Job Description

What we're looking for

Mission Bit is calling on those with a passion for coding, social justice, and community to join our team and dedicate their skills toward uplifting Bay Area high school students by bridging the tech divide. As a Curriculum Assistant, you will be at the forefront of designing creative content and connecting with students to provide an engaging and welcoming classroom environment!

Schedule

This is a part-time position at 15–20 hours per week with a majority of the time during business hours: 9am to 6pm, Monday through Friday.

Details

This is a highly versatile and technical role on the Curriculum team, reporting directly to the Director of Curriculum. As a Curriculum Assistant with us, you’ll be responsible for researching; integrating critical thinking, problem-solving, creative thinking, communication, collaboration, and global citizenship into the curriculum; and helping students realize their potential.

You must be comfortable suggesting and implementing new ideas that improve the quality and integrity of Mission Bit and our curriculum. You understand that there are always new opportunities for improvement and ways to elevate our standards.

Our success depends on building teams who can challenge each other's assumptions with fresh perspectives. At Mission Bit, we don’t just accept differences; we celebrate them. Mission Bit is committed to providing a fair, equitable, and inclusive work environment. We welcome candidates that will promote and value diversity and exercise teamwork and collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Ensure Unity and VR curriculum for our classes is continuously up to date
• Create 90-minute workshop content surrounding the Mission Bit core values of social justice, community, accountability, smart risks, and love
• Assist and support the Director of Curriculum on other projects
  
  

Qualifications

Requirements

• Must have a strong grasp of basic procedural programming skills in Unity and C# as well as experience developing in VR (Oculus Quest).
• General knowledge of other languages—JavaScript, HTML/CSS, and Python would be a plus!
• Have at least 2 years of technical experience (college/university, bootcamp, industry) in Unity/C#/VR. Current CS majors are encouraged to apply.
• Must be able to pass a technical skills assessment and provide a portfolio of work.
• Strong understanding of the programming platforms
• Punctual, organized, and prepared
• Values aligned with Mission Bit and passion for sharing CS knowledge
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Self-starting with the ability to effectively work autonomously with little oversight
• Intelligent, dedicated, and flexible with a willingness to experiment
  
  

Benefits

Pay

$27/hour

Flexible hours

Build your own 15- to 20-hour schedule from week to week.