Posted on July 18, 2025

To support the new Senior Director, Community Relations and Program Design who will oversee the continued expansion of their Children’s Education Program to help address critical learning gaps in literacy, math, and Social-Emotional Learning skills among thousands of public school elementary students due to lost school time during the recent COVID-19 pandemic. With weekly individualized support from trained New York Cares volunteers, students will, over the course of the school year, improve their reading and math skills, and also their awareness of helpful Social-Emotional Learning coping skills. Critical tasks will include: an ongoing partnership with the schools and agencies served; quality assurance during program curriculum implementation, evaluation, and refinement; and close coordination with colleagues on the recruitment, training, and management of Children’s Education Program Volunteers and Volunteer Team Leaders. New York Cares is NYC’s largest volunteer management organization, mobilizing some 36,000 caring New Yorkers in volunteer service projects each year so as to better meet pressing community needs.