Youth & Community Learning Program Assistant

Youth & Community Learning Program Assistant

SUMMARY
:
Under the supervision of the Director of Youth & Community Learning, Columbus College of Art & Design (CCAD) seeks to hire a Youth & Community Learning Program Assistant. As this position is grant funded, it will begin in late May or early June of 2026 and end in August 2027. This role is non-exempt with an hourly pay rate of $21.15 – $22.11.

Programs supported by this role include:

• Creative Summer Workshops (1st
  -12th grade and Adults)
• College Preview (a two week residential, credit-bearing experience for high school students).
• Fall Saturday Art Classes (1st
  -12th grade and Adults)
• Fall Evening Art Classes for Adults
• Central Ohio Scholastics Art Competition
• Spring Saturday Art Classes (1st
  -12th grade and Adults)
• Spring Evening Art Classes for Adults
• Art Educator Professional Development Workshops

Primarily

• Support both the Director of Youth & Community Learning and Youth & Community Learning Program Coordinator in delivering seasonal programming.

Specifically

• Serve as the main point-of-contact for the Evening Art Class program for adults.
• Plan and implement Art Educator Professional Development programming.
• Assist with executing the regional Scholastics art adjudication, exhibition, and ceremony.
• Attend various fairs, conferences, and community events hosted by local school districts, the city of Columbus, local businesses, OAEA, and more.
• Develop and foster relationships with local and statewide K-12 art educators.

As well as

• Assist with creation and maintenance of programming schedules, enrollment systems, and records.
• Assist with the building and implementation of assessment and reporting systems for Youth & Community Learning programs.
• Assist with the review of syllabi, supply requests, lesson planning, and accommodation requests on a term by term basis.
• Assist with departmental supply purchasing, organization, inventory, and distribution.
• May serve as a point-of-contact for guardians of students enrolled in these programs through in-person interactions or tools like email and phone.
• Assist with communication with Youth & Community Learning instructors and student workers in-person and through tools like email, phone, and Discord.
• Assist with preparation and installation of end-of-term gallery exhibitions as needed.
• Assist with the supervision of off-campus College Preview field trips (transportation provided).
• Create and implement fun, engaging activities for College Preview attendees to enjoy during non-class hours.
• May be asked to lead certain workshops or substitute for courses as necessary and able.
• Attend, schedule, and lead meetings where appropriate.
• Other duties as assigned.

None.

Must be able to satisfactorily perform each essential duty listed above. Additional qualifications include:

• Excellent interpersonal communication and human relations skills (written and verbal).
• Time management skills.
• Ability to set priorities that accurately reflect relative importance of duties.
• Ability to work independently within a team in a fast-paced office environment.
• Ability to be proactive, creative, and have a problem solving approach.
• Collaborative, entrepreneurial, and proactive working style.
• Excellent organizational and project management skills.
• Detail oriented and deadline driven work ethic.
• Ability to work on multiple projects simultaneously within time constraints.
• Must be flexible and able to work unconventional hours, including some evenings and weekends.
• Computer literacy with Google Suite.
• Adobe Suite experience preferred but not required.
• Visual arts experience or degree preferred.

• Associates or Bachelors degree required (Visual or Performing Arts, Arts Education, K-12 Education, or Higher Education Administration preferred).
• Experience in K-12 education administration, youth arts administration, or camp supervision preferred.
• Experience with event programming leadership, development and implementation, or related planning experience preferred.

• The employee is regularly required to sit, talk, and hear.
• The employee frequently is required to finger, handle, or feel and reach with hands and arms.
• The employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
• The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to focus.
• Valid driver's license required.

• The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate but can be occasionally louder.
• The pace of the work environment is moderate to fast.
• Occasional exposure to outside weather conditions.

Columbus College of Art & Design teaches undergraduate and graduate students in the midst of a thriving creative community in Columbus, Ohio. Founded in 1879, CCAD is one of the oldest…