Williams Plaza Evening Coordinator

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Job Location:

EPWPLC - Brooklyn, NY, Salary Range: $25.00 - $25.00

Hourly, The Opportunity El Puente is seeking a dynamic, organized, and community-centered Evening Coordinator to support evening programming and operations at one of El Puente's Youth Leadership Centers in Brooklyn. This role is an opportunity to help create a welcoming, active, and well-coordinated evening environment for youth, adults, families, community members, and partner organizations. The Evening Coordinator plays an important role in ensuring that evening programming runs smoothly, participants and partners are supported, and the center remains a vibrant and accessible community space.

Working closely with the Program Director, program staff, co-locators, and community partners, the Evening Coordinator will oversee evening operations, coordinate administrative and programmatic functions, support community outreach and enrollment, facilitate activities and events, and help ensure that programming reflects El Puente's mission and commitment to youth and community leadership. This role is ideal for someone who is highly organized, enjoys working directly with community members, communicates well across different audiences, and is comfortable balancing program coordination, administrative responsibilities, facilitation, and day-to-day problem solving in a dynamic environment.

Founded in 1982, El Puente is a youth-centered human rights organization rooted in Brooklyn, New York and Puerto Rico, using the arts, education, environmental justice, and community organizing as tools to inspire and nurture leadership for peace and justice. For over four decades, El Puente has been building community-led movements grounded in self-determination, where young people, families, and communities are not only participants, but leaders shaping the future of their neighborhoods and beyond.

Through a holistic leadership and membership model, the organization creates spaces where culture, identity, civic engagement, and activism intersect. El Puente's work spans Youth Leadership Centers across Brooklyn, a nationally recognized public high school, environmental justice initiatives, and organizing efforts that place community voice at the center of change. From local neighborhoods to global conversations, the organization continues to stand at the forefront of movements for equity, climate justice, and human rights.

At its core, El Puente is deeply relational, intergenerational, and community-rooted. The work is dynamic and responsive, grounded in the lived experiences of the communities it serves.

The Evening Coordinator is responsible for supporting the overall coordination, administration, and implementation of evening programming and helping ensure that the site operates safely, efficiently, and in alignment with program expectations. Reporting to the Program Director, the Evening Coordinator works closely with staff, activity leaders, co-locators, community partners, participants, and families to support programming during evening hours. The Evening Coordinator serves as a central point of coordination for evening activities, helping manage participant information, attendance, partner documentation, outreach, space usage, program updates, activities, events, and other operational needs.

The role also includes direct engagement with community members through intergenerational programming, special events, outreach initiatives, and other opportunities that help strengthen participation and connection to El Puente. This is a highly collaborative and hands‑on position that requires strong communication, organization, follow‑through, flexibility, and the ability to respond effectively to changing program and site needs.

• Program Coordination & Administration Coordinate the day-to-day flow of evening programming, including participant intakes, attendance, schedules, and space usage.
• Maintain organized program records and support required documentation for evening activities, co-locators, and community partners.
• Communicate regularly with the Program Director regarding attendance, programming updates, challenges, and site needs.
• Support program-related phone calls, enrollment, orientations, and other administrative follow‑up as needed.
• Community Engagement & Outreach Coordinate with co-locators and community partners utilizing El Puente spaces.
• Support outreach and enrollment efforts through local schools, community…