Job Description

Job Location: EPBeaCS - Brooklyn, NY 11211
Position Type: Full Time
Salary Range: $27.47 - $27.47 Hourly

The Opportunity
El Puente is seeking a thoughtful, organized, and values-driven professional to serve as the Interim Assistant Director of the Beacon Leadership Center through November 30, 2026.
This temporary leadership opportunity is ideal for someone who is passionate about youth development, community building, and social justice, and who thrives in a dynamic environment where program operations, staff support, and relationship-building all come together.
Working closely with the Beacon Director, the Interim Assistant Director will help ensure the successful day-to-day operation of a vibrant community center serving children, youth, families, and adults. This role plays a key part in maintaining strong systems, supporting staff, strengthening programming, and helping the Beacon continue to be a welcoming and transformative space for the Williamsburg community.
For someone who enjoys both big-picture thinking and hands-on problem solving, this is an opportunity to step into meaningful leadership and contribute to work that centers creativity, community voice, and collective action
About El Puente
Founded in 1982, El Puente is a youth-centered human rights organization rooted in Brooklyn and Puerto Rico, using the arts, education, and environmental justice as tools to inspire and nurture leadership for peace and justice.
For over four decades, El Puente has been building community-led movements grounded in self-determination, where young people, families, and communities are not only participants, but leaders shaping the future of their neighborhoods and beyond. Through a holistic leadership and membership model, the organization creates spaces where culture, identity, and activism intersect.
El Puente’s work spans Youth Leadership Centers across Brooklyn, a nationally recognized public high school, environmental justice initiatives, and organizing efforts that place community voice at the center of change. From local neighborhoods to global conversations, the organization continues to stand at the forefront of movements for equity, climate justice, and human rights.
At its core, El Puente is deeply relational, intergenerational, and community-rooted. The work is dynamic and responsive, grounded in the lived experiences of the communities it serves. As the organization continues to grow, it remains committed to strengthening both its programs and the systems that sustain them, ensuring that its impact is not only powerful, but enduring.
The Role
The Interim Assistant Director supports the overall administration, operations, and programmatic leadership of the El Puente Beacon Leadership Center, a comprehensive community center that offers after-school, evening, summer, and year-round programming for children, youth, adults, and families.
Reporting to the Beacon Director, this role helps oversee the systems and relationships that allow the Beacon to operate effectively and with care. The Interim Assistant Director supports staff supervision, scheduling, compliance, recruitment, and the implementation of programming that reflects El Puente’s mission and 12 Principles.
This is both a strategic and highly hands-on role, ideal for someone who is organized, collaborative, and comfortable balancing operational responsibilities with direct engagement in youth and community development.
This is a temporary full-time position expected to run through November 30th, 2026.

Qualifications
Key Responsibilities
Program Operations & Administration
- Partner with the Beacon Director to oversee daily operations and administrative systems that support effective program delivery.
- Maintain organized systems for attendance, participant records, staff files, data entry, and communication.
- Ensure compliance with organizational, health and safety, and funder requirements.
- Supervise Administrator-on-Duty (AOD) functions, including building operations, communication, safety procedures, and end-of-day closeout.
- Support staff scheduling and coverage planning.
- Assist with financial and administrative tasks, including invoices, check requests, timesheets, and budget tracking.
- Attend staff meetings, trainings, workshops, and organizational events.
Program Leadership & Staff Development
- Collaborate with the Beacon Director to design and implement year-round programming for youth, adults, and families.
- Help ensure programming reflects El Puente’s mission, values, and contractual goals.
- Provide regular coaching, feedback, and support to staff.
- Monitor curriculum implementation across arts, academics, health and wellness, leadership development, and social justice.
- Support and facilitate professional development opportunities for staff.
- Step in to lead workshops or activities with large and small groups when needed.
- Coordinate logistics for field trips, including bookings, transportation, and staffing ratios.
Recruitment & Community Engagement
- Co-lead outreach and recruitment strategies to engage participants and families.
- Build and maintain relationships with local schools, community organizations, and cultural partners.
- Support parent engagement and family participation.
- Represent the Beacon as a welcoming and responsive community resource.
Organizational Leadership
- Participate in El Puente’s leadership collective and staff development opportunities, including the Global Justice Institute.
- Collaborate with colleagues across the organization to advance El Puente’s broader social justice vision.
Key

Qualifications
Successful candidates will bring a strong commitment to youth development, community organizing, and social justice, along with the organizational and interpersonal skills needed to support a fast-paced community center.
We are seeking a candidate who brings:
- A bachelor’s degree or equivalent professional experience in youth development, education, nonprofit management, or a related field.
- Experience coordinating programs and supervising staff in after-school, summer, or community-based settings.
- Strong organizational and administrative skills, with attention to detail.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities while maintaining a calm and supportive presence.
- Experience working with children, youth, families, and diverse communities.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- A collaborative approach and commitment to relationship-centered leadership.
- Alignment with El Puente’s mission and values.
Preferred

Qualifications
- Bilingual English/Spanish fluency is strongly preferred based on the communities we serve.
- Experience with funder compliance and data systems is a plus.
- Familiarity with community schools, Beacon programs, or DYCD-funded initiatives is highly desirable.
Location, Schedule, Salary and Benefits
El Puente is based in the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn. This is a full-time, in-person position.
Schedule
School Year
- Monday through Friday, generally 10:30 AM to 6:00 PM
- At least 1–2 evenings per week from 1:30 PM to 9:30 PM
- Occasional morning meetings and trainings as needed
Summer
- Monday through Friday, generally 8:00 AM to 6:00 PM, based on program needs
Compensation
- $27.47 per hour
- 35 hours per week
- Comprehensive benefits package, including healthcare, retirement, and paid time off, in accordance with organizational policy
Assignment Period
This is an interim appointment expected to continue through November 30th, 2026, with the possibility of extension based on organizational needs.
El Puente is an equal opportunity employer committed to a diverse, inclusive, and equitable workplace that reflects the communities it serves. It provides equal employment opportunities to employees and applicants and does not discriminate based on race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, veteran status, or any other protected category under local, state, or federal law. El Puente strongly encourages applications from women, people of color, DREAMers, and members of the LGBTQ+ communities.