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Club J Lead Counselor 

Position Summary 

The Shanna and Bryan Glazer JCC is seeking an energetic and reliable lead counselor for our Club J afterschool program. Club J is an after school enrichment program serving children from kindergarten through 5th grade. Lead counselors must be able to keep their group safe at all times and provide a fun, nurturing setting.  

Possible part-time and full time in various shifts available throughout the day anywhere from 8am-6pm. 

Essential Job Functions 

• Serve as a role model to Club J counselors and participants
• Interact positively with students, parents, and co-workers
• Lead daily program operations, including the possibility of driving a Club J van or bus to pick up children from assigned schools
• Setup and clean up of program space and daily activities
• Excellent communication skills and prepared for collaborative work in a team environment
• Implement and adhere by all Club J program policies and procedures
• Directly supervise children in your group, including consistent monitoring of where every child in the group is at all times throughout the day
• Positively manage children using appropriate behavior management techniques
• Ability to lead, create and implement activities on a daily basis including homework supervision and a combination of enrichments (i.e., arts and crafts, sports, team-building exercises, drama, dance and more.)
• Availability to work Club J Vacation Days.

• Communicate with the manager or supervisor about any issues regarding children or staff
• Take responsibility for all participants by using common sense, safety, and high moral character
• Display leadership, responsibility, patience, confidentiality, creativity, dependability and trustworthiness
• Ensure that children have a positive and fun experience while participating in the Club J program
• Check in with program manager to be assigned other functions (i.e., filing, printing, document management, etc.)

Driving Job Functions 

• transport passengers in a safe and timely manner 
• maintain order of children for duration of the route 
• monitor condition of the interior and exterior of vehicles and conduct pre-trip inspections 
• maintain accurate documentation for licensing

Position Requirements 

• Professional behavior
• Flexibility and ability to adapt to different activity changes with short notice
• Positive attitude
• Ability to manage groups of children
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Reliable/excellent attendance
• Must have a clean driving record
• If driving van/bus must be 21

Education 

• Maintain certification in First Aid/CPR
• Maintain all background checks required
• Must have graduated High School 
• Some college experience or degree preferred

Reporting Relationships 

Reports directly to Youth/Teens Programs Manager at SBG 

Tampa JCC is a Certified Drug Free Work Place  

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer