Financial Inclusion & Family Empowerment Coordinator

Harlem Children's Zone; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 60,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Paid time off

Career advancement

Employee referral bonus

Wellness discounts

Commuter benefits

Financial wellness perks

Job summary

Harlem Children’s Zone (HCZ) seeks an enthusiastic Financial Inclusion & Family Empowerment Coordinator to join the Wealth Builds team in New York. The role supports financial education and family empowerment through coordinated workshops, community partnerships, and data strategies to advance social and economic mobility.

The coordinator will collaborate with The Baby College, staff, and external organizations, ensuring alignment with the curriculum and program goals, while maintaining

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree.
• 2+ years of project management experience.
• 1+ years empowering families and working with them closely to achieve measurable outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Support the smooth and efficient execution of program operations under the management of the Director of Financial Education and the Assistant Director of Financial Education.
• Collaborates with The Baby College (TBC), the community, and the staff pipeline to incorporate financial education programming.
• Manages cross-collaboration with TBC and Community Pride.
• Works with the director to ensure monthly community/ staff workshops.
• Design workshops for staff and community.
• Manages coordination with the financial coaching platform.
• Manages/coordinates with the TBC program, general planning, and implication of community/staff and fin lit opportunities with external org engagements, summits/workshops.
• Works closely with the Director of Financial Education and Assistant Director of Financial Inclusion and Family Empowerment to ensure the financial literacy curriculum is embedded in the TBC curriculum.
• Manages a library of resources.

Skills

Project management

Organizational skills

Planning

Communication

Collaboration

Self-motivation

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Job description

Harlem Children’s Zone (HCZ) — a world-renowned education and poverty‑fighting organization based in New York — seeks enthusiastic, dedicated, and mission‑aligned Financial Inclusion & Family Empowerment Coordinator to join our Wealth Builds team.

Wealth Builds is an innovative effort to eliminate the racial wealth gap through nine evidence‑based pillars beginning in Harlem and ultimately expanding to up to 10 cities nationwide. Our theory of action is that cradle‑to‑career services plus capital leads to social and economic mobility. Through Wealth Builds, we are providing financial education and infusions of capital, with the goal of increasing social, financial, and human capital, ultimately generating wealth for our youth.

We are seeking a committed and organized Coordinator to support the Financial Inclusion and Family Empowerment pillars. This role will sit on the Wealth Builds team, a high-priority strategic initiative at HCZ focused on creating pathways to social and economic mobility. The coordinator will possess excellent project management, organization, prioritization, and written and verbal communication skills. The successful candidate will be a strong collaborator who thrives in a dynamic, fast-paced, and highly team‑oriented environment. This Coordinator will be primarily responsible for assisting the Director of Financial Education and the Assistant Director of Financial Inclusion and Family Empowerment in the execution of the socialization and data strategy of the initiative.

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• Bachelor’s Degree
• 2+ Years of project management experience
• 1+ Years of experience empowering families and working with them closely to achieve measurable outcomes

Who you are

• Bachelor’s degree
• Excellent project management skills
• Strong organizational, planning, collaboration, and communication skills
• Demonstrated ability to multitask while maintaining attention to detail and to do so as part of a team in a collaborative, fast‑paced environment
• Must be a self‑starter and take initiative, highly proactive, and self‑disciplined
• Possess an understanding of underserved communities and are willing to work closely with youth and families

What you’ll do

• Support the smooth and efficient execution of program operations under the management of the Director of Financial Education and the Assistant Director of Financial Education.
• Collaborates with The Baby College (TBC), the community, and the staff pipeline to incorporate financial education programming
• Manages cross-collaboration with TBC and Community Pride
• Works with the director to ensure monthly community/ staff workshops
• Design workshops for staff and community
• Manages coordination with the financial coaching platform
• Manages/coordinates with the TBC program, general planning, and implication of community/staff and fin lit opportunities with external org engagements, summits/workshops
• Works closely with the Director of Financial Education and Assistant Director of Financial Inclusion and Family Empowerment to ensure the financial literacy curriculum is embedded in the TBC curriculum
• Manages a library of resources

Schedule

• Monday – Friday

• 9 am – 5 pm (participation will be required for occasional evening events)
• Hybrid schedule, 4 days in office, 1 day remote

As a member of the Harlem Children’s Zone team, you will join a supportive and inclusive community dedicated to helping children, families — and our staff — thrive. We offer highly competitive salaries, a comprehensive benefits package, and opportunities for growth.

Our exceptional full-time benefits include:

• Highly competitive base salaries
• Paid time off
• Employee referral bonus
• Career Advancement
• No-cost health insurance!
• Life Insurance
• Short-and long-term disability
• Additional voluntary benefits
• Wellness discounts
• Commuter benefits
• Financial wellness perks
• Additional Benefits (Discounts on flights, hotels, theme parks, concert tickets, and more.)

The annual salary range for this position is $60,000-$75,000 per year, with a comprehensive benefits package including employer‑covered health insurance.

HCZ is an EOE.