East Chicago - Youth Development Professional (School Year)
Youth Development Professional
Club Hours: 2 pm to 7 pm Monday - Friday
Part-Time
Location: 2009 E. 138th St., East Chicago, IN 46312
$13 an hour
Description
The Youth Development Professional is responsible for creating, planning, implementing and supervising programs and activities within a specific program area such as Education, Arts, Sports & Fitness and Social Recreation.
Job Duties and Responsibilities Include
- Develop, implement and supervise purposeful and engaging programs and activities to achieve specific goals and outcome measurements.
- Establish rapport with members and provide mentoring and role modeling to assist with their leadership development, physical activity engagement and academic success.
- Develop and maintain positive climate and environment within program space.
- Promote, stimulate and engage members in activities and programs.
- Provide guidance and direction to members in the areas of academic success, healthy lifestyles, and civic and community engagement.
- Provide direct support and guidance to youth as they develop individual goals and plans.
- Recruit and lead members in program area as well as in field trips and outings.
- Encourage emotional, social, and educational growth of individual members.
- Ensure a clean, healthy and safe program area.
- Maintain an inventory of program equipment and supplies and make requests when necessary.
- Attendance of all staff/agency meetings, as required.
Perform other incidental and related duties as required and assigned.