Fashion Activity Specialist, Richmond Hill

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Elmhurst, NY, US

Salary Range: $30.00 To $45.00 Hourly

Fashion Activity Specialist for Richmond Hill High School (Part-Time, 2-6 hours per week)

South Asian Youth Action (SAYA)

South Asian Youth Action (SAYA) is committed to providing its employees opportunities for growth in a supportive community environment. SAYA provides its employees a healthy work‑life balance in a fast‑growing youth development nonprofit.

SAYA:
Belong. Grow. Thrive.

Organization

Description:

South Asian Youth Action (SAYA) is an inclusive, South Asian‑focused 501(c)(3) youth development organization. Through our innovative, holistic approach, we work toward educational equity by providing opportunities and resources to less privileged New York City youth, ensuring they are empowered academically, emotionally, and socially to become engaged community members.

Established in 1996, SAYA provides valuable life skills and holistic, impactful programming to underserved New York City youth. As one of the first South Asian organizations created in the United States, SAYA is the only organization of its kind in the NYC metropolitan area providing inclusive and secular comprehensive youth development services while centering our community’s experiences. Today, SAYA provides programming at eleven elementary, middle, and high schools in Queens and Brooklyn, along with our Elmhurst‑based community center – serving a growing number of youths across all sites each year.

A key tenet of our work is cultivating vital social and emotional learning (SEL) skills such as belonging, confidence, and self‑efficacy through intentionally designed, research‑based curricula. Across our organization, services tailored for different age groups include leadership and identity development, academic support that bridges learning gaps, comprehensive college preparation, and activities that nurture creativity and build positive peer connections.

NYC Community Schools Initiative

The NYC Community Schools Initiative is aimed at bridging students, families, and communities with comprehensive social, emotional, and academic support to achieve successful student outcomes. At Richmond Hill High School (RHHS), these desired outcomes include: increased attendance and student engagement; greater connectedness to adults and peers; development of social and emotional skills; greater access to mental health resources; improved academic performance;

improved school culture and climate; increased family engagement; and greater collaboration among community partners and school administration.

The Fashion Activity Specialist will provide enriching activities for high school youth. In alignment with the Community School Initiative and Richmond Hill’s Instructional Focus, all activities will support the needs of social emotional learning (SEL) and culturally responsive‑sustaining education (CRSE), attendance intervention, as well as family and community‑building.

The Fashion Activity Specialist would be responsible for supporting the planning and facilitation of sessions that cultivate student experiences in various skillsets in the fashion world, including sewing, embroidery, vision boards, and much more. The facilitator will work with the SAYA team to ensure proper instruction, skills learned, and opportunities for students to practice skills during club sessions and at school events.

Reports to:

Community School Director

Compensation: $30‑45 per hour, commensurate with experience and qualifications. This is a school year position through June 2026, with potential rehire for the following school year.

• Must be available for hours from 2:00 pm–4:00 pm twice a week.
• Design and lead meaningful, engaging, and creative age‑appropriate lesson plans and curriculum, workshops, activities, events, and trips that center Social‑Emotional Learning (SEL) within culturally responsive‑sustaining education and strong social justice frameworks.
• Develop skillsets…