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Fundango Program – Blue Squares Group Leader
Executive Director
Part time
Non-exempt
Must attend all scheduled Fundango events and staff
meetings through the year.
$10 an hour
Mission: Kids at Hearts supports foster, adoptive, and kinship families.
Summary: Group Leaders serve as the primary caregivers for the children participating with Fundango. Group
Leaders lead groups of 6-12 foster, kin, adoptive or biological children through rotations with the assistance of
2-3 volunteers. They will also be responsible for the volunteers assigned to their group. For this particular
position, this group leader will work with children ages 6-8.
Essential Job Functions:
1. Communicate the needs of the children to the Fundango Program Director.
2. Communicate with parents regarding their children focusing on the positive.
3. Attend Fundangos as scheduled.
4. Adhere to agency policies and procedures
5. Provide a safe and positive environment for high needs children to learn and grow within
a. Keep kids on track in a caring way
b. Encourage children to engage with their group members
c. Collaborate with the Fundango Program Director to address any significant discipline issues
6. Provide consistency and foster trusting relationships with the children.
7. Be available and willing to attend trainings as necessary to increase skills.
8. Accompany and monitor children through rotations.
9. Provide consistent and appropriate supervision for volunteers assigned to your group.
10. Provide support and instruction for volunteers who work alongside the group leader during the
Fundango event
Requirements:
1. Must have experience working with children who are 3 and older
2. Must have experience working with high needs children both physical and emotional.
3. Must have positive communication skills.
4. Must have good problem solving skills.
5. Must have the ability to attend the majority of scheduled Fundangos.
6. Must have or attain Infant/Child CPR and First Aid certification.
7. Must be over 18 years old.
CORE COMPETENCIES
Communication. Expresses messages in clear, concise fashion in written and oral communication; seeks
feedback to make sure message has been communicated clearly; uses technology and social media in ways that
further the mission, vision, and ethos of Kids at Heart and Heart of the Rockies.
Interpersonal Relationships. Develops and maintains relationships with foster, adoptive, kinship families; Kids
at Heart staff and team members; builds appropriate rapport; considers the impact of his/her actions on others;
uses diplomacy and tact; is approachable; avoids communication triangles.
Team Orientation. Demonstrates interest, skill, and success in team environments; promotes group goals ahead
of personal agendas; offers self as resource to other members of the team; understands and supports the
importance of teamwork; shares credit for successes with others; takes responsibility for his/her part in team
failures.
Supervising Work. Is good at establishing clear expectations and setting clear direction; sets stretching
objectives; distributes the workload appropriately; provides regular and ongoing feedback about performance;
proactively deals with substandard performance; engages disciplinary processes in an appropriate and timely
manner.
Planning. Accurately assess the length and difficulty of a project; set objectives and goals; break down work
into process steps; develop schedules and task/people assignments; anticipate and adjust for roadblocks and
problems; measure performance against goals; evaluate results.
People/Volunteer Management. Provides direction, gains commitment, facilitates change and achieves results
through efficient, creative, and responsible us of volunteers; engages people in their areas of giftedness and
passion.
Conflict Management. Understands the dynamics of human negotiation among conflicting interest groups and
how to achieve mutual agreement; embraces constructive conflict as a means to promote growth; read situations
quickly; can find common group and get cooperation with minimal anxiety.
Trust and Integrity. Is seen as trustworthy by others; practices direct, honest, and transparent communication;
keeps confidences; admits mistakes; doesn’t operate with hidden agendas; responds to situations with constancy
and reliability.