If you are a positive, high energy, team-player that craves an outlet for your love of child development, music, AND if you're great with babies, toddlers, preschoolers and parents...Gymboree Play & Music is the place for you!
Gymboree instructors facilitate the highest quality parent-child Play, Music, Art and Preschool classes, as well as birthday parties, using lesson plans provided by Gymboree. You must be a happy, outgoing person who can sing confidently. Gymboree Instructors engage children and their parents by crawling, climbing, sliding and singing while teaching them social, emotional and physical skills that will last a lifetime. (Lifting and moving play equipment is also required)
Life experience, leadership skills, dependability and personality count just as much as previous work experience. Retail Sales and Customer Service experience is a plus.
We are currently hiring for our Fullerton location. This position is ideal for someone looking for a part-time, long-term job (we require at least a year commitment).
Visit www.gymboreeclasses.com for more information on our programs.
BACKGROUND
Gymboree Play & Music is the world’s leading parent-child interactive play, music and arts program for children ages newborn to five years. This year, 2022, we celebrate 46 years of bringing play, music, arts and learning to families across the United States and around the world!
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Programming
- Facilitate parent-child interactive activities. There are 3 core programs: Play & Learn, Art and Music.
- Gymboree classes include age appropriate play activities on our custom designed play equipment, songs, parachute play, and bubbles.
- Music classes involve instrument activities, singing, dancing and exploring a variety of music styles from around the world. Candidates must possess music background to teach Gymboree Music classes.
- Arts classes offer hands-on, process-oriented activities including painting, sculpting, collage making and dress-up time, in addition to movement activities and songs that support different art themes explored.
- Additional Program (ex. Gymboree on the Go, Baby Signs®, etc.) opportunities for qualified candidates.
- Lesson plan according to Gymboree curriculum.
- Sales/Customer Service
- Be responsible for knowing and achieving sales goals.
- Use features and benefits of Gymboree to provide information and sell enrollments, merchandise, birthday parties and special events to new and existing customers.
- Answer incoming calls, make outbound calls, greet and service customers.
- Operations
- Work with Care, our online database management system.
- Attend designated staff meetings and trainings.
- Maintain site standards, including, but not limited to: cleaning, stocking and pricing of merchandise, and helping with equipment set changes.
- NOTE: Gymboree Play & Music provides all training necessary.
KEY SKILLS AND TRAITS
- Experience working with children newborn to 5 years preferred
- Solid group leadership skills
- Sales experience
- Beginning computer skills
- Phone skills
- Customer service oriented
- Team player
- Must be able to lift a minimum of 20 lbs. and move play equipment
- Clean, physical appearance
- Flexible
- Outgoing, enthusiastic, gregarious, creative
Gymboree Play & Music has been fostering creativity and confidence in children ages 0-5 for over 45 years and in over 30 countries, making us the global leader in early childhood development programs. Designed by experts, our age-appropriate activities help develop the cognitive, physical and social skills of children as they play. Our programs are also recognized for their unique approach to parent involvement—which encourages participation in and understanding of each child’s development.
Our class curriculum is developed by our experienced child development program directors and incorporates a balanced whole-child approach with activities to support what your child is mastering right now and what he or she will aspire to later. Classes are designed in increments to meet a child’s unique interests and abilities. From birth to age 6, there’s always something special awaiting you and your child at Gymboree Play & Music.
Gymboree Play & Music - Fullerton is independently owned and operated by a franchisee. Your application will go directly to the franchisee, and all hiring decisions will be made by the management of that franchise. All inquiries about employment at this franchise should be made directly to the franchisee, and not to Gymboree Play & Music Corporate.
