FULL-TIME POSITIONS
In addition to our paid positions below, please take a look our AmeriCorps service opportunities.
Lonsdale/West Area JustLead Ministry Director
The Area JustLead Ministry Director is responsible for overseeing the implementation of JustLead in the Area, including identifying new collaborators needed, while directly implementing JustLead at a complex location.
RecSports Ministry Director
To help instill life-long active lifestyles, the RecSports Ministry Director develops, plans, and manages neighborhood recreation programs for Emerald Youth Foundation and helps connect neighborhood participants to Emerald Youth's city-wide sports teams and leagues. This role will recruit children and youth in an assigned neighborhood to participate in recreational and high-adventure activities as well as organized sports programming. The RecSports Ministry Director will also recruit coaches and volunteers, ideally from the neighborhood, to help in all recreational and sports programming and assist with sports teams and leagues as assigned. Lastly, this role will serve as the liaison for the urban FCA ministry in the neighborhood. This position helps allow Emerald Youth to engage in the community and broaden its reach in the city, helping to enable a strategy for day-to-day recreational and sports ministry that helps young people become *comprehensively engaged, and achieve critical youth development outcomes.
JustLead Youth Ministry Coordinator
This position will coordinate and implement all aspects of the church-based, JustLead Ministry for middle school and high school age youth. The JustLead Youth Ministry Coordinator will be responsible for the recruitment of youth and families to participate in the JustLead programs as well as volunteers to help support the ministry initiatives and for achieving assigned program goals. This role will partner with the church or faith-based organization (FBO) for both the youth and family ministry.
Calling and Career Ministry Center Coordinator
The Calling & Career Ministry Coordinator executes the day-to-day operations of the learning center open to 8th – through 12th graders to support their transition from high school to post-secondary education and training. This role will help facilitate academic support and enrichment opportunities, calling and career identification and planning, and post-secondary training selection so that students can identify their God-given calling and select the best path to pursue that calling.
Paid, Part-Time Positions
AmeriCorps members are individuals who commit their time and skills to get things done for America. There are more than 80,000 Americans across the country participating in AmeriCorps each year. All of them are tackling different problems in different ways, and have dedicated their time and skills to serve. AmeriCorps members spend anywhere from three months to a year serving with a nonprofit, school, public agency, or community and faith-based organization.
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Bilingual English/Spanish JustLead Tutor
Tutors will work with students on reading and math goals, based on student needs and grade level. Tutoring in the elementary level will have a focus on reading. Tutoring at the middle school level will have a focus on math. Tutors will receive curriculum and resources to support their students, and training will be provided on how to utilize the curriculum. Tutoring resources and curriculum will be provided to tutors.
JustLead afterschool/summer Ministry Worker
Assists with executing the day-to-day operations of the ministry’s afterschool and summer day camp programs. This position focuses on supporting the ministry’s discipleship activities, while also providing transportation, facilitating program rotations, and participating in relational ministry activities to comprehensively engage youth in the JustLead program.
Bus Driver
Use Emerald Youth Foundation vehicles primarily for afterschool pick-ups, summer day camp transportation, and/or transportation to and from sporting events as part of Emerald Youth's different youth ministries. Position could also include extended field trips and other trips as needed. Position ensures passenger safety, reports issues, and is responsible for awareness of routes and general vehicle upkeep.
Swim Instructor
Provides direct leadership, instruction and motivation for participants in Emerald Youth Sports Learn to Swim Program. Assists with curriculum and instruction of classes for elementary and middle school age participants.
Lifeguard
Maintains safe swimming conditions in the pool, deck, and surrounding areas. Creates a safe and positive atmosphere that promotes member safety and engagement in accordance with Emerald Youth Foundation and EV Davidson-Carl Cowan Pool policies and procedures.
Thank you for visiting Emerald Youth’s career page! We are always looking for highly qualified candidates to join our Kingdom calling to help raise up a large number of urban youth to love Jesus Christ and become effective leaders who help renew their communities. If you’re interested in joining our team but do not see a position listed above that is an immediate fit, please feel free to send your resume and a cover letter to hr@emeraldyouth.org.
*Section 702 of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 provides that the religious discrimination law will not apply to a religious corporation, association, educational institution or society with respect to the employment of individuals of a particular religion to perform work connected with the carrying on by such a corporation, association, educational institution or society of its activities.