Internship & Career Coordinator

Good Shepherd Services, Ltd; New York (NY); Sur place; USD 42 000 - 60 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Good Shepherd Services in Brooklyn, NY seeks an Internship & Career Coordinator to support youth through employment/internship preparation, counseling, and program development. You will collaborate with counselors and social workers, recruit students for LTW internships, and help expand internships locally and within NYC.

Responsibilities include delivering skill-building sessions, mentoring students, and coordinating with partners to enhance internship experiences.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and at least 1 year experience working with adolescents/youth adults in education/employment related fields required.
• Strong group facilitation or teaching skills required.
• Statistical and narrative record keeping accountability required.
• Ability to work with diverse staff and students and network with diverse employer constituents.
• Excellent verbal and written communication.
• Candidates with Administrative, Hiring, Budgeting, Creating Workshops, Community Organizing and Community Partnership skills are encouraged to apply.
• Must have a commitment to work from a strength-based, youth development perspective.

Responsabilités

• Facilitate skill/competency-building employment/internship preparation classes and workshops for students in the YABC.
• Provide job and career counseling to students.
• Support students’ growth by providing continuous feedback and resources to meet the student’s needs.
• Collaborate with advocate counselors and social worker.
• Recruit students to participate in the LTW internship opportunities.
• Monitor LTW students to facilitate greater retention on internships.
• Develop internships (in person and/or remote) in diverse range of employment fields, to match students’ skills, maturity levels, and experience.
• Provide guidance to employers on maximizing internship experiences by working effectively with adolescents.
• Facilitate seminars for students that focus on building students’ skills in semester long preparation classes at YABC.
• Facilitate workshops on employment/Internship readiness to students.
• Assist with out-of-school issues and provide crisis intervention as needed
• Track, evaluate and report on multiple aspects of program operations.
• Meet regularly with staff from other LTW sites to share learning, compare approaches and develop new program ideas.
• The person in this role will have to travel locally and within the NYC area 1-2 times a week for site visits with existing partners and to develop new sites for our participants to intern at.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Connaissances

Group facilitation

Education counseling

Career counseling

Public speaking

Student engagement

Formation

Bachelor's degree

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The Internship & Career Coordinator prepares students for internships and future opportunities. She/he develops and manages internships in sectors that meet students’ interests. He or She works as a team with other Young Adult Borough Center (YABC) staff to provide students with educational and career resources, support and guidance.

Reports To: Program Director, Young Adult Borough Center at FDR

Location: 5800 20 th Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11204

Hours: 35 Hours/Week; NON-Exempt

Schedule: Monday to Wednesday: 11:30am to 7:30pm

Friday: 9pm - 5pm

Major Duties:

• Facilitate skill/competency-building employment/internship preparation classes and workshops for students in the YABC.
• Provide job and career counseling to students.
• Support students’ growth by providing continuous feedback and resources to meet the student’s needs.
• Collaborate with advocate counselors and social worker.
• Recruit students to participate in the LTW internship opportunities.
• Monitor LTW students to facilitate greater retention on internships.
• Develop internships (in person and/or remote) in diverse range of employment fields, to match students’ skills, maturity levels, and experience.
• Provide guidance to employers on maximizing internship experiences by working effectively with adolescents.
• Facilitate seminars for students that focus on building students’ skills in semester long preparation classes at YABC.
• Facilitate workshops on employment/Internship readiness to students.
• Assist with out-of-school issues and provide crisis intervention as needed
• Track, evaluate and report on multiple aspects of program operations.
• Meet regularly with staff from other LTW sites to share learning, compare approaches and develop new program ideas.
• The person in this role will have to travel locally and within the NYC area 1-2 times a week for site visits with existing partners and to develop new sites for our participants to intern at.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

• Bachelors’ degree and at least 1 year experience working with adolescents/youth adults in education/employment related fields required.
• Strong group facilitation or teaching skills required.
• Statistical and narrative record keeping accountability required.
• Ability to work with diverse staff and students and network with diverse employer constituents.
• Excellent verbal and written communication.
• Candidates with Administrative, Hiring, Budgeting, Creating Workshops, Community Organizing and Community Partnership skills are encouraged to apply.
• Must have a commitment to work from a strength-based, youth development perspective.