Content Specialist

Introduction

Henry Street Settlement is like no other organization, and our positions are not ordinary jobs. Every day Henry Street’s dedicated team carries out a 130‑year blueprint of service to our community established by our founder, Lillian Wald, in 1893.

Job Overview:

• Division/Department:
  Education & Employment / Youth Services
• Work Schedule:
  
  35 hours per week, regular, full‑time Monday – Friday, 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM
• Pay Type:
  
  Annualized salary range of $55,000-$65,000
• Exemption Status:
  Non‑Exempt
• Location:
  
  Fully onsite in the Lower East Side

Organizational Overview:

Henry Street Settlement opens doors of opportunity to enrich lives and expand human progress for Lower East Side residents and other New Yorkers through social services, arts, and health care programs. Building on its 130+year legacy of innovation and effective programming, Henry Street offers more than 50 programs and is one of New York City’s largest social service agencies.

Program Overview:

Education and Employment Services is a $15.5 million dollar division serving over 9,000 people each year through a continuum of services from Early Childhood Education through Adult Workforce programs designed to assist individuals in obtaining the skills necessary for lifetime self‑sufficiency. Education Services include Early Childhood Education, After School & Camp Services Programs, Athletics, Community Schools, Expanded Horizons College Success Program, and our Youth Opportunity Hub.

Education programming takes place within 3 community center sites and multiple school‑based Programs.

The Content Specialist is responsible for developing, coordinating, and supporting comprehensive educational programming designed to meet the academic, social‑emotional, and developmental needs of youth participants within Henry Street Settlement’s Education & Employment/Youth Services programs. This role leads to the development of hands‑on inquiry‑based academic projects, enrichment activities, and recreation experiences while ensuring programming reflects early college awareness, post‑secondary exploration, and youth choice and agency.

The Content Specialist collaborates with program coordinators, instructional staff, administrative teams, families, and community partners to support high‑quality curriculum implementation, assess student progress, and ensure programs meet grant requirements and participant needs. The position plays a key role in creating inclusive learning environments that support students from diverse academic backgrounds and promote positive youth development.

• Lead in the development and maintenance of a comprehensively coordinated educational program designed to meet the needs of all participants on both sides of the learning campus
• Infuse principals of early college awareness, post‑secondary exploration, and youth choice/agency in the educational philosophy governing program
• Plan and execute program‑wide hands‑on inquiry based academic projects, enrichment, and recreation experiences
• Ensure that age‑appropriate Social Emotional Learning opportunities are incorporated into program activities
• Structure group and individual instruction for all students with a keen focus on providing enrichment for neurodivergent learners
• Support community‑based program coordinators, instructional, and administrative staff to work towards collaborative implementation of grant requirements, which entails the supervision and coordination of weekly curriculum meetings
• Implement feedback mechanisms from staff, parents, student, and community members regarding curriculum and instruction
• Assist with orders and purchases of materials and information to support and enrich program activities/initiatives
• Maintain records of all participants and activities including attendance sheets and progress within the activity
• Collaborate with the program coordinators to review and assess individual students via surveys, observation, etc.
• Ensure that students are adequately prepared for sharing’s, culminating events, and exhibits
• Assist in making all necessary managerial decisions, (i.e. hiring, performance evaluations, and overall management)
• Complete…