Summer Splash Staff at The Sanneh Foundation Inc – Saint Paul, Minnesota

Summer Splah Staff

Youth Development, Mentorship

Programming

55

Conway Community Center

Yes

$16-$18/hour

Part-Time

Jade Adams

ASAP

Yes

Until Filled

http://thesannehfoundation.org/about-us/careers/

Sanneh Foundation Mission

The mission of Sanneh is to empower youth, improve lives, and unite communities. Sanneh empowers youth by supporting and promoting educational attainment through in-school and after-school support, improves lives by providing programs that strengthen physical health, creates accessibility to healthy food and social and emotional development, and unites communities by fostering an environment that asserts the dignity of all people without exception. Sanneh asserts that all individuals, without exception, are intrinsically valuable.

Values:

• Accountability

• Caring

• Growth & Learning

• Respect

• Adaptability

This individual will assist with tutoring, mentoring, coaching of youth between first and sixth grades who participate in activities through The Sanneh Center at Conway, including learning hub, tech hub, and physical fitness activities (indoors as well as outdoors). This individual will also assist with packaging, logistics of food distribution on/off site.

This individual will be responsible for:

• Creating a supportive, safe, and welcoming environment for the youth in sports and emotional development

• Monitor and direct youth sports activities indoors as well as outdoors

• Assist with packaging, logistics of food distribution at The Sanneh Center or other sites

List of duties performed includes:

• Supporting youth with general learning needs in sports teamwork

• Reviewing topics and assignments

• Assisting youth with assignments and projects

• Supporting and encouraging youth to stay on task and complete their assignments or projects

• Providing support with study strategies, note-taking skills and approaches to answering to youth inquiries

• Help to develop supplement materials to engage youth as needed

• Providing youth with positive and constructive feedback

• Offering feedback on progress to youth’s parents, guardians, and teachers where appropriate

• Assist and support youth with the use of technology in their assignments throughout the day

• Supporting youth with outdoor activities (sports such as basketball, soccer, and pickelball)

• Promoting safety for youth who take part in activities both indoors and outdoors

Preferred Education & Qualifications

• Experience with academically or technologically supporting institutions.

• Experience supporting and mentoring youth audiences.

• Familiarity with Social Emotional Learning (SEL) concepts.

• Monitoring youth outdoor activities.

• Promoting safety and well-being of youth

• Experience working with diverse communities, immigrant youth, Native American, Hispanic and/or urban communities.

Please send a cover letter, résumé, and three professional references to the HR Department office at, recruitment@thesannehfoundation.org. In the subject line, please indicate the job title.

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Must be able to lift up to ten pounds. Primary functions require sufficient physical ability and mobility to work in an office setting; to stand or sit for prolonged periods of time; to occasionally stoop, bend, kneel, crouch, reach, and twist; to lift, carry, push, and/or pull light to moderate amounts of weight; to operate office equipment requiring repetitive hand movement and fine coordination including use of a keyboard; and to verbally communicate to exchange information. VISION: See in the normal visual range with or without correction. HEARING: Hear in the normal audio range with or without correction.

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