Part-Time Administrative Assistant (MS 118 - Bronx)

About the role

The Police Athletic League (PAL) of New York City is an independent youth development nonprofit organization founded in 1914. Serving as a vital bridge between police and communities across all five boroughs, PAL operates diverse programs for children ranging from 2 years old to young adults. These programs include Head Start, after-school programs, summer day camps, evening teen centers, and college readiness initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Foster social and emotional competencies and mental and physical well-being in a safe, welcoming, inclusive, and nurturing environment.
• Plan and implement an efficient enrollment process meeting PAL's target enrollment by established deadlines.
• Create and maintain participant files aligned with SACC standards containing all relevant information for participants including medical needs, IEPs, support plans, and logs.
• Awareness of students in their group with IEPs and sharing developed support plans and tracking logs.
• Enter attendance into PAL databases accurately and within established deadlines.
• Answer questions from parents and staff.
• Coordinate with the Principal, Director, Regional Director, and Headquarters to ensure timely communication of important program data (calendars, registration numbers, etc.).
• Ensure program’s office procedures align with PAL’s strategic objectives, policies, agency programming calendar, SACC regulations, and contractual obligations of government and private funding sources.
• Respond appropriately when time-sensitive mental health services are needed such as suicide prevention, grief, and loss due to death or incarceration of a family member. Provide referrals to appropriate mental health services as needed.
• Lead compliance process for new PAL hires and order, secure, and manage office supplies and equipment.

Qualifications

• A minimum of sixty credits towards a degree from an accredited college or university in administration or human resources.
• A minimum of 5 years of paid work experience in a non-profit youth or social service agency in an administrative or managerial capacity.
• Dedicated to learning and implementing Best Practices in the field of youth development.
• Dedicated to supporting the ideas and opportunities of the youth, staff, and community.
• Excellent communication and listening skills.
• A minimum of sixty credits towards a degree from an accredited college or university in administration or human resources.
• Open to learning and growing. All staff will be learning mental health, SEL, and special needs inclusion skills and expected to integrate them into programming.
• Microsoft office skills are required.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills and ability to work collaboratively.
• Bi-lingual in Spanish, French, or Chinese preferred.
• Able to travel to any PAL location in the 5 Boroughs (for Professional Development days).
• Available for training opportunities outside of program hours.

Pay

The salary for this role is $21.00-23.00 an hour.

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits package including health insurance, flexible spending account options, an employee assistance program, tuition reimbursement, pet insurance, life insurance, retirement savings options, a generous paid time off policy, training, and more!

Location

MS 118 - Bronx

Start Date

September 7th, 2026