Summer STEAM Program Site Manager (SPARK)

Company: Beam Center

Position: Summer STEAM Program Site Manager (Spark)

Compensation: $28/hr

Employment Status: This is a part-time temporary position.

Dates of employment: June 15th - August 21st

Hours:

• June 15th - July 10th: 20 hours/week
• July 13th - August 21st: 30 hours/week

Work Schedule:

• Monday, June 15 through Tuesday, June 30: Monday-Thursday 9:30am-2:30pm at Beam Center
• Wednesday, July 1 - Thursday through August 21st: Monday-Thursday 8:30am-3:30pm at your designated school site (TBD)

Job Description:

SPARK is Beam’s summer program where 14-15 year olds imagine and create their dream spaces using 3D model drafting and spatial design practices to bring these spaces to life. The Site Manager is responsible for supporting educators and youth assistants as they teach Beam’s Younger Youth SYEP curriculum to learners, ages 14-15, in classrooms across several schools across the five boroughs of NYC. They interface with school administrators as well as Beam Center staff and manage logistics and program operations at a school. The Site Manager reports directly to the School Partnerships Coordinator.

Key Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

Site & Relationship Management

Maintaining strong relationships with educators, youth staff, and administrators at your assigned site(s), and being a conduit for important information between your site and Beam. This includes:

• Assisting classroom teams with tracking youth staff timesheets and daily participant attendance
• Acting as a point of contact between classroom teams and the Beam Program Lead and School Partnerships Coordinator regarding the site’s progress and needs.
• Communication with school administration personnel and staff from other organizations cohabiting the same space to facilitate and support the operation of a student-driven prototyping environment.

Implementation & Logistics Support

Provide attentive, proactive, frontline support for site and project issues to ensure programs run smoothly. This includes:

• Attending regular check-ins with classroom teams collaboratively troubleshoot STEAMprojects facilitation and addressing classroom management and safety issues.
• Supporting with materials or tools deliveries (e.g. unloading and directing supplies to the appropriate classrooms)
• Coordinating with administrators and Beam staff to address unexpected program changes swiftly (e.g. classroom change or issue)
• Coordinating with administrators and Beam staff to ensure that program operations run smoothly (e.g. distribution of snacks or meals, metrocards/OMNI, access to bathrooms, access to elevators, entry and exit norms, etc.)
• May provide additional classroom management support during unexpected assistant absences;
• Manage documentation (e.g. taking photos for Comms team);
• Manage attendance (including accounting for stragglers, unique schedule occurrences such as summer school conflicts);
• Communication with families or youth about program reminders, unexpected absences or wellness concerns

Managing a Team of Youth Staff

For many youth assistants, this will be their first work experience. Helping them understand how to conduct themselves professionally, support their colleagues, and work with near-peer students is a big part of the Site Manager role. This includes:

• Regular observation and providing informal feedback and support to youth staff
• Facilitation of daily meetings with youth staff assigned to your site to address issues and support needs
• Providing ongoing training for youth staff on evolving areas of growth and development
• Ensuring youth staff complete and submit timesheets

Site Managers will receive training in: learning through collaborative hands-on projects; and Beam Center’s design & prototyping process. Site managers will also receive training on protocols in conflict resolution and communication methods for working with school admin.

Qualifications:

The ideal candidate for this position has experience facilitating educational experiences with diverse learners, a knack for figuring things out, and superior communication skills.

Strong applicants will have:

• Program facilitation & classroom management experience;
• Ability to supervise youth and early career staff with patience, clarity, and consistency
• Comfort working with diverse groups of people (both youth and adults)
• Strong organization skills and ability balance multiple priorities
• Ability to be adaptable and comes prepared to improvise when the situation demands it
• Excellent communication and relationship building skills
• Understands the value of collaboration, and ability to delegate
• Familiarity with the NYC Department of Youth and Community Development is a plus
• Familiarity with Social Emotional Learning framework is a plus
• Multilingual proficiency a bonus