Childcare Coordinator (Part - Time)

POSITION SUMMARY:

World Relief is a unique and invigorating place to work. We are looking for talented, ambitious and collaborative people to come alongside our mission, vision and values as we partner with churches to empower the most vulnerable in the world. We hope these resources provide more insight into your hiring journey with us.

The Childcare Coordinator works with the Resettlement Team to provide childcare and educational experiences for refugee and immigrant children while parents participate in group programming at World Relief Durham.

Compensation: $15.00 - $17.00 DOE

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Plan supervision periods and content for non-English speaking children in indoor setting of 8-10 children at a time
• Facilitate the sign-in and sign-out of children by parents
• Adapt and deliver basic preschool curriculums, including reading of stories and practicing English letters, to non-English speaking
• Ensure childcare space is clean and free of hazards
• Engage parents of children to ensure any special needs of individual children are met
• Liaise with case workers to collaborate on emerging needs of children enrolled in programming
• Supervise distribution of health snacks to children in childcare programming
• Supervise Childcare Assistant, assigning tasks and providing feedback on performance as required
• Maintain accurate and descriptive case notes for each child’s program participation
• Other duties as assigned by supervisor

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES:

• Deeply committed to the care and welfare of children
• Ability to be flexible to respond to changing needs of children and families
• Conversational fluency in written and spoken English
• Conversational fluency in written and spoken Dari or Pashto
• CPR certification or willingness to obtain CPR certification

REQUIREMENTS:

• Minimum 6 months’ experience in childcare or educational setting
• Microsoft Office skills
• Mature and personal Christian faith
• Committed to the mission, vision, and values of World Relief
• Desire to serve and empower the Church to impact vulnerable communities
• Diverse and immigrant candidates encouraged to apply

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

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.

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to have ordinary ambulatory skills sufficient to visit other locations
• The ability to stand, walk, stoop, kneel, crouch, and manipulate (lift, carry, move) light to medium weights of 10-15 pounds
• Requires good hand-eye coordination, arm, hand and finger dexterity, including ability to grasp, and visual acuity to use a keyboard, operate equipment and read application information
• The employee frequently is required to sit, reach with hands and arms, talk and hear

WORK ENVIRONMENT:

• General office setting
• Great lengths of time working on computer, reading from computer screen, entering information, standing at copier or fax machine, and some time on the phone or in skype meetings may be required
• Year-end archiving activities involve repeated lifting and bending
• Physical, emotional and intellectual demands
• Equipment used: Employee computer (desktop or laptop), printer, and copier
• All of the above duties and responsibilities are essential job functions subject to reasonable accommodation. All job requirements listed indicate the minimum level of knowledge, skills and/or ability deemed necessary to perform the job proficiently. This job description is not to be construed as an exhaustive statement of duties, responsibilities or requirements. Individuals may be required to perform any other job-related instructions as requested by their supervisor, subject to reasonable accommodation. This position description is not all-inclusive and is always under review.

World Relief offers a competitive benefits package for Part-time positions (less than 25 hours per week):

• Offer 16 Paid Holidays (Regular Part Time)
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Sick Leave (Washington, City of Chicago, Maryland, California)

World Relief - Retirement:

• Eligibility: Part time is eligible after 1000 hours in a year
• Automatically enrolled at 4%
• 401K & Roth through Fidelity
• WR matches up to 4%, then an additional quarter percent up to 10%

World Relief Discounts (Immediately Eligible):

• Verizon
• Pet Insurance through Nationwide
• Home and Auto insurance through Liberty Mutual

We are proud to be an EEO/AA employer M/F/D/V. We maintain a drug-free workplace and perform pre-employment substance abuse testing.

For World Relief staff, strong commitment to the mission, vision, and values of World Relief is essential, and Christian faith is a prerequisite for employment, based upon United States federal guidelines provided in Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

Legal Background in the United States

World Relief is both an equal opportunity employer and a faith-based religious organization. This means that we conduct hiring without regard to race, color, ancestry, national origin, citizenship, age, sex, marital status, parental status, membership in any labor organization, political ideology, or disability of an otherwise qualified individual. The status of World Relief as an equal opportunity employer does not prevent the organization from hiring staff based on their religious beliefs, so that all staff share the same religious commitment.

Pursuant to the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Section 702 (42 U.S.C. 2000e 1(a) World Relief has the right to, and does, hire only candidates who agree with World Relief’s Statement of Faith.