Internship & Career Coordinator

Good Shepherd Services•Brooklyn, NY

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The Internship and Career Coordinator works with the Good Shepherd Services (GSS) team, grounded in the agency’s mission and vision and in collaboration with the Department of Education (DOE), to develop and implement internship experiences that empower and prepare students for life after high school. The role uses individual and group job-readiness, career-exploration, and career-development activities to help students prepare for work, identify career interests, and connect with employment opportunities. The position is based at Brooklyn Frontiers High School in Brooklyn, New York, and is 35 hours per week. The schedule is Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., with some evenings and weekends. The role is non-exempt and reports to the Program Director. The salary range is $50,000–$55,000.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree.
Experience working with adolescents in employment or vocational settings through individual and group sessions.
Strong organizational, teamwork, verbal communication, and written communication skills.
Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite.
Ability to travel to GSS 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.

Nice To Haves

Bilingual Spanish or French.

Responsibilities

Conduct outreach 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 midyear and end-of-year evaluations.
Oversee student placements and monitor participants at internship and job sites; obtain feedback from employers.
Develop curriculum and facilitate weekly seminar groups for students in internship placements.
Identify, develop, and use appropriate tools to assess participants’ work readiness and skill development accurately.
Complete administrative tasks for student interns, including payroll onboarding and tracking, entering, and managing timesheets and hours.
Onboard and orient new student interns regarding internship practices, policies, and procedures.
Collaborate with students’ Advocate Counselors to align support for students’ social-emotional and academic progress and goals toward graduation requirements.
Liaise with the post-secondary team on job and career readiness and exploration skills and competency development, 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 DOE in ensuring student records are accurate.