High Rocks -Laughlin Memorial

AmeriCorps & Senior Corps

West Virginia

On-site

USD 14,000 - 18,000

Full time

9 days ago

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Benefits offered by this job

Childcare assistance

Education award

Health coverage

Living allowance

Training

Job summary

Laughlin Memorial in Wheeling, WV, seeks a dedicated member to support its afterschool program.

You will tutor students, develop enrichment activities, assist with meals, and help recruit volunteers to expand capacity. You’ll lead with reliability and engage youth through personal choice and engaging outreach, while balancing commitments with school hours.

Qualifications

Effective communication with youth and families.
Ability to plan and run enrichment activities.
Strong teamwork and leadership in a volunteer setting.

Responsibilities

Tutor students to support academic progress.
Lead and develop enrichment activities for afterschool participants.
Assist with meal service and supervision.
Conduct outreach events and recruit volunteers to expand capacity.
Serve as a reliable, engaging leader for youth.

Skills

Communications

Community Organization

Leadership

Public Speaking

Recruitment

Youth Development

General Skills

Team Work

Job description

Laughlin Memorial has been in the East Wheeling Community for more than 150 years. Most programming is designed to provide safe supervision, academic support, and meals for children in the urban neighborhoods of Wheeling. During the current academic year, 75 individual children have participated in the afterschool program. The afterschool program operates Monday – Thursday.In the summer, Laughlin Memorial offers a literacy program to helps kids maintain or improve their literacy skills over the summer.All programs are free. More than 50 families rely on the Laughlin Memorial for accessible out-of-school time programs, which help families maintain employment.

Member Duties

The member will largely focus on the afterschool program by helping support students in their academic area via tutoring, developing and leading enrichment activities, helping to provide balancing meal services. This member will serve as a reliable leader that will help expand our capacity to keep students engaged by providing them with personal choice. Outreach events and recruiting volunteers.

Program Benefits