Part Time Program Coordinator, Los Angeles, CA

Position Overview

Do you believe every child deserves a caring mentor and the opportunity to fall in love with reading? Join Read to a Child as a Program Coordinator, where you’ll play a vital role in bringing our Read Aloud Mentoring Program (RAMP) to life. By coordinating volunteers, partnering with schools, and supporting meaningful mentor-student relationships, you’ll help elementary students build confidence, improve literacy skills, and experience the power of reading.

Our Read Aloud Mentoring Program (RAMP) pairs volunteer mentors with Kindergarten through 4th grade students for a fun and rewarding weekly read-aloud session during the school day. As the Program Coordinator, you’ll be the heart of the program at your assigned school, ensuring every mentor, student, and school partner enjoys a positive, well-organized, and impactful experience.

In this role, you’ll coordinate the day-to-day operations of the program, build strong relationships with volunteers and school staff, manage scheduling and program records, and help create an environment where students can thrive.

The current open Program Coordinator role is an on-site position working in schools directly with students. Successful candidates must be comfortable working in an in-school environment and in keeping with all safety protocols required by the school, as well as be comfortable/confident working with technology.

This role is extremely important to the program’s function and success and will be an integral part of a fun and collaborative team! Our Program Coordinators are truly the face of our program and make a real difference in the lives of our students every year.

If you’re organized, people-focused, and passionate about making a difference in your community, we’d love to hear from you!

Specific Job Responsibilities Will Include All or Some of the Following:

Program Operations & Coordination

• Ensure smooth program start-up, including school partnership logistics (relationships, space, scheduling, absences, referrals, permissions, matching pairs)
• Facilitate and monitor reading sessions, which may be in-person and/or virtual, to ensure smooth operation of program
• If coordinating on-site, ensure hygiene/safety guidelines are followed and rooms are left clean and orderly
• Provide volunteers with book ideas; maintain an organized and inviting book cart (on-site programs only)
• Facilitate other activities or tasks as requested (e.g., supporting other schools)

1. Communication & Relationship Management

• Communicate regularly with supervisor
• Communicate with volunteer mentors: provide program updates, notify of student absences, and share schedule changes
• Notify students, teachers, and potentially parents/guardians of volunteer mentor cancellations or schedule changes
• Provide ongoing support and guidance to volunteer mentors, including general and case-specific advice (with supervisor input)

Data Management & Administrative Tasks

• Document reading session attendance and participant information changes in the database
• Collect mid-year and year-end surveys/assessments from mentors, students, and teachers
• Submit timesheets accurately and on time

Volunteer Engagement & Support

• Support volunteer recruitment efforts
• Assist students in making thank-you cards for mentors
• Plan and implement year-end celebration

Training & Professional Development

• Attend required Program Coordinator training sessions and meetings
• Participate in performance evaluation and goal-setting process
• Interested Program Coordinators may be able to take on some Program Assistant roles (virtually or in person) at other schools

Key Qualifications:

• Commitment to Read to a Child’s mission, viability and growth
• Experience working with young children
• Enthusiastic about children’s books, willingness to become familiar with the Read to a Child book collection
• Experience managing volunteers preferred
• Communicates well in person, virtually, on the telephone & via email
• Commitment to actively and continuously working toward achieving the organization’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion goals
• Extremely organized and adept at successfully managing multiple projects simultaneously and prioritizing – with flexibility and a positive attitude
• Comfortable working with and hosting group video conference platforms (eg: Zoom and/or Google Meets)
• Proficient with various technological platforms: Google Drive, word processing, spreadsheets, E-book sources, and some data entry. Salesforce experience a plus.
• Access to transportation

Read to a Child is committed to providing resources to children most impacted by systemic inequalities. We have faith in our students’ ability to thrive when they are provided with equitable resources and choose to focus on their strengths rather than the barriers they face. We are motivated to continuously act on our commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion among reading mentors, staff, and board members so as to best reflect and support the students we serve.

Employee Leave, 401k, flexibility and countless non-monetary rewards

Proficient in English