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

We are hiring talented and tenacious educators and professionals to advance our mission: break the cycle of intergenerational poverty in Central Harlem and lead the way for other long-distressed communities to do the same.

Career opportunities at HCZ are now available on the following teams:

  • Zone Programs, which includes a range of place-based Education and Youth progams and Heath 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.

Keep scrolling to discover your career at Harlem Children’s Zone!

 

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

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

Harlem Children's Zone college coordinator Laressa Bordenave wears a green shirt poses against a colorfully painted mural
Harlem Children's Zone college coordinator Laressa Bordenave wears a green shirt poses against a colorfully painted mural

Meet Our Zone Programs Team

Laressa Bordenave

As a College Coordinator, Laressa provides everything our scholars need to navigate the application process, get into college, and achieve their dreams.

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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 2021-22 academic year, 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.

Harlem Children's Zone Promise Academy teacher Jerry Perez poses in a classroom and smiles.
Harlem Children's Zone Promise Academy teacher Jerry Perez poses in a classroom and smiles.

Meet a Promise Academy Teacher

Jerry Perez

As a Promise Academy teacher, Jerry Perez helps his scholars see a future in the sciences.

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Relay Graduate School of Education

Available only to HCZ Promise Academy educators, Relay Graduate School of Education is a private graduate school that helps teachers and school leaders build skills and careers.

In partnership with Relay, HCZ Promise Academy sponsors selected teacher leaders to enroll in Relay’s two-year residency to become teaching fellows. Upon program completion, they receive certification and become lead teachers.

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
  • Research & Evaluation
  • Strategy & Innovation
  • Safety

 


Discover Benefits

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.

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Employee Growth

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

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Diversity and Inclusion

We value inclusion and diversity in every sense of the word — from background and birthplace to experience and ideas.

Harlem Children's Zone staff member and scholars smile with group of smiling children behind them

Tuition Reimbursement

Full-time 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 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.

Contact Us

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.