Program Aide - Creative Arts - Part TIme

Salvation Army; Memphis, Northern (TN, KY); On-site; USD 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

The Salvation Army's KT-Memphis KROC Center in Memphis, TN is looking for someone to organize and run arts activities for participants and youth, including day camp programs and after-school offerings.

You will maintain attendance logs and sign-in/out records, keep facilities clean, and follow lesson plans with enthusiasm while ensuring safety and accurate participant counts.

Qualifications

• High School diploma or GED required.
• Experience in arts education preferred.
• CPR and First Aid, Safe From Harm, and Blood Borne Pathogens certifications are required.

Responsibilities

• Gathers supplies for arts activities and ensures participant safety.
• Provides care for participants in a safe, clean environment.
• Maintains cleanliness of Kroc Center facilities.
• Leads arts programming following lesson plans with enthusiasm.
• Keeps an accurate headcount of participants at all times.

Skills

Organizational skills

Safety awareness

Communication with youth

Education

High School diploma or GED

Any equivalent training/experience

Arts education experience

Job description

Job Details

Job Location: KT-Memphis KROC Center - Memphis, TN 38104

Job Category: Recreation

This position is responsible for: Executes planned activities for participants and youth which may include Day Camp Program, after-school programs, and recreational classes; make suggestions for planned recreational and arts activities; maintains program records, i.e., attendance records, parent sign in and out log; maintains cleanliness and orderliness of Kroc Center Property.

Key Responsibilities

• Gathers and sets up appropriate supplies and materials for planned arts activities; ensures the participants’ safety in utilizing the same.
• Provides assistance and constant care for the needs of the participants in an efficient, clean, loving, safe, secure, and healthy manner.
• Assists in maintaining the cleanliness and orderliness of the Kroc Center facilities.
• Leads the implementation of arts programming, with enthusiasm according to training protocol and written lesson plans.
• Maintains an accurate head count of assigned participants at all times.

Physical Requirements/Working Conditions

• Meets attendance requirements.
• Must be in good physical and mental health, capable of meeting the demands of the gymnasium and athletic field programs.
• Work requires the ability to lift and carry and/or push/pull heavy (50-100+lbs.) materials, supplies, and equipment frequently. Heavy mobility: duties are usually performed by combinations of standing, walking, climbing ladders or steps, bending, reaching, or transporting merchandise on frequent change basis relieved by fewer periods of sitting or operating a vehicle.
• Must be willing and able to swim, get wet, and/or subject to getting dirty while working with children.
• Work is performed in an indoor and outdoor recreational environment where there may be physical discomforts associated with changes in weather or with noise, dust, dirt, and the like.

WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR IN YOUR Education and Experience

• High School diploma or GED
• Or
• Any equivalent combination of training and experience which provides the required knowledge, skills, and abilities
• Must have prior experience working within arts education

Certifications

• CPR and First Aid Certifications
• Safe From Harm Certification
• Blood Borne Pathogens Certification

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