Careers at Riverside

Riverside Immigrant Services & Empowerment (Riverside) is an immigrant integration center that supports the economic mobility and social inclusion of newly arrived immigrants, refugees, and asylum seekers in New York City. Our mission is to help new immigrants successfully integrate into life in the U.S. by providing free, full-time, immersive English language instruction, wrap-around case management and counseling, and incorporating workforce development skills, digital literacy, and civics into daily instruction. These supports and skills ensure that Riverside participants are better positioned to access job training, employment, and higher education and become active community members. 

Riverside offers workforce development for ESL individuals interested in beginning or advancing their careers. The Instructor will also support the non-academic needs of participants by referring them to Riverside’s Case Managers/Counselors.

• Create and implement student-centered lessons contextualized for work settings, which might focus on the vocabulary, pronunciation, and authentic conversation skills necessary for on-the-job success

• Provide language support in the training classroom and adapt ESOL lessons based on the language and academic needs that arise in real time

• Assist participants in developing resumes, interview questions, and LinkedIn profiles. 

• Maintain attendance and student progress records.

• Create and share information and resources with Riverside participants.

• Maintain participant notes by documenting the goals and outcomes of participants.

• Work collaboratively with the Riverside team.

• Attend Professional Development workshops as required

• Workforce Development training is offered in five-week cycles. The minimum will be 5 teaching hours and 4 hours of curriculum development, office hours, and coordination weekly. 

• Instructors are compensated the hourly rate up to 12 hours each week. This includes teaching hours, case management/advising student meetings, curriculum development, and collaboration meetings with other ESOL instructors to share best practices for contextualization.

• Classes will be in-person at Riverside’s location:
  520 8th Ave, 20th Floor
  New York, NY 10018
  (Between 36th and 37th Streets)

• Prior experience teaching adult ESOL, both in person and online, such as on Zoom, required.

• Bachelor's degree required; ESOL teaching certification preferred.

• Experience in curriculum development preferred.

• Experience preparing students for career pathways preferred.

• Creative, organized, and committed to learner-centered, participatory education. 

• Experience with immigrant and underrepresented communities preferred. 

• Demonstrated ability to work effectively with diverse constituencies.

Riverside is committed to practicing salary transparency. The salary range for this position is $70,000 - $80,000. Riverside offers a compensation package that includes health care and dental insurance—100% covered for the employee; employer-paid group life insurance; and 12 weeks of paid parental leave following the birth, adoption, or placement of a child.