Macmillan Family Foundation - CS Parent Engagement Project - Program Coordinator

The Child Center of NY strengthens children and families with skills, opportunities, and emotional support to build healthy, successful lives. Founded in 1953, The Child Center of NY has become a powerful community presence throughout the city. With 50 locations and 100 programs in NYC’s most under-served communities, our 1,000 results-oriented professionals make a difference for more than 40,000 children and their families each year.

Essential Functions:

• Collaborate with primary counselors to identify students’ career interests and develop ideas for individually tailored internship placements.
• Develop internships in a diverse range of employment fields to match students’ interests, skills, maturity levels and experience.
• Maintain all paperwork associated with internship placement process, including hiring packets, timesheets etc.
• Plan and execute career panels, fairs and workshops in collaboration with other primary counselors.
• Provide guidance to employers on maximizing internship experiences by working effectively with adolescents.
• Provide support to employers and students during internships in the form of phone calls, meetings and site visits.
• Facilitate weekly seminars, Job Club, for students that focus on building students’ skills in education and career development.
• Assist students’ post-internship with future employment and provide educational and career development counseling and support.
• Plan, implement and execute all aspects of the recruitment process.
• Overall supervisory responsibility over internship program planning, reporting, tracking, program development and implementation, assessment and evaluation, and contract compliance.
• Meet with staff from SYEP/WIOA sites to share learning, compare approaches and develop new program ideas.
• Assist with out-of-school issues and provide crisis intervention as needed.
• Engage students’ families to support positive outcomes for the students.
• Support the day-to-day operations of the site when PD is off site.
• The Program Coordinator may perform other duties as assigned by the Director.
  
  
  

Minimum Qualifications :

• Associates Degree in Social Work, Education, or related field.
• Bilingual in one or more of the following: Spanish, Mandarin, Cantonese, Bengali and others, may be required depending on client needs.
• 3 years’ running a school-based program.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office.
• Ability to plan and carry out assignments independently.
• Ability to prioritize, adhere to timelines and multi-task.
  
  
  

Qualifications Preferred :

• Bachelor’s Degree in Social Work , Education, or related field.
• Master’s Degree in Education , Social Work or other related field.
• Bilingual in one or more of the following: Spanish, Mandarin, Cantonese, Bengali and others, may be required depending on client needs.
  
  
  

The Child Center of NY is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status or any other category protected by Federal, State or local law. EOE M/F/D/V

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