Internship & Career Coordinator

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

Salary: $50,000 - $55,000

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.
• Bilingual in Spanish preferred.
• Experience developing internships for youth preferred.
• 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.