The Yleana Leadership Academy seeks a junior web developer to create an in-house web solution which:
Student Application Tracking system
Manages camp-related information during registering and student tracking during and after camp
Scores tests using OMR and Test report management
Maintain test results and outputs necessary statistics
We are looking for a person to work full-time on both creating and maintaining this system. Other concomitant duties may include helping to create science and math curriculum as well as administrative/operations/logistical duties, depending on the capacities and interests of the person applying, but it should be understood that this is primarily a programming job.
Compelling candidates should be familiar with (or have been exposed to):
ASP.NET
C#
LINQ
MVC
MVVM (Nice to have: knockout)
integrates APIs (google plus API, Twilio API etc.)
Front-end styling – markup (HTML, CSS) – We are definitely not looking for designing skills just markup coding
Desired not required: cloud hosting (Azure)
Desired not required: Automated testing (Unit tests, Integration Tests, SpecFlow, Chutzpah etc.)
Desired not required: Familiarity with Scrum/Agile
The project itself will be managed externally by our tech consultant, to which this web developer will report; he has a full-time job, so flexibility of hours will be necessitated – there will be evening and weekend work; commensurate comp time will be given.
Starting salary is $35,000 with benefits; there is room to grow and plenty to learn. Place of work is 318 W 118th St (Harlem Garage), Manhattan, but candidates are welcome to work from home several days a week, once onboarding process has concluded. Applicants of color are STRONGLY urged to apply.
About us:
The Yleana Leadership Academy is a residential summer academy which serves rising high school seniors in urban areas (Boston, Lynn/Salem/Peabody, NYC, Philadelphia, and Baltimore) and seeks to close the achievement gap through a three-week transformative intervention summer SAT experience. We are part summer camp (on Colgate University’s campus in upstate NY), part intense SAT training using the Socratic method and grounded in asking the questions that help to cultivate higher order thinking skills, and part leadership academy: We explore issues like race, class, power, income inequality, prisons, etc through our Issues curriculum, an open-forum discussion setting where we question these issues through readings by people like James Baldwin, Junot Diaz, bell hooks, Michelle Alexander, WEB DuBois, and Sherman Alexie. We also help our students acquire and hone the soft skills they need through a lens that answers the question “What do I do after college?” through our Entrepreneurship class, which culminates in a one-day startup fair with real live entrepreneurs from everywhere from London to Istanbul to Philadelphia to NYC advising the students all day until they face off in a Shark Tank competition. Students (all of whom qualify for free or reduced lunch, most of whom are first-generation) attend on full scholarship and, besides studying for the SAT, being part of Issues and taking Entrepreneurship classes, enjoy a traditional summer camp experience (complete with Friday night campfires!) while becoming a part of a welcoming and introspective camp community. One of the greatest compliments we received in 2014 came from a student who had been in foster care and had had trouble with her parents telling us that Yleana was the first place she felt safe, like people really cared about her. We strive to create and promote that atmosphere – a loving, caring, safe place for kids who haven’t always had it easy.
In 2015, our average score improvement in a 3-week period was 250 points on the SAT. Besides just raising our kids’ SAT scores, we also ensure that they have the one-on-one financial aid follow-up that they need in order to apply those SAT scores to the schools that would meet both their financial and academic needs. To learn more about us, check out our promotional video (which gives the look and feel of an Yleana experience): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzrQKbI37jg
How to apply
To apply, please send a cover letter and resume which clearly illustrates your work experience and experience/comfort with the languages/skills we are seeking to workwithus@yleana.org. We will interview candidates, may request code samples, and likely will give sample project pieces to ascertain candidate fitness.