Company Description
At Brainiacs Adventures, we believe in nurturing the whole child — building confidence, curiosity, and resilience through play, exploration, and hands-on learning. Our programs blend physical activity, creative problem-solving, and real-world skill development to help every child discover their strengths and grow as thinkers, teammates, and leaders.
From swimming and sports to strategy games, STEM, and leadership workshops, we design engaging experiences that strengthen both mind and body. By fostering teamwork, perseverance, and self-belief, we prepare young learners to thrive in school, in the community, and beyond.
Join us in shaping confident, capable, and well-rounded young individuals — one adventure at a time.
Role Description
Brainiacs is looking for a Senior Educator / tutor for board-games for multiple after-school programs at Elementary Schools. The successful candidate will plan the educational sessions, set up the games/puzzles and teach kids to improve their skills, decision-making, choices and failure management.
This is a senior role and the successful candidate should have prior experience teaching children in a professional setting (eg, tutoring, camp counsellor, sports coaching, teaching, childcare, etc) and have strong classroom management skills. This role will be a mentor and coach for the Junior Educators and will take a leadership role on site.
Our after-school programs are typically for 2 hours during weekday afternoons and take place at Elementary Schools in the Greater Vancouver area, across multiple school boards. Brainiacs has multiple programs running at multiple schools throughout the week.
Key Responsibilities
- Always be present from the beginning of each session, prior to the arrival of the children to the end, dismissal of children to their guardians.
- Plan and lead sessions in a fun and interactive manner for school-aged children.
- Support attendees with their activity set up, understanding and clear up.
- Ensure a safe, inclusive, and engaging learning environment.
- Manage any behavioural issues or other incidents that may arise.
- Strategize and build your sessions to maximize student learning.
- Encourage participation at different levels and be proactive with solutions.
- Manage attendance, set up and take down for each session.
- Report attendance and session update to Program Coordinator.
- Ensure safe dismissal for each child at the end of the program.
- Debrief parents at the end of the program.
- Other related tasks as assigned by the Program Coordinator.
Qualifications
- Ability to travel to Elementary Schools in the greater Vancouver area is mandatory
- Interest in teaching/educating young kids between Grades K-7
- Able to organize, plan and execute educational programs
- Passionate and knowledgeable about STEM and board games
- Prior experience with teaching, tutoring, child-care or after-school programs is required
- Strong classroom management skills
- Strong communication skills and comfortable talking to parents after class
Pay: $23.00-$30.00 per hour
Benefits:
- Casual dress
- Flexible schedule
Application question(s):
- Will you be able to reliably commute to the different locations where your shifts are at (within a 10KM radius)?
- Do you have experience interacting and working with children?
- Are you comfortable playing and teaching board games to children?
Work Location: In person
