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Summer Bike Crew Youth

Requisition ID
2025-29310
# of Openings
22
Department
Youth Employment & Opportunity
Neighborhood
Boston
Posted Date
3/10/2025 11:30:00 AM
Post End Date
7/13/2025 11:59:00 PM
Position Type
Temporary Part-Time
Salary
USD $15.00/Hr.

Overview:

Mission: The Office of Early Childhood (OEC), Streets Cabinet (Streets), Park and Recreation Department (BPRD), and Boston Centers for Youth and Family (BCYF) are partnering to expand the Connect, Learn, Explore: Youth Cycling Program across Boston's neighborhoods. OEC aims to promote policies, systems, and infrastructure to increase the number of young children accessing the resources they need to thrive in the area of health and wellbeing. Biking helps children explore their neighborhood, have fun, and develop gross motor and socio-emotional skills. This program aims to provide the resources and support so every child in Boston has the opportunity to learn to ride a bike from an early age. Our overarching goal is to improve equity and increase access to programs that promote healthy lifestyle changes through physical activity. These programs are driven by our commitment to health equity, aiming to serve neighborhoods with the highest rates of chronic disease and prioritizing opportunities for families of color and lower-income households. The Connect, Learn, Explore: Youth Cycling Program is an initiative designed to help young children in Boston learn to ride a bike, develop essential motor skills, and engage in physical activity. The program aims to enhance health equity by focusing on neighborhoods with the highest rates of chronic disease and prioritizing access for families of color and lower-income households. As part of the initiative, we are expanding the Summer Youth Cycling Program to provide hands-on bike education and maintenance skills to children across various neighborhoods. This program is designed to ensure that every child in Boston has the opportunity to learn to bike from an early age, while also improving their overall health and well-being.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

The Boston Streets Cabinet is seeking candidates for its Summer Bike Crew. Team members will be assigned to one or two of 8 sites at parks and BCYF Centers across the City, and will be responsible for running bike education programming for children up to 12 years old. Sports camps will run daily for five hours each day (daily hours vary for each site) from July 7, 2025 through mid to late August, 2025. Summer Bike Crew Members must commit to attend a training and orientation during the weeks of June 23 and 30. Sites for the Summer Bike Crew include:
Franklin Park (Roxbury/Jamaica Plain), East Boston Memorial Stadium Park (East Boston), Almont Park (Mattapan), Ronan Park (Dorchester), BCYF Gallivan (Mattapan), and BCYF Pino / BCYF Paris Street (East Boston), and South Boston Neighborhood House / Moakley Park (South Boston).
BOSTON RESIDENCY REQUIRED

Under the supervision of the Bike Crew Supervisor, responsibilities of the Summer Bike Crew Members include, but are not limited to:
- Have fun with kids on bikes! Summer Bike Crew members will be responsible for helping children build skills and confidence on a bike, while engaging in safe, engaging outdoor activities.
- Lead on-bicycle skill-building activities and games, keeping participants organized and safe
- Assist with age-appropriate group rides within park grounds and/or on off-street paths adjacent to parks
- Run activities to build basic bicycle skills and knowledge, including: identifying the parts of a bicycle, fixing a flat tire, and understanding bicycle safety and rules of the road
- Preparing bicycles for daily programming, including removal from storage container, checking for flat tires and other basic maintenance needs
- Ensuring bicycles are securely stored at the end of each day

The Ideal Candidate for this Job:

  • Enthusiasm for riding a bike.
  • Value working with diversity of people and team teaching methods
  • Reliable, punctual, and strong work ethic
  • Positive, professional attitude and capacity to adapt quickly in response to circumstances
  • Experience working with children helpful but not required
  • Proficiency in other languages, such as Spanish, Chinese, Vietnamese, Portuguese, Haitian-Creole, and Arabic, is helpful but not required
  • Bicycle maintenance and mechanic skills helpful, but not required
  • Is available and interested in working weekdays (Monday-Friday) from July 7 to mid-late August

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The City of Boston is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment. Therefore, qualified applicants will be considered regardless of their sex, race, age, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, genetic information, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, military and veteran status, or other protected category.

The City of Boston has played a role in causing and perpetuating the inequities in our society. To break down these barriers, we are embedding equity and inclusion into everything we do.

We define equity as ensuring every community has the resources it needs to thrive in Boston. This requires the active process of meeting individuals where they are. Inclusion is engaging every resident to build a more welcoming and supportive city. We are building a city for everyone, where diversity makes us a more empowered collective.