Job Description

The Youth Opportunity Hub will be a space where teens and young adults will have a place where they can explore new skills through an entrepreneurship lens. They will have the opportunity to enroll in classes and to receive certifications in the following areas: Adult Basic Education Classes, Creative Arts, Culinary Arts, Sound Engineering, Training Lab, and Wellness Center. The Youth Opportunity Hub is based in Flushing/Jamaica. The ESL Instructor will report to the Director of Specialty Programming. 

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in social work, education, counseling, public policy, or related field. TESOL or CELTA certification is also accepted. 
• Minimum of 2 years experience in ESOL instruction. 
• Demonstrated experience in developing lesson plans and facilitating classroom lessons and workshops, both virtually and in person. 
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills. 
• Bilingual in Spanish is required. 

Responsibilities:

• Support ESL curriculum for beginner, intermediate, and advanced-level learners. 
• Develop and facilitate sector-based contextualized ESL instruction with a focus on health care. 
• Be digitally fluent in Spanish and able to deliver lessons and classroom content through virtual learning tools and online platforms. 
• Assist with conducting intake, outreach, and recruiting for potential ESL clients.
• Collaborate with the adult workforce team for job placement and wrap-around services for ESL learners. 
• Collaborate with the refugee resettlement team to recruit eligible students, facilitate ESL course enrollment, and ensure all required case file documentation is completed. 
• Attend all relevant meetings, training, workshops, and outside events as needed. 

General Tasks of All Common Point Queens Staff: 

• Promote and implement the Core Values of the Community Center. 
• Participation in all staff meetings and staff training seminars. 
• Participation in agency-wide programs and program committees, as assigned. 
• Active involvement, as a supervisee, in the supervision process. 
• Support the mission of the Commonpoint Queens. 
• Other tasks appropriate to the Commonpoint Queens staff, as assigned. Commonpoint Queens reserves the right to revise or change job duties and responsibilities as the need arises. 

Commonpoint Queens is an equal opportunity employer/program. 

Hours: Part-Time, 10 Hours/Week 

Start Date: ASAP

Salary: $30-40 per hour 

To Apply: Email your cover letter & resume to Jessie Ambrosio at jambrosio@commonpoint.org Please indicate “ ESL Instructor ” in the subject line of the email. 

Due to the high volume of applicants, only qualified candidates will be contacted.

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