Youth Learning Associate (20 hr.) Northern Lights Branch

About the Position

As a Youth Learning Associate, you will assist with School Help operations in the Learning Center, working under the guidance of the Youth Services Manager to support students and ensure a welcoming, productive learning environment.

What You’ll Do

• Assists students K-12 with school assignments using various resources, helping them to understand instructions and identifying opportunities to improve their work and learning.
• Provides academic support and engages with students through various means including games and education-based learning programs.
• Teaches students to use research materials and to find answers.
• Reinforces good study skills and learning strategies.
• Affords assistance with School Help volunteer activities including orienting, training and scheduling.
• Maintains student behavior in the School Help Center to maintain a good learning environment.
• May assist with Summer Lunch and After School Snack.
• Mentors and builds relationships with students to assist them in building a foundation for a successful life.
• Affords assistance with programs for students participating in the School Help Center.
• Encourages students to participate in and complete Summer and Winter Reading Challenge.
• Affords assistance with Summer and Winter Reading Challenge including organizing and leading learning activities and programs.
• Performs additional duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications

• A High School Diploma or G.E.D. is required.
• An Associate’s degree is preferred.
• One to three years of teaching, tutoring, working with youth or related experience is required.
• The ability to express oneself effectively and concisely, both orally and in writing is required.
• The ability to interact with customers in a manner that meets the expectations and requirements of external and internal customers is required.
• The ability to effectively present in a variety of formal settings - one on one, group, peers, direct reports, etc. is required.
• The ability to command attention and manage group processes is required.
• The ability to operate library technology including personal computer, email, software programs (i.e. Windows/Microsoft Office) and other job-related equipment and systems is required.
• The ability to utilize reliable transportation to promptly report to job assignment and other locations, per job requirements is required.

Working Conditions and Physical Demands

The work environment involves everyday risks or discomforts that require normal safety precautions typical of such places as offices, meeting and training rooms, libraries, and residences or commercial vehicle (e.g., use of safe workplace practices with office equipment, avoidance of trips and falls, observance of fire regulations and traffic signals, and/or working in moderate outdoor weather conditions). Work requires minimal demand for physical effort.