Engineering for Kids of Vancouver Island Looking for Birthday Party Coordinator/ Instructor at Victoria, BC Full Time

Are you passionate about educating kids? Are you a planning wiz who loves details? Does a flexible part-time position that allows you to work both from home and on-location sound appealing?
Engineering For Kids is hiring a Birthday Party Coordinator/ Instructor to organize, manage and lead our birthday party program. Additionally, the position will support the Program Manager in the day-to-day business operations with a focus on our weekend classes and summer camps.
The Birthday Party Coordinator/ Instructor is part administrative work and part teaching; we believe that working in the field will provide you a deeper understanding of our organization, our curriculum and our clients. Experience in both areas is essential.
Responsibilities:

This is a new role in our organization. While we have a general overview of responsibilities, it’s possible that responsibilities will change as needs are identified and as the role is developed (with your help!).
Birthday Coordination

• Book and coordinate parties, including but not limited to responding to requests, scheduling staff, preparing supplies, communicating client needs to staff, arranging for invoicing
• Client service & follow up
• Act as the primary contact for staff and clients, including on weekends
• Promote birthdays through various marketing platforms
• Grow our birthday program with new ideas and activities

Weekend Classes

• Support our weekend classes and staff, including booking substitute instructors, communicating with facility staff

Day-to-Operations

• Provide customer service, including responding to emails, phone calls, and direct inquiries from clients, community partners, staff
• Work with the Program Manager to create marketing campaigns and seasonal programming guides
• Participate in staff training
• Help create and/ or maintain procedures and documentation
• Help update and/ or create programming curriculum
• Manage supplies and inventory
• Assist with managing the online staff schedule
• Maintain regular communication with staff

Instruction

• Work with a co-instructor to lead birthdays
• Co-lead classes, workshops, camps, as needed, using EFK curriculum and lesson plans
• Prepare and transport supplies to and from birthday/ class/ camp locations

Qualifications:

• Experience planning, facilitating, and executing projects within a time frame
• Strong customer service skills
• Experience teaching children, ideally through hands-on learning activities
• Experience with classroom management
• Demonstrated leadership skills
• Ability to communicate in a clear, concise, kind, and confident manner with both children and adults (oral and written)
• Able to work both independently and in a team environment
• Ability to quickly assess and problem solve a situation with confidence
• Has a real interest in S.T.E.M fields (engineering, robotics, coding, Minecraft)

Requirements:

• Access to a vehicle (you may be required to transport supplies to/from locations)
• Has/ willing to obtain emergency first aid and CPR-Level C
• Has a recent (within 4 months) vulnerable sector Police Information Check or is willing to obtain
• Available on weekends and in summer

What we provide:

• An awesome team of people to work with!
• Ongoing training and support
• Remote work opportunity (administrative work only)
• A flexible, part-time schedule (up to 20 hours per week) with the potential for more hours in Summer
• $20/ hour + 4% in lieu of vacation pay

Who we are:Engineering For Kids Vancouver Island brings S.T.E.M. education (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) to children ages 4+ through fun and engaging hands-on learning experiences that encourages creativity, collaboration, problem solving, and critical thinking. We teach after-school classes, workshops, parties and camps at recreation centres throughout Greater Victoria.
Members of visible minority groups and women in S.T.E.M are encouraged to apply