Temporary Production Assistant @ Lines Community Arts Project

Description

Are you passionate about working with youth to promote social-emotional development and social change through the arts? Are you looking for a highly collaborative work environment with an opportunity to share your creativity?

Center for Family Life seeks a flexible, creative, motivated team member to join our staff of professional artists, social workers, teachers, and young adult youth workers in a community-based after-school program serving middle and high school students.

• Collaborate with a team of professional artists, social workers, and youth workers to create an original production that engages 100+ high school students in arts and production skill development.
• Assist with dance, music, and theater rehearsals for middle and high school participants.
• Provide expertise and production assistance with costumes, scenery, lighting and/or sound.

• BA degree, with performing arts and production experience in dance, theater and/or music live events.
• Technical theater and production experience in costumes, scenery, lighting, and/or sound.
• Experience working with middle and/or high school youth.
• Must enjoy working in groups, collaborating with others, and being part of a community.
• Bilingual in English‑Spanish or English‑Chinese, a plus.
• Drivers’ License and access to a vehicle, a plus.

In addition, employees need to possess the following characteristics:

• Be a team player.
• Have sensitivity to cultural differences present among staff and participants within our organization.
• Possess a strong belief in people’s ability to grow and change; forge a mutually respectful partnership with persons served and their families.
• Have the ability to establish and maintain appropriate professional boundaries with participants.

This is a TEMPORARY non-exempt position at 15-20 hours per week M-F, some Saturdays, $18 - $25, commensurate with experience.

Please send resume to Paige LaBoskey at (Use the "Apply for this Job" box below).

It is the Agency’s policy to provide equal employment opportunity for all applicants and employees. Center for Family Life in Sunset Park does not unlawfully discriminate on the basis of actual or perceived race, sexual and reproductive health decisions, height and weight, color, religion, religious creed, sex, sexual and reproductive health decisions, gender, gender identity, gender expression and sex stereotyping, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, age, physical or mental disability, legally protected medical condition or information, family care or medical leave status, military caregiver status, military status, veteran status, marital status, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, status as a victim of domestic violence, sexual assault or stalking, enrollment in a public assistance program, engaging in protected communications regarding employee wages, requesting a reasonable accommodation on the basis of disability or bona fide religious belief or practice, or any other basis protected by local, state, or federal laws.