METS Summer Program Assistant

About the Opportunity Summary The Mills Institute Educational Talent Search Program is currently seeking 4 highly motivated, knowledgeable, creative, engaging, student focused, experienced Summer Assistant/Tutors to support the program activities and academic component. Academic courses will be taught by instructors to Oakland students in grades 6th-12th. We seek Summer Assistant/Tutors who possess the skills to addresses students' needs, interests, abilities, and curiosities in various subjects and activities offered throughout the summer program. Minimum Qualifications Experience and ability to effectively work with students with diverse academic, socioeconomic, cultural, and ethnic backgrounds similar to METS Program participants. Mission-driven and passionate about programs designed to identify and provide services for individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds. Ability to coordinate and facilitate academic support programs including advising, workshops, fieldtrips, assessment, follow-up and resource referral. Excellent written, oral and interpersonal communication skills. Ability to take direction, prioritize, and work independently. Demonstrated experience-solving problems including conflict resolution. Demonstrated ability to work well under pressure or on deadline, maintaining a professional composure when dealing with common problems that occur in events and classroom settings. Key Responsibilities Provide classroom support and assistance to the Summer Instructor. Provide academic tutoring to students. In collaboration with METS team, supervise all METS related activities, lunch recesses, events, field trips and college tours. Assist in providing comprehensive and hands-on workshops to program participants. Assist with coordination and implementation of all facets of the METS Summer Program. Attend staff orientation/planning sessions and program activities. Participate in weekly METS staff meetings. Position Type Temporary Additional Information Northeastern University considers factors such as candidate work experience, education and skills when extending an offer. Northeastern has a comprehensive benefits package for benefit eligible employees. This includes medical, vision, dental, paid time off, tuition assistance, wellness & life, retirement- as well as commuting & transportation.

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23.00 Founded in 1898, Northeastern is a global research university and the recognized leader in experiential lifelong learning. Our approach of integrating real-world experience with education, research, and innovation empowers our students, faculty, alumni, and partners to create worldwide impact. Our global university system provides our community and academic, government, and industry partners with unique opportunities to think locally and act globally. The system—which includes 14 campuses across the U.S., U.K., and Canada, 300,000-plus alumni, and 3,000 partners worldwide—serves as a platform for scaling ideas, talent, and solutions. The university's residential campuses for undergraduate and graduate degrees are located in Boston, London, and Oakland, California. Our research and graduate campuses are in the Massachusetts communities of Burlington and Nahant; Arlington, Virginia; Charlotte, North Carolina; Miami; Portland, Maine; Seattle; Silicon Valley, California; Toronto; and Vancouver. Northeastern's personalized, experiential undergraduate and graduate programs lead to degrees through the doctorate in 10 colleges and schools across our campuses. Learning emphasizes the intersection of data, technology, and human literacies, uniquely preparing graduates for careers of the future and lives of fulfillment and accomplishment. Our research enterprise, with an R1 Carnegie classification, is solutions oriented and spans the world. Our faculty scholars and students work in teams that cross not just disciplines, but also sectors—aligned around solving today's highly interconnected global challenges and focused on transformative impact for humankind.