HOURLY - Makerspace Assistant (Sr Assistant)
City of Las Vegas
- Las Vegas, NV
- $14.00-17.00 per hour
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Develop schedule, plan and implement STEAM, based activities and programs.
- Identify and utilize best practices for STEAM learning.
- Coordinates program services and cooperative learning activities for participants and visitors that are both fun and instructional.
- Supervises participants in the program area; ensures safety of participants, positive values, and ethical behavior through quality in programs and appearance of the unit at all times.
- Promotes and stimulates program participation.
- Tracks attendance and program activities.
- Work with volunteers
- Inventories all supplies necessary for program and submit requests for reordering.
- Maintains good order in program area.
- Maintains administrative reports and submit them in a timely manner.
- Establishes positive relationships/boundaries with youth, their parents and/or guardians.
- Maintain program areas clean, organized, safe for participants
- Performs other related duties as assigned by management.
- In the area of eSports will assist participants in getting set up on consoles or computers, game updates, equipment handling, maintain room cleanliness, and overall game monitoring.
- Answers phones; interacts and answers questions of customers at the front desk.
- Registers customers for programs and services using registration software (may take payments and prepare deposits).
- Keeps front desk area clean and professional; hands out promotional materials to customers at the front desk.
- Refers all disgruntled or upset customers immediately to full-time classified staff.
- Communicates front desk supply needs to full-time or part-time classified staff.
- Views facility for safety concerns and communicates them to full-time classified staff, prints Activity Role Sheet;
- Minimum 16 years of age
- Formal and informal education or training which ensures the ability to read and write at a level necessary for successful job performance
- Basic computer skills is required
- Cash handling experience desirable
- Bilingual skills are desirable
- First Aid/CPR and AED certifications preferred but not required
- Strong understanding of STEAM activities, tinkering/building, and basic coding
- Ability to think outside the box and plan creative, fun learning activities
- Ability to motivate youth, and manage behavior problems in a positive manner
- Ability to work with youth, volunteers, co-workers, general public in a professional, courteous manner
- Ability to plan and implement quality age-appropriate programs for youth
- Ability to organize and supervise participants in a safe environment