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Assistant Teacher- Mercy Care for Kids- Per Diem

Part-time

Trinity Health

Albany, NYPart-time / Per Diem$16.7–24.2/hrSeen 2w agoSeen in employer's feed 2 days ago

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At a glance

Compensation
$16.7–24.2/hr
Location
Albany, NY
Schedule
Part-time / Per Diem
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Job overview

Mercy Care for Kids is a day care program at St. Peter’s campus in Albany, where children develop confidence through interaction with peers, adults, and their surroundings. The assistant teacher works with professional staff as a team to provide quality care and support children’s social growth, physical development, and cognitive skill development, while introducing them to music and the creative arts.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

ChildcareChild DevelopmentMusic and Creative Arts

Qualifications

High School Diploma or GEDCDA or Associate's Degree in Early ChildhoodExperience With Infants Through Pre-K Children

Full job description

Employment Type:

Part time

Shift:

Day Shift

Description:

Mercy Care For Kids - Per Diem ( per staffing needs)

Location: St. Peter's campus in Albany, NY

Position Highlights:

Mercy Cares for Kids is a day care program where children can experience a stimulating environment and comfortably develop confidence through interaction with their peers, adults and their physical surroundings.

Come and see what makes Mercy Cares for Kids a premier Day Care Center.

What you will do:

We employ professional staff who work as a team to provide quality care, social growth, physical development, and cognitive skill development while introducing children to music and the creative arts.

What you will need:

  • Must have High School diploma/GED

  • Preferred CDA or an Associates degree in early childhood

  • Previous experience working with infants through pre-k age children

With nearly 12,500 employees in more than 165 locations, St. Peter's Health Partners provides high quality, compassionate care to thousands of people every day across the greater Capital Region. Today St. Peter's health system serves to nearly 4,000 people every day with comprehensive medical services, free educational programs and a host of community health screenings throughout the region.

Pay Range: :$16.70 - $24.20

Pay is based on experience, skills, and education. Exempt positions under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) will be paid within the base salary equivalent of the stated hourly rates. The pay range may also vary within the stated range based on location.

Our Commitment

Rooted in our Mission and Core Values, we honor the dignity of every person and recognize the unique perspectives, experiences, and talents each colleague brings. By finding common ground and embracing our differences, we grow stronger together and deliver more compassionate, person-centered care. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other status protected by federal, state, or local law.

Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

Trinity Health is a family of 115,000 colleagues and nearly 26,000 physicians and clinicians across 25 states. Because we serve diverse populations, our colleagues are trained to recognize the cultural beliefs, values, traditions, language preferences, and health practices of the communities that we serve and to apply that knowledge to produce positive health outcomes. We also recognize that each of us has a different way of thinking and perceiving our world and that these differences often lead to innovative solutions.

Our dedication to diversity includes a unified workforce (through training and education, recruitment, retention, and development), commitment and accountability, communication, community partnerships, and supplier diversity.

EOE including disability/veteran

How this job compares

Set against the 1,018 open Assistant Teacher jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 27, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$16.7–24.2/hr
  • New York median$17–19/hr83 hourly ranges
  • US median$16–18/hr522 hourly ranges

This range's midpoint, $20.45/hr, is 15% above the New York median midpoint ($18/hr) — in the top quarter of Assistant Teacher hourly ranges in New York.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 95 open Assistant Teacher jobs in New York and 1,018 across the US. None of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in New York
Experience
Assistant Teacher postings that state a minimum ask for 1 year of experience at the median (211 postings).
Education
This posting asks for a high school diploma; 346 of the 1,018 open Assistant Teacher jobs (34%) ask for a high school diploma or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 27, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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