General Summary
Under the direction of the Family Programming Director, the Family Programming Associate is responsible for caring for children ages six months through twelve years, ensuring a safe, clean, and fun environment, and executing the department’s established guidelines and standards.
Primary Job Functions
- Care for children ages six months through twelve years
- Provide a safe, clean environment including sanitizing toys and play areas, checking and changing diapers, picking up toys, and wiping down tables and counters
- Ensure the entire childcare space is supervised and that every zone with a child is staffed
- Complete all items on the opening and closing operations checklists
- Greet parents and children with a smile; invite children to join activities
- Ensure interaction with children at all times; focus on engaging older, shy, or bored children and comforting crying children
- Organize and implement age‑appropriate activities such as craft time and story time
- Treat children with responsive respectfulness—coach rather than scold, and address behavior tactfully out of the child’s hearing range
- Be present on the floor and offer assistance as necessary
- Communicate timely and follow up as appropriate
- Participate actively in events, programs, meetings, and training
- Represent the club professionally through image, dress, communication, and immediate follow‑through and response
Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each primary job function satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Skills, Knowledge, Experience & Education
- Minimum one (1) year of experience caring for children in a daycare or babysitting environment
- Professional, friendly manner and excellent customer service attitude and abilities
- Strong verbal communication and conflict resolution skills
- Enthusiastic, responsible, and dependable team player
- Self‑motivated, takes initiative, and willing to acquire new skills
- Well organized and detail oriented
- Computer literate
- CPR certification required
Working Conditions & Physical Requirements
- Ability to arrive on time for all scheduled work shifts, including weekends, evenings, and holidays
- Must be flexible, adaptable, and readily able to adjust to changes in the work environment
- Position requires daily public contact
- May need to deal with unpleasant or angry people and problem‑solve difficult situations
- Must adapt to a frequently changing environment
- Frequently required to use hands to finger, handle or feel; and reach with hands and arms
- Frequently required to climb or balance and occasionally stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl
- Occasionally sit for extended periods and regularly walk around the facility
- Occasionally talk and hear
- Frequently move 10 pounds and, in the event of an emergency, lift or move up to 50 pounds
- Specific vision abilities required, including close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus
Benefits
- Club Membership
- Competitive Compensation
- Discounts on club services and amenities
- Continuing Education
- Community Involvement
- Paid Time Off*
- Health Insurance*
- Offered to Full‑Time associates. Full‑Time status eligibility starting at 25 average hours of work per week.
Estimated Base Pay Range: $20.00 / hour
Equal Opportunity Employer
The Bay Club Company (“TBCC”) provides equal employment opportunities without regard to race (and all traits historically associated with race, including but not limited to hair texture and protective hairstyles), color, religion, creed (including, but not limited to, religious dress and grooming practices), sex (including pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions, and breastfeeding, and other related medical conditions), sexual orientation and identity, gender, gender identity, gender expression, actual or perceived national origin/ancestry, accent or ability to speak English, age, disability, marital/familial status, source of income, veteran status, citizenship status, political activities or affiliations, medical condition, genetic information, persons with AIDS or AIDS-related condition, or persons who are victims of domestic violence.
Additional County Ordinances
Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.