Temporary Work Crew Supervisor

Center For Employment Opportunities, Inc.; New York (NY); On-site; USD 25,000 - 34,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical and dental coverage

Professional development opportunities

Paid holidays and leave

Job summary

Center for Employment Opportunities is seeking a Site Supervisor in New York, NY to lead outdoor work crews of 5-10, coach participants, and ensure safety and productivity in all weather conditions. The role emphasizes strong communication, conflict resolution, and commitment to social justice as part of our reentry employment mission.

Typical hours are 7:00AM-3:30PM (M-F) with overtime built in; duties include coordinating litter abatement and landscaping projects, recording attendance, and

Qualifications

• Experience leading work crews of 5-10 people.
• Ability to coach, mentor, and motivate participants.
• Strong communication to resolve conflicts and report progress.

Responsibilities

• Lead a public beautification work crew on litter abatement and landscaping.
• Ensure time attendance and accurate recordkeeping for participants.
• Maintain safety, morale, and productivity; provide feedback and training as needed.
• Assign tasks, monitor performance, and ensure high-quality work.
• Complete daily reporting and support special projects as assigned.

Skills

Team leadership

Safety training

Coaching

Communication

Job description

In Person at our New York, New York office

The Opportunity

Anticipated deadline to submit application: October 9, 2026, by 12pm EST. Position may close early if application limit is met. Apply promptly for full consideration.

We're looking for a Site Supervisor to help us live our mission to prepare people with recent criminal convictions for securing employment each year.

Site Supervisors support, supervise, and train work crews of 5-10 individuals, creating an uplifting work environment that ensures team member safety, providing on-the-job coaching, encouraging and empowering team members to seize each opportunity for building knowledge and skills, and balancing engagement and accountability across the crew.

This role is perfect for you if you enjoy a non-traditional workspace, like being on your feet, and love being outdoors. Ideally, you have experience teaching, coaching, mentoring or motivating youth or groups of adults as we know you'll be able to make a real impact in our participants' lives. You'll help create greater stability for our participants as they get back on their feet.

Please note: Site Supervisor work hours are typically 7:00AM-3:30PM (M-F) with the work conducted outside in all weather conditions. Weekly overtime is built into the role.

Who We Are

The Center for Employment Opportunities (CEO) provides employment services to people recently released from incarceration. Across the United States, 8,000-9,000 people participate in CEO each year, transitioning to employment that supports themselves, their families, and their communities.

What began as a demonstration project of the Vera Institute of Justice in the 1970s to address employment barriers facing the formerly incarcerated following release in New York City has grown into the leading reentry employment organization in the country, where over 30,000 formerly incarcerated individuals have secured full-time employment since 1996.

Who You Are

• You have strong organizational skills and can delegate, prioritize, and manage your team’s time effectively to meet project deadlines; you operate under pressure with ease
• You pride yourself in your ability to communicate and resolve conflicts effectively with individuals of varying backgrounds and experiences. You recognize the value of continuous communication, looping others into project status and any arising challenges
• You have a proven track record of leading teams to achieve success
• You enjoy supporting others to solve routine challenges; personally you're mechanically inclined, able to diagnose issues with equipment and propose solutions to solve/address
• You're deeply passionate about and committed to social justice
• You're respectful, fair, and patient
• You believe in hard work, efficient and friendly customer service, and teamwork and collaboration to drive results
• You exercise compassion toward the team you're leading and balance this with a straightforward approach that ensures you meet the needs of your customers
• You foster strong team spirit and enjoy providing 1:1 support to team members who may need a little extra encouragement

The Nitty Gritty Qualifications

• Valid driver's license with good driving record
• Must be able to: Consistently lift and move objects up to 75 pounds; stand, kneel, bend, and climb in order to complete projects; work outdoors; walk or stand for long periods of time; drive a 12 passenger van with an attached trailer; operate a smartphone
• Previous safety training preferable, though training will be provided to hired candidate

Additional Responsibilities

Key responsibilities of the Site Supervisor include but are not limited to:

• Leading a work crew in public beautification projects: litter abatement, landscaping, and sometimes other projects.
• Comply with company time and attendance (T&A) processes, which includes ensuring that participants accurately record their work time, ensuring that participants receive any required rest breaks and meal periods, and timely reviewing and approving participant time records on a daily basis.
• Ensuring customers’ work orders are completed to a high standard on a daily basis
• Establishing and maintaining positive staff morale through modeling sound leadership and teamwork
• Assigning job duties to crew members and setting reasonable goals for completion
• Monitoring crew members on job performance and productivity, providing appropriate feedback and/or additional training as needed
• Maintaining line of sight of all participants
• Maintaining a safe, secure, and healthy work environment by following and enforcing standards and procedures and complying with legal regulations and by reporting any matters that threaten the smooth operation of the training crew to your supervisor
• Completing any necessary daily reporting tasks
• Special projects and related duties as assigned

Compensation and Benefits

The salary range for this position is $20.3297/hr. In an effort to be both equitable and transparent, CEO's compensation philosophy considers a variety of factors, including, but not limited to, experience, internal equity, and home office location in making a final determination on our salary offer.

We recognize that salary is a part of the overall compensation package and also provide a comprehensive benefits package, including medical and dental coverage, as well as professional development opportunities and training, including regular training opportunities in Motivational Interviewing (MI). MI is one evidence-based skill that reentry and human service professionals can utilize when supporting participants to achieve their goals.

We also offer paid parental leave, participation in a retirement plan, sick and vacation leave, paid holidays and more. We are a workplace that promotes continual learning and teamwork, offering lunch and learns, team outings, holiday gatherings and more for our staff.

More About Us

Center for Employment Opportunities believes that everyone deserves the chance to shape a stronger future for themselves, their families, and their communities. People who are justice involved are highly encouraged to apply for vacant positions at all levels. CEO is committed to the CROWN Act, and creating an open space where our employees can present as their true authentic selves.

All qualified applicants will be considered for employment without unlawful discrimination based on race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, gender, gender identity, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, military status, prior record of arrest or conviction, citizenship status, current employment status, caregiver status, or any other category protected by federal, state, or local law. We value diverse experiences, including with regard to educational background and justice system contact.

Please note that due to the volume of resumes received, we are unable to contact each applicant regarding the status of each position or reply to candidates' inquiries via phone or email.

Voluntary Self-Identification

For government reporting purposes, we ask candidates to respond to the below self-identification survey.Completion of the form is entirely voluntary. Whatever your decision, it will not be considered in the hiringprocess or thereafter. Any information that you do provide will be recorded and maintained in aconfidential file.

As set forth in Center for Employment Opportunities's Equal Employment Opportunity policy,we do not discriminate on the basis of any protected group status under any applicable law.

If you believe you belong to any of the categories of protected veterans listed below, please indicate by making the appropriate selection.As a government contractor subject to the Vietnam Era Veterans Readjustment Assistance Act (VEVRAA), we request this information in order to measurethe effectiveness of the outreach and positive recruitment efforts we undertake pursuant to VEVRAA. Classification of protected categoriesis as follows:

A "disabled veteran" is one of the following: a veteran of the U.S. military, ground, naval or air service who is entitled to compensation (or who but for the receipt of military retired pay would be entitled to compensation) under laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs; or a person who was discharged or released from active duty because of a service-connected disability.

A "recently separated veteran" means any veteran during the three-year period beginning on the date of such veteran's discharge or release from active duty in the U.S. military, ground, naval, or air service.

An "active duty wartime or campaign badge veteran" means a veteran who served on active duty in the U.S. military, ground, naval or air service during a war, or in a campaign or expedition for which a campaign badge has been authorized under the laws administered by the Department of Defense.

An "Armed forces service medal veteran" means a veteran who, while serving on active duty in the U.S. military, ground, naval or air service, participated in a United States military operation for which an Armed Forces service medal was awarded pursuant to Executive Order 12985.