Position: Assistant Center Director
Part Time | Weekdays 2:30pm - 6:00pm | Saturdays 9am-12pm | During School Breaks M-F 8:30am - 6pm
Who are we?
Code Ninjas is the nation’s fastest growing kids coding franchise. In our center, kids ages 5-14 learn to code in a fun, non-intimidating way – by playing and building video games they love. Kids have a blast and can’t wait to come back. Parents are thrilled as their children gain confidence and new skills including coding, math, logic, and problem-solving, as they progress from white to black belt. Our core promise is, Kids have fun, parents see results. We believe in these words so much that it’s written on the walls in our center.
What are we looking for?
We are looking for an Assistant Center Director to join our team of dynamic, energetic, forward thinking minds, working toward our common goal: providing a fun and safe learning environment for children. Are you a passionate, ambitious, dependable, business-minded leader? Do you enjoy taking responsibility for a project and seeing it through to success? This could be the role for you.
Responsibilities include:
- Open and close center
- Welcome parents and students in the center
- Provide patient and superlative customer service to parents and students
- Fill in for Center Director when needed
- Make and field telephone calls
- Receive and direct students
- Maintain and coordinate schedules, appointments, and calendars
- Lead a team of instructors, which are a mix of high school and college students
- Be “the expert” when challenges come up, a student’s code doesn’t work and the bug is subtle, a server needs relaunching, etc
- Responsible for the teaching staff and curriculum
- Train junior instructors
- Help test out and debug any new curriculum
- Teach our self-paced curriculum to kids (this is not a lecture-based classroom)
- Engage and oversee coaches/tutors to ensure team needs are met
- Create spreadsheets, presentations, and marketing materials
- Maintain an organized system and keep center organized
- Conduct internet research
- Create email and postal mail campaigns
- Assist instructors in the classroom as needed
Qualifications:
- Proven work history with children ages 5 and up, and enthusiasm for working with kids
- Good written and oral communication skills
- Very strong customer service attitude
- Customer service experience
- >2 years programming experience, with languages like Python, C# and Javascript
- Motivation to take the initiative to ensure students’ success is imperative
- Exceptional attention to detail
- Must be fun to work with, have a positive attitude, and enjoy a fast-paced, dynamic environment
- Ability to organize and create orderly systems
- Public speaking to represent the Center at external events
- Preferred experience in teaching, mentoring, or child care
- Sales experience is a plus
Additional Information & Benefits:
- Must pass a background check
- Salary is $15-$16/hr
Job Type: Part-time
Pay: $15.00 - $16.00 per hour
Expected hours: 18 – 35 per week
Benefits:
- Flexible schedule
Work Location: In person