Internship & Career Coordinator Boys and Girls YABC
About The Position
The Internship and Career Coordinator works with the Good Shepherd Services team, grounded in the agency’s mission and vision, and in collaboration with the Department of Education to develop and implement internship experiences that empower students and prepare them for life after high school. Through individual and group job-readiness, career-exploration, and career-development activities, the coordinator helps students prepare for work, identify career interests, and connect with employment opportunities. The position is based at Boys & Girls High School in Brooklyn and reports to the Program Director, Boys & Girls YABC. It is a 12-month, non-exempt position scheduled for 35 hours per week. Regular hours are Monday through Thursday, 12:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., and Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.; summer hours vary. The listed salary range is $50,000–$55,000.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree required.
- Experience working with adolescents in an employment or vocational field in individual and group sessions.
- Strong organizational and teamwork skills.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite.
- Ability to travel to Good Shepherd Services program sites throughout the respective borough.
- Ability to work weekends, including overnight when necessary.
- Commitment to working from a strength-based and youth-development perspective.
Responsibilities
- Reach out to potential internship providers and employers to identify and secure full-time, part-time, and summer internship and employment opportunities for students.
- Create and maintain internship opportunities based on student interests, local opportunities, and referrals.
- Match and place participants in internships and track their progress through individual sessions and mid-year and end-of-year evaluations.
- Oversee and monitor participants at internship and job sites and obtain employer feedback.
- Develop curriculum and facilitate weekly seminar groups for students in internship placements.
- Identify, develop, and use tools to assess participants’ work readiness and skill development.
- Complete administrative tasks for student interns, including payroll-system onboarding and tracking, entering, and managing timesheets and hours.
- Orient new student interns to internship practices, policies, and procedures.
- Collaborate with students’ Advocate Counselors to align support for students’ social-emotional and academic progress and graduation goals.
- Liaise with the post-secondary team on job and career readiness and exploration skills, including resume writing, interviewing, and completing job applications.
- Attend division-wide meetings with Internship Coordinators and other staff.
- Complete Salesforce and other work documentation and statistics on time, and assist the DOE in ensuring student records are accurate.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
