Assistant Director - O'Dwyer - Brooklyn Community Services

Position: Assistant Director - 2 Coney Island CornerStone Sites

Reports to: Cornerstone Site Director

Location: O'Dwyer Gardens - 2945 West 33rd Street, Brooklyn 11224 and Carey Gardens - 2315 Surf Avenue, Brooklyn 11224 - Must be able to work across 2 sites in Coney Island travel required

Hours: Full Time 35 hours per week - All work on site; no remote work available; Must be able to work evening weekday shifts, and Saturdays and Sundays

School Year: Tues – Fri, 2pm-10pm and Sat, 10am -6pm

Summer: Weds – Fri, 3pm to 11pm and Sat & Sun, 3pm to 11pm

Salary Range: $40,000 - $40,000

FLSA Status: Non-Exempt

Position Summary:

Founded in 1866, Brooklyn Community Services (BCS) empowers children and families to reach their full potential, strengthen families, and foster self-sufficiency in adults. With programs in more than 25 locations, BCS serves more than 20,000 individuals a year.

Cornerstone Programs provide academic and recreational opportunities to children, teens and adults in NYCHA community centers. The Cornerstone program is offered every weekday from 9:00 am to 10:00 pm, Saturdays from 10:00 am to 5:00pm, and extended hours during the summer and school holidays. BCS Cornerstone Programs are located in Brownsville, Fort Greene, and Coney Island.

Position Summary:

In conjunction with the Site Director, supervises staff and participants in the community center. Oversees the day-to-day activities of the center. Assists Site Director in creating high quality experiences that are aligned with the BCS philosophy: planning, organizing, developing, scheduling, enforcing rules, and evaluating recreation/educational activities in the center.

Responsibilities:

• Supervises Group Leaders, Activity Specialists and custodial staff. Provide them with regular supervision through observations and feedback

• Develops staff schedules, enforcing rules, and evaluating recreation/educational activities in the center.

• Assists with hiring, training, supervising, scheduling and evaluating center staff.

• Schedules the community center facilities and supervises conditions of the facilities such as set-ups and breakdowns of facility equipment and resources.

• Manages crisis as needed including, handling mental health issues .

• Facilitate mediations and conflict resolutions sessions between participants and parents as needed.

• Assist in carrying out other aspects of the program including planning trips, celebrations, and leadership activities.

• Develop one on one relationships with the participants, parents, and community partners

• Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology, Counseling, Child Development or Elementary Education encouraged to apply

• Must be able to multitask, be detail oriented, and flexible.

• Must have the ability to be timely, dependable and youth driven

• Must be artistically creative in the form of dance, poetry, art, drama, or forms of expression

• Excellent leadership, communication, supervisory and team-building skills, including the ability to motivate, align staff efforts to changing priorities and approaches, set goals, delegate responsibilities, and manage staff performance so as to ensure effective service delivery in accordance with organizational goals and program contracts.

BCS requires that all employees entering the workplace be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 unless an exemption is granted as a medical or religious accommodation.

BCS is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Auxiliary aids and services are available upon request to individuals with disabilities.