POSITION SUMMARY:

• Responsible for ensuring safety and supervision of youth and leading developmentally appropriate activities in the Child Watch and Family Activity Center.
• Maintains accurate and complete participant attendance logs within the program, also ensuring positive participant engagement.
• Ensures the FAC and Child Watch have adequate supplies for operations, maintains program equipment, and makes recommendations for repairs.
• Assists the Youth Development Director in planning and executing special events, activities, scheduling
• Knows, reviews, and applies all safety, emergency, and child abuse prevention policies and procedures, responding to emergency situations in accordance with YMCA protocol
• Participates as a member of assigned committees, attends regular staff meetings, and promotes the YMCA throughout the local community
• Provides and welcomes ongoing dialogue with families about their child’s participation in activities, behaviors, and related topics, connecting families to the YMCA.
• Addresses member and staff concerns, providing exceptional member service and elevating issues to the Youth Development Director.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• A minimum of 2 years’ experience working with children ages 6 weeks to 12 years of age
• Demonstrated ability to lead, coach, and build relationships with parents and children
• Completion of YMCA Program-specific trainings upon hire
• Ability to relate effectively to diverse groups of people from all social and economic segments of the community

• 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 move the body through bending, leaning, kneeling, and walking.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to communicable diseases, thus engaging in frequent handwashing and us of disinfectant products
• The employee is regularly required to remain stationary, upright, and alert for several hours at a time.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee must regularly interact with youth through oral comprehension and expression, as well as active listening and speech recognition
• The employee is frequently required to lift and/or assist children up to 50 pounds in weight
• The employee must occasionally lift and carry supplies weighing up to 20 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close and distance vision and the ability to adjust
• The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate

The YMCA of the Inland Northwest commits to being an inclusive organization for all. Driven by our mission and values of Caring, Honesty, Respect and Responsibility we actively work to close equity gaps for marginalized and underserved groups. We are inspired to elevate social justice issues facing our community, remove systemic barriers, welcome cultural diversity, and create equity for those in greatest need. Through collaboration with our diverse community partners together we work to effect meaningful change. In all things, we are dedicated to ensuring our Y is a safe, welcoming place for all people to be, belong, and become. The YMCA of the Inland Northwest provides Equal Employment Opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants.

STARTING PAY: $16/hr

WHAT YOU GET FROM WORKING AT THE YMCA:

• Frequent opportunities to makes a difference in the lives of youth, adults, and senior members
• Something new and exciting to learn and work with every day
• Free individual membership (<19 hours/week) and family membership (20+ hours/week), with program discounts available
• Paid sick time for all staff, and paid vacation time for staff working 20+ hours/week
• Flexible schedules that work for YOU
• Onsite childcare with discounts available
• Medical, dental and health benefits for staff working 30+ hours/week
• Retirement plan with 8% employer contribution after 2 years of service (1,000 or more hours worked required in each anniversary year)

The happiest and most fulfilled Y staff are motivated to help others and want to be a part of something larger than themselves. Join our team! Come be a part of a charitable, mission-driven organization that works for individual and community well-being for all, for a better us.

Apply today!