Job Summary:

Under the direction of the Hive Time Site Supervisor, the Hive Time Assistant assists the planning and implementation of the Hive Time program and its daily activities. This classification provides assistance by participating in and supervising daily activities and site areas in accordance with program guidelines, operations and daily plans. Must be available to work Monday through Friday not to exceed 40 hours per week.

% time

Essential functions of the job include the following:

10%

Assists the Site Supervisor in the planning and implementing daily age appropriate activities within the Hive Time Program.

70%

Assists in supervising assigned activities, events or areas, as delegated.

10%

Monitors and supervises the behavior of children to enforce the rules and guidelines of the Hive Time Program and to assure the safety of children. Follows and enforces the policies and procedures of the preschool aged child care program.

10%

Assists and participates in the cleaning, organizing and set up of games, materials or supplies needed prior to and during the program.

Performs other duties of a comparable level or type.

Education Training and Experience Requirements:

Requires some HS training and education and some previous childcare experience; or an equivalent combination of education/training/experience necessary to perform the requirements of the job.

License Requirements:

None required to gain entry into the position.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Required:

Technical:

• Knowledge of preschool and/or school aged childcare practices, issues and concerns.

• Ability to learn, follow, and apply department activities, childcare procedures and routines of Hive Time

• Skilled in applying judgment and care in supervising, monitoring and providing for the care of children of various ages.

• Skilled in providing age appropriate activities that will provide the child with activities to stimulate their creativity, imagination, communication skills, or ability to interact with others.

Language: Ability to read, analyze and comprehend simple instructions, correspondence and memos. Ability to write routine correspondence, notes, and/or memos. Ability to effectively interact  and supervise children in various structured and unstructured activities.

Mathematics: Ability to perform basic and general math functions such as adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing. Ability to perform these operations using units of currency, weight, volume and/or distance.

Human Relations: Requires skill to provide basic client services to the public and children within the Hive Time Program. Duties require tact, courtesy, and cooperation when dealing with parents, staff, and children primarily for the purposes of providing and exchanging information.

Physical Requirements:

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. Duties are generally performed in a typical childcare setting where there are minimal personal risks and dangers, however the employee may be exposed to some disagreeable conditions such as human/child contact, exposure to odor, fluids, and/or minor illness.

Positions in this class typically involves: seeing, standing, talking, hearing, feeling and walking, and considerable kneeling, stooping, crouching, and crawling. Physical requirements associated with performing the requirements of the job can be generally characterized as light in nature characterized by exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 10 pounds of force frequently, and/or a negligible amount of force constantly to move objects.

Comments:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. In addition to regular attendance, the requirements listed above are representative of the characteristics necessary to perform this job successfully. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job.

Posting Closes: Until postions are filled