People and Culture Coordinator

About Dream Yard

Dream Yard collaborates with young people, families, schools, and communities in the Bronx to build pathways to equity and opportunity through arts and social justice programs. Dream Yard’s In School and Art Center programs help thousands of K-12th grade Bronx young people each year pursue educational pathways towards higher learning and meaningful careers; it is our expectation that our youth will develop the tools to become engaged citizens, life-long learners, and the leaders and innovators of the 21st century.

Co-Executive directors Jason Duchin and Tim Lord founded Dream Yard in 1994. Over the past two decades, Dream Yard has worked with more than 100 public schools and over 200,000 young people and families. Dream Yard has developed a robust educational community in the Bronx – from its in-school partnerships and launch of the Dream Yard Preparatory High School to its Out of School Programs at the Dream Yard Art Center in the Morrisania neighborhood of the Bronx, the development of the Bx Start Gaming and Entrepreneurship Center in the north Bronx and the launch of our Creative Career Pathways work-based learning internship programs in 2018.

Dream Yard is focused entirely in the Bronx, a borough that possesses incredible cultural, human, and economic assets.

The People and Culture Coordinator will partner with the Director of People and Culture and the People and Culture Manager to ensure that all Dream Yard staff is supported while the organization remains compliant. This role’s responsibilities as it relates to the People and Culture team will include but not be limited to maintaining employee records, running reports, coordinating recruiting, and maintaining People and Culture files and project management tools and documents that coordinate workflow.

This position is ideal for a highly confidential, organized, problem solver who is a detail-oriented individual able to handle competing -- and shifting -- daily priorities. This person is also deeply passionate about the Dream Yard mission and is excited to bring their talents to a fast-paced, collaborative, and strategic growth-focused environment.

The People and Culture Coordinator is a full-time, hybrid position that reports to the Director of People and Culture.

• Support overall People and Culture workflow

• Own the management of the People and Culture task management tracking system(s)

• Create and maintain a calendar of various People and Culture events

• Manage logistics of all People and Culture-hosted events including retreats, orientations, interviews, and team meetings

• Maintain the physical and digital employee files and records, request missing information as needed, in accordance with best practices and requirements

• Keep track of and maintain files on all compliance documentation ie. PETS clearance, harassment prevention training, etc.

• Provide background research for People and Culture related projects as needed

• Pulling reports as needed

• Maintain files and templates for performance reviews, job descriptions, mediations, terminations, and on and off-boarding meetings. Track participation and maintain files on all performance evaluations, Goals, etc.

• Assist in maintaining the Applicant Tracking System (ATS) and hiring process as needed

• Track staff birthdays, anniversaries, and new hires for monthly reports & recognition programs

• Manage gift/ecard distribution for recognition programs

• Copyedit People and Culture documents as needed

• Any other duties as assigned by management

To excel in this role, you likely bring the following to the table:

• 1 year of administrative assistant experience

• A commitment to confidentiality. Due to…