Group Leader

Responsibilities

• Create and facilitate interactive, experiential workshops and activities for middle school students or elementary school youths.
• Serve as a positive, encouraging & affirming mentor for GK middle school youth or elementary school youths.
• Help with group management, including supporting positive group interactions, monitoring group transitions between activities, and ensuring safety during check-in, dismissal, and program hours.
• Assist with supervising students, including ensuring that students are never left on their own.
• Aid in chaperoning trips.
• Help with collecting program documents and attendance.
• Follow all guidelines and protocols outlined by Global Kids, the Department of Education, Youth and Community Development, and the Department of Health.

Qualifications

• A High School diploma is required. Currently attending college is preferred.
• Experience working with youth using interactive learning strategies.
• Commitment to and understanding of working in culturally diverse settings and using antiracist practices.
• Knowledge of or passion for global issues, political science, history, education, and social activism.
• Good facilitation, consensus-building, conflict resolution, and interpersonal skills.
• Strong work ethic, reliability, initiative, creativity, and willingness to learn.
• Strong communication, writing, organizational, and technology skills.
• International experience is a plus.
• Fluency in other languages is a plus (particularly Spanish or Haitian Creole).