● Part Time: minimum of 3-4 hrs a week, with availability to work up to 20 hrs per
week
● Start Date: January 22nd
● End Date: March 14th
● Flexible schedule that includes after school hours for after school groups
● $16 - $18 per hour
● Potential to lead to a seasonal position
Duties and Responsibilities
Program:
1. Mentor middle school and high school youth through weekly after school groups and
once monthly day trips to help them reach their goals, focus on their strengths, build
outdoor and interpersonal skills, and when appropriate, facilitate and train them to
become peer mentors. Strive to positively connect youth to their culture, their
community
(including service-learning projects), their families, peer mentors, and their own
self-efficacy.
2. Under the assignment and supervision of the Program Coordinator, plan, recruit for,
lead/co-lead, publicize, record, and evaluate experiential mentoring activities though
after-school groups and monthly weekend day trips. Activities include, but are not
limited to: hiking, mountain biking, canoeing, skiing/snowboarding, rock climbing, white
water rafting, search and rescue activities, life skills, teamwork, leadership and
communication initiatives, service-learning projects and more (guides are used for trips
such as white water rafting, rock climbing, and others that require specific expertise our
leaders do not have).
5. Prepare and break down activities, and maintain and organize equipment and
supplies .
7. Carefully record youth activities, profile and goal information, inventory usage, and
service hours by completing activity summaries, mentee profile documents and
inventory check-out/check-in lists, as needed. Take photos of youth activities to share
with youth and upload to a shared file system for organizational use.
Financial:
1. Follow all agency financial procedures including completing accurate time sheets,
time allocation logs, and reimbursement forms. Work with the Program and Site
Coordinator to stay within program budgets and cash flows , track receipts and funds
spent, as well as complete purchase orders before spending any of the organization’s
funds . Program Assistants must get direct permission from the Program and Site
Coordinator before spending any money.
3. Strive to provide activities as cost effectively as possible. Advertise and collect fees
for youth activities and offer scholarships according to the organization’s policies.
Organizational:
1. Contribute to team and overall success of organization by having a strengths-based
attitude with all staff and volunteers, prioritize what issues to spend time and energy on
concerning team dynamics, and take responsibility for seeking team-oriented solutions
to issues at every level of the organization.
2. Work to lessen the organization’s negative effects and increase its positive effects on
the environment (i.e. buy locally, reuse material and supplies, recycle, reduce use of
non-renewable resources, etc.) .
Please e-mail resume to arrange an interview.