Employment Specialist
Core
Manages day-to-day operations of an evening educational/youth development program providing high school students and young adults with career exploration, work readiness training, and subsidized internships to prepare for graduation and employment.
Role type
Employment Specialist / Youth Development Program Manager
Builds
A non-traditional educational program combining academic instruction, tutoring, career exploration, case management, and paid internships for NYC high school students and young adults.
Domain
Education / Youth Development / Career Services
Required skills
Career exploration, case management, work readiness training, program operations, data collection, stakeholder recruitment, workshop facilitation, student advocacy
Preferred skills
Experience in high school or post-secondary settings, experience with youth aged 17-21
Technologies
None stated
Responsibilities
Recommends qualified candidates for paid internships, monitors job postings, contacts candidates for interviews, follows up on applicant status, collects and reviews internship paperwork, counsels candidates on work readiness, manages daily program operations, supervises workgroups, conducts individual check-in meetings with students, recruits businesses for internships, arranges external presenters for workshops.
Seniority
Mid-level, hands-on IC