Bilingual Education and Outreach Coordinator (Star Learning Center)

Description

Organization Overview: The Goddard Riverside Community Center (Goddard Riverside) and the Stanley M. Isaacs Neighborhood Center (Isaacs Center) are well-established Manhattan community-based agencies that support services to approximately 30,000 New Yorkers. We are two of New York City’s leading human services organizations meeting the needs of children, youth and families, homeless individuals, and older adults through-out Manhattan and New York City. We work every day for a fair and just society where all people have the opportunity to make choices that lead to better lives for themselves and their families. The Isaacs Center focuses primarily on the needs of children and low-income families, out-of-school and out-of-work youth, and aging New Yorkers. We operate at community centers located in the neighborhoods of East Harlem and Yorkville, and seek to deliver programs that are impactful, innovative, and intergenerational.

Program Description: Goddard Riverside Community Center (GRCC) is a leading Manhattan community-based agency with an annual operating budget of $30 million. Star Learning Center, a program of GRCC, is a year-round tutoring program for underserved students from across NYC. The program provides one-to-one academic support and educational advocacy to students in grades 2 through 12. Each student at Star is matched with a volunteer tutor. Tutors receive an orientation to the Center and their individual students and staff provide ongoing coaching and support. Star also connects students with other GRCC programs and outside resources to enable them to reach their full potential.

Position Summary: Star Learning Center seeks a committed, compassionate, and highly organized individual to join a close-knit and diverse community of staff, students, volunteer tutors and parents. The candidate should enjoy working closely with others and also work well independently. We are looking for a team member invested in having an impact on the lives of young people, committed to learning, and inspired to be a part of ending educational inequities.

Schedule: Monday-Friday (Mon 11am-7pm, Tue & Wed 10:30am-6:30pm, Thurs & Fri 10am-6pm)

Salary Range: $47,000 to $53,594

Candidates must have the required qualifications to be considered for the position. The salary offer will be based on the candidate’s number of years experience in the exact or comparable position and additional preferred qualifications will be taken into account.

Roles, Responsibilities, and Essential Duties

Role, Responsibilities, and Essential Duties

Education Duties will include:

• Support student-tutor pairs during tutoring hours by providing materials to tutors, showing tutors how to locate and track students’ class work, homework and online assignments, and assisting tutors with content support as needed
• Schedule student testing appointments, administer post-tests to current students (using the Woodcock-Johnson IV Tests of Achievement) to measure progress, and write testing reports for tutor use
• Organize and maintain Star’s library, including researching new book titles and tutoring materials, sorting donations, and working closely with library clerk and Educational Specialist
• Assist Director in administering the HS Regents Prep program and in tracking HS student progress toward graduation and annual course work
• Publish Star’s annual literary magazine and plan weekly writing prompts for students; encourage participation in a range of reading and writing activities
• Create holiday/book contests and find prizes; prepare holiday and end-of-year gifts for students and tutors

Outreach Duties will include:

• Research and update resource materials for families on free and low-cost summer camps, tutoring and enrichment programs; assist families and students to complete applications to summer and school-year program; create database to track the referrals
• Provide information on summer jobs, internships, service opportunities, leadership and academic programs to high school students
• Assist Director with all referrals for Special Education services; work with individual families on documentation and applications for alternative schools or programs
• Help individual 8th grade students/families as needed with the High School application process and track all activity
• Assist with the volunteer recruitment process
• Organize year-end volunteer and family appreciation event

Qualifications/Educational Requirements

• Minimum of 60 college credits, with a major and/or coursework in education or social work preferred; Bachelor’s degree preferred
• Minimum two years’ experience working with school-aged students
• Fluency in written and spoken Spanish
• Prior classroom and/or tutoring experience preferred

Skills, Knowledge and Abilities

• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Outstanding organizational and time management skills

Computer Skills Needed

• Highly proficient in Microsoft Office and Google Suite applications

Physical Requirements

• Ability to lift boxes

Work Environment

• Office and tutoring center/ work from home hybrid model (through June 2025)

We are committed to building an inclusive workplace community grounded in respect for differences. We support hiring a broadly diverse team of qualified individuals who will contribute to our organizations.

Goddard Riverside and Isaacs Center provide equal employment opportunities to employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, national origin, age, disability, marital or veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.

The intent of this job description is to provide a representative summary of duties and responsibilities that will be required of this position and title and shall not be construed as a declaration of the specific duties and responsibilities of any particular position. Employees may be requested to perform job-related tasks other than those specifically presented in this description. This job description does not constitute an employment agreement between the employer and employee and is subject to change by the employer. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job.