Build Your Career at Harlem Children’s Zone

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Want to transform the lives of children and families while building your career at a world-class anti-poverty organization? Join our team!

We are hiring talented and tenacious educators and professionals to advance our mission to break the cycle of intergenerational poverty.

Career opportunities at Harlem Children’s Zone (HCZ) are now available on the following teams:

  • Zone Programs, which include a range of Education and Youth programs and Health and Community services for children, families, and community members.
  • HCZ Promise Academy, our premier K-12 charter schools within HCZ’s pathway of cradle-to-career services.
  • Administration, which includes Communications, Development, Facilities, Finance, Food Service, Human Resources, Information Technology, National Leadership, Research & Evaluation, Strategy & Innovation, and Safety.

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As a member of the Harlem Children's Zone team, you will join a supportive and inclusive community dedicated to helping children, families — and our staff — thrive. We offer highly competitive salaries with generous performance-based bonuses, a comprehensive benefits package, and opportunities for growth.

Employee Growth

We know you have career goals. We want to help you achieve them.

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Tuition Reimbursement

Full-time HCZ Promise Academy staff members are eligible for student loan forgiveness of up to $30,000.

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Performance-Based Bonuses

We reward efforts that lead to tangible improvement in scholar outcomes.

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Comprehensive Benefits Package

For full-time staff, we offer no-cost medical, dental, and vision insurance. For full-and part-time staff, we offer savings and investment opportunities.

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Low Student-Teacher Ratio

Our scholars are engaged, instruction is personalized, and teachers develop a relationship with their scholars.

Join the Promise Academy Team

Join HCZ Promise Academy, our premier K-12 charter schools within HCZ’s pathway of cradle-to-career services!

At HCZ Promise Academy, you’ll help to ensure that every one of our scholars enrolls in and graduates from college. In the 2023-24 academic year, nearly 100% of our graduating seniors were accepted to college.

The team at HCZ Promise Academy is relentless in the pursuit of our scholars’ success. Everything we provide our scholars — from world-class instruction and extracurricular activities to social emotional support and healthy meals — is designed to fulfill the promise that they will graduate from college.

Meet an HCZ Promise Academy Teacher

Natalia Pierre

As a Promise Academy teacher, Natalia Pierre wants her scholars to know: "Their voices matter."

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Join our Zone Programs Team

As a member of our Zone Programs Team, you’ll support holistic, place-based Education and Youth programs and Health and Community services for our scholars, families, and community members.

We offer career opportunities in a range of programs, including:

  • The Baby College
  • Three-Year-Old Journey
  • Harlem Gems preschools
  • Peacemakers
  • A Cut Above
  • Zone High School After School Programs (Academy of Arts and Civic Engagement, Employment and Technology Center, and Countee Cullen Community Center)
  • Community Pride
  • Healthy Harlem
  • The HCZ Armory
  • Emotional Wellness
  • College Success Office
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Join the Administrative Team

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As a member of the HCZ’s Administrative Team, you will catalyze the work of our organization to transform lives in Central Harlem and beyond.

We offer career opportunities in a range of areas, including:

  • Communications
  • Development
  • Facilities
  • Finance
  • Food Service
  • Human Resources
  • Information Technology
  • National Leadership, including William Julius Wilson Institute, Practitioners Institute, and Wealth Builds
  • Research & Evaluation
  • Strategy & Innovation
  • Safety

Meet our Administrative Team

Safety

Our Safety Team creates safe spaces so our scholars can thrive.

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Want to learn more about HCZ careers? We’re here to help!

For questions about careers at HCZ Promise Academy Charter Schools, email promisecareers@hcz.org.

For questions about all other HCZ careers, email hczcareers@hcz.org.