After School Program Assistant

ORGANIZATIONAL BACKGROUND

The mission of Oakland Kids First (OKF) is to increase youth voice, leadership, and power to

create engaging and equitable public schools where all students learn and achieve. Founded in

1996 by a multi-racial coalition of youth serving agencies, Oakland Kids First uses youth

leadership development, service provision, and youth organizing to provide youth with the

skills and opportunities to both navigate and transform systems.

Position Overview

Under the supervision of Oakland Kids First’s Castlemont Community School Initiative Senior

Manager, the After School Program Assistant supports the daily operations of afterschool

programs at Castlemont High School. We are looking for an organized, detail-oriented,

creative, and collaborative community builder with youth development and operations

experience. The ideal candidate would be a loving resource for students who can effectively

coordinate with adult staff and help build a strong after-school culture that meets daily

attendance goals.

Job Responsibilities include:

• Maintain a positive, student-centered, asset-based, and inclusive program environment.
• Maintain systems of data collection for all required documentation including: enrollment forms, emergency cards, permission slips, snack sign in, and receipt tracking.
• Ensure the program follows all compliance requirements for daily master sign-in/out, early release, and snack distribution and reporting according to district requirements.
• Complete attendance data entry for all Castle Cares and Knight Time activities.
• Coordinate daily operational logistics of afterschool program, including classroom management and distribution then collection of attendance sign in sheets
• Support youth recruitment efforts at program launches, lunch and school events.
• Maintain awareness of key school programs including information on policies, behavior expectations and available activities.
• Assist with school events such as Back to School Night, Field Day, culture and climate
• events, end of semester celebrations, Knight Heroes awards, field trips, etc.
• Support with afterschool program social media page.
• Support with distribution of monthly youth stipends and academic incentives.
• Provide homework assistance and tutoring support as needed.
• Assist with information dissemination about events and activities through community outreach, presence at recruitment activities, and making outreach phone calls.
• Support evaluation and surveying of program activities at the end of each semester.
• Attend OUSD trainings and Oakland Kids First meetings as assigned by supervisor.
• Provide general administrative support to program staff as needed.