Educational Assistant

City of Albuquerque; Albuquerque (NM); On-site; USD 17,000 - 25,000; Part time

Job summary

The City of Albuquerque offers a part-time Playground Recreation Leader position at assigned program sites to develop children’s social, emotional, and cognitive skills while ensuring safety and well-being. The role provides support to higher-level staff in educational and recreational activities.

Key duties include planning age-appropriate activities, assessing progress, arranging learning environments, maintaining safe spaces and materials, and assisting program participants.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED plus 48 college credits, including 15 non-remedial hours in Math and English.
• Must possess valid New Mexico driver's license or ability to obtain by date of hire.
• COP (City Operator's Permit) within six months from date of hire.

Responsibilities

• Participate in planning and provisions of educational activities to develop social, emotional and cognitive abilities of young children.
• Assist in assessing the progress and needs of children and confer with staff on educational concerns.
• Assist in arranging indoor and outdoor environments to facilitate developmental learning.
• Provide a safe and healthy learning environment indoors and outdoors; assist in ordering and maintaining materials for activities.
• Provide assistance and information for program participants.
• Perform Recreation Leader duties as necessary and/or assigned.
• Perform other job related duties as necessary and/or assigned.

Skills

Child development

Activity planning

Safety awareness

Education

High school diploma or GED + 48 credits (Math & English)

Job description

Position Summary

Develop and implement educational and recreational activities at assigned Playground Recreation Program sites; ensure the safety and physical well-being of the children and provide responsible support to higher level staff.

This is a safety sensitive position subject to random drug/alcohol testing.

This is an unclassified, at-will position designated as part-time and temporary, with a maximum term of two (2) years from the date of hire. Employment will automatically conclude two (2) years from the date of hire in accordance with City policy.

Essential And Supplemental Functions

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Participate in the planning and provisions of appropriate educational activities to develop the social, emotional and cognitive abilities of young children; work with children to improve all developmental skills.
• Assist in assessing the progress and needs of children; confer with appropriate staff any educational concerns.
• Assist in the arrangement of indoor and outdoor environments to facilitate developmental learning.
• Provide a safe and healthy learning environment both indoors and outdoors; assist in ordering and maintaining material for educational activities.
• Provide assistance and information for program participants.

SUPPLEMENTAL FUNCTIONS:

• Perform Recreation Leader duties as necessary and/or assigned.
• Perform other job related duties as necessary and/or assigned.

Minimum Education, Experience And Additional Requirements

High school diploma or GED and supplemented by forty-eight (48) credit hours from an accredited college or university to include fifteen (15) non-remedial hours in Math and English.

Possession of a valid New Mexico Driver's License, or the ability to obtain by date of hire.

Possession of a City Operator's Permit (COP) within six (6) months from date of hire.

Working Conditions

Environmental

Classroom and outdoor environments; exposure to communicable diseases and noise.

Physical

Essential and supplemental functions may require maintaining physical condition necessary for waling, standing or sitting for prolonged periods of time; moderate or light lifting.