We’re hiring in Columbus, Westerville & Gahanna!
YWCA Columbus seeks career-driven professionals who value being a positive role model for all children, including the most vulnerable. We hire high-quality staff and provide extensive orientations, free ongoing professional development, support, and evaluation.
Our childcare programs build consistency between home and school. We engage parents, school staff, and children to develop reliable strategies for academic success and behavior management and support. Through our close partnerships with the schools in which we operate, we provide choice-based learning emphasizing social-emotional learning and development, reading, science, technology, engineering, art and math (STEAM), and physical development. Additionally, our trauma-informed environment helps children be successful, involved learners.
Our educators maintain ODJFS Step Up to Quality standards and training requirements of up to 30 hours of professional development each year. YWCA Columbus encourages staff members to model what it looks like to be a life-long learner by supporting training efforts and professional development interests.
About Our Programs
The YWCA Safe & Sound Child Care Center, housed at the Family Center since October 2005, is a state-licensed five-star Step Up to Quality-rated program. We provide high-quality care and education to homeless children six weeks to 13 years of age as their parents spend their days searching for employment and permanent housing. Homelessness comes with a lot of transition and exposure to traumatic-related events that cause children to be delayed in their development and learning. We provide trauma-informed care in an environment that focuses on the child’s social and emotional needs.
Our staff have more than 50 years of combined experience in early childhood. Most staff have a degree or possess a CDA Credential. To further support their professional growth, staff attend 30 hours of training every two years and participate in staff professional development days several times each year. Click here to learn more about the YWCA Family Center.
YWCA Kids Place has more than 30 years of experience providing affordable, dependable, high-quality, year-round child care for families in the Gahanna and Westerville school districts. Our programs are conveniently located in your child’s elementary school to promote consistency and continuity for your child’s transition from school to Kids Place.
Kids Place educators are responsible for maintaining ODJFS standards and training requirements and completing Step Up to Quality-approved professional development hours. YWCA Columbus encourages staff members to model what it looks like to be a life-long learner by supporting training efforts and professional development interests. Click here to learn more about YWCA Kids Place.
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Job Responsibilities
Daily classroom management ensuring the safety and welfare of each student
Implements and supervises activities planned by Site Director based on the needs and interests of each child
Completes daily documentation, including attendance and incident reports
Maintains required training and certifications
Performance Expectations
Creates and promotes a warm and welcoming environment for both parents and children
Assists Site Director in ensuring classroom meets all Ohio Department of job and Family Services Child Care Licensing rules and Step Up to Quality Standards
Interacts with parents, children, school personnel, and YWCA staff in a positive, professional, and cooperative manner; refer appropriate questions or concerns to the Site Director
Qualifications
Education: High School Diploma or equivalent.
Experience: One year experience in childcare or children's programs. 12 months of ECE, youth related or special needs experience
Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities: Ability to collaborate with staff, parents, school personnel, and professionals. Patience, energy, and adaptability in an unpredictable environment. Commitment to working with children and strong knowledge of youth practices. Physically and mentally able to ensure child safety and well-being. Strong work ethic, trustworthiness, and dependability. Understanding of Youth Child Care Licensing Rules and Ohio Step Up to Quality initiatives.
Core Competencies
Communication: Communicates well, delivers presentations, and has good listening skills. Communicates effectively with others regarding various tasks, concerns and ideas.
Customer Service: Works well with customers, promotes a positive image of the company, strives to solve issues raised by customers.
Dependability: Meets deadlines, works independently, accountable, maintains focus, punctual, good attendance record.
Initiative: Takes action, seeks new opportunities, strives to see projects to completion, and meets goals and objectives.
Teamwork: Accountable to team, works to meet established deliverables, appreciates view of team members, respectful.
Required Trainings
Employee Health and Safety Trainings
Onboarding and ongoing trainings via ADP (YWCA organizational trainings)
· Ohio Childcare Resource and Referral Agency (DCY childcare licensing trainings).
Physical Demands: Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions. While performing the duties of the jobs, the employee may be required to stand, walk, use hands, handle or feel, reach with hands and arms, climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl, and talk or hear. Employee must occasionally lift or move up to 25 lbs.
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General Statement of Duties: The 21st Century Tutor provides academic support and mentorship to students, helping them build confidence, strengthen study skills, and achieve success in school. This role combines direct tutoring with collaboration, recordkeeping, and youth development to positively impact student growth.
Worker Category: Part-Time/Non-Exempt
Location/Travel On-Site
Schedule: Monday - Friday
Job Responsibilities
· Provide academic assistance individually and in small groups, helping students strengthen study skills, improve confidence, and stay motivated in their learning.
· Identify students experiencing difficulties and offer encouragement, alternatives, and strategies to reduce anxiety and foster a positive attitude toward learning.
· Assist the School Liaison with preparation for tutoring sessions, including reviewing class material, predicting test questions, and developing learning resources.
· Track, document, and maintain accurate records of student progress and behavior, providing feedback to staff, parents, and administrators as needed.
· Serve as a positive role model by integrating youth development practices, acknowledging student achievements, attending training sessions, and adhering to all YWCA, afterschool, and school district procedures.
Performance Expectations
· Students consistently demonstrate improved study habits and engagement in academic activities.
· Struggling students show measurable improvement in participation, confidence, and academic outcomes.
· Tutoring sessions are well-prepared, aligned with classroom instruction, and effectively support student learning.
· Records are complete, accurate, and submitted in a timely manner to support program reporting and decision-making.
· Students view the tutor as a trusted mentor, and the tutor demonstrates professionalism, reliability, and compliance with organizational policies.
Qualifications
· Education: College Degree or licensed teacher (preferred); Educational Aide Permit issued by Ohio Department of Education (ODE).
· Experience: Experience working with school-age children.
· Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities. Proven ability to work effectively with staff, parents, school personnel, and other professionals. Meets academic standards for tutoring and demonstrates competence in analyzing student’s academic needs and effectively provide solutions and support in assisting the student to reach their academic potential. Understanding of Ohio Department of Job and Family Services Child Care Licensing Rules and Ohio Step Up to Quality initiatives. Effective organizational and communication skills.
Core Competencies
· Communication: Communicates well, delivers presentations, and has good listening skills. Communicates effectively with others regarding various tasks, concerns, and ideas.
· Customer Service: Works well with customers, promotes a positive image of the company, strives to solve issues raised by customers.
· Dependability: Meets deadlines, works independently, accountable, maintains focus, punctual, good attendance record.
· Initiative: Takes action, seeks new opportunities, strives to see projects to completion, and meets goals and objectives.
· Teamwork: Accountable to team, works to meet established deliverables, appreciates view of team members, respectful.
Physical Demands: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions. While performing the duties of the jobs, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; use hands, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; and talk or hear. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, and depth perception.
Benefits
Work in an environment where you can impact the lives of others each and every day
We pay for you to maintain licensed training in First Aid, CPR, Child Abuse Recognition, Communicable Diseases and all required certifications
Medical, dental, vision insurance to eligible individuals
Retirement plan and 401k for eligible employees
Discounted child care for your children
Join a team of dedicated professionals who genuinely care about the people they serve
Equal Opportunity Employer
At YWCA Columbus, we are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, gender, disability, age, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, ancestry, or national origin. We are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. The more inclusive we are, the better our work will be.
If you have any questions, please contact:
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Renee Owens
Human Resources Generalist
614.627.1214