracurricular initiatives in under-resourced public schools and at our Brooklyn College Arts Lab (BCAL). Our commitment to providing quality programming lies in diligently crafted holistic and interdisciplinary activities that empower students and meet their unique academic and social-emotional needs.

Pay Range:

$21 per hour

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The Research Foundation of the City University of New York is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action/Americans with Disabilities Act/E-Verify Employer. It is the policy of the Research Foundation of CUNY to provide equal employment opportunities free of discrimination based on race, color, age, religion, sex, pregnancy, childbirth, national origin, disability, marital status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, marital status, domestic violence victim status, arrest record, criminal conviction history, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law. 

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