Part Time Assistant 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 an Assistant Program Coordinator, where you’ll play a vital role in bringing our Read Aloud Mentoring Program 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.

Read to a Child’s Read Aloud Mentoring Program (RAMP) pairs a volunteer mentor with a recommended Kindergarten-4th grade elementary school student for a rewarding weekly read-aloud experience during students' lunchtime. The Assistant Program Coordinator is responsible for working in conjunction with the Program Coordinator to ensure that volunteer mentors, students and school staff have a positive and meaningful experience. Leo Politi Elementary hosts both virtual and in person RAMP sessions.

The current open Assistant 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 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. 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

Essential Job Duties For In-Person Positions

This person working in this position will be in a school setting. It involves constant movement throughout the building and designated session areas, guiding students to their reading session. Depending on the school, this may require occasionally ascending/descending stairs. It also requires frequent positioning of books and/or program materials of various weights and sizes on a rolling book cart, as well as rolling the book cart to/from various locations within the school.

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
• Communicates well in person, on the telephone & via email
• Commitment to actively and continuously working toward achieving the organization’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion goals
• Highly organized, able to prioritize and multi-task -- with flexibility and a positive attitude
• Professional, positive and self-directed
• Comfortable working with and hosting group video conference platforms
• Comfortable working with e-mail, Word, Excel, and some data entry
• Access to transportation – this requirement may vary with each school/ program

To Apply: Please Send resume & cover letter outlining your suitability to the tasks and schedule outlined above to: kaela.mento@readtoachild.org

NOTE: Your application will not be considered without a cover letter.

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

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