Internship & Career Coordinator

The Internship and Career Coordinator works with the Good Shepherd Services (GSS) team, grounded in the mission and vision of the GSS agency, and in collaboration with the Department of Education (DOE) to develop, implement, and connect our students to an internship experience that aims to empower and prepare them for life after high school.

Through implementation of a range of individual and group job readiness and career exploration and development activities and experiences, the ICC works with students to prepare for the world of work, identify career interests, and connect them to opportunities that facilitate employment.

West Brooklyn Community High School is a partnership transfer high school committed to supporting students to obtain a high school diploma using a strength-based and trauma-informed approach. Our students are overaged and under-credited, aged 16-21 years old, and were not successful in their previous school environments due to various factors and circumstances. Our work is grounded in building strong relationships with our students and empowering them through our everyday practice, instilling the tools and skills they will need to achieve personal, academic, and post-secondary success.

Reports To: Program Director Location: 1053 41st St, Brooklyn, NY, 11219 Hours: 35 Hours/Week; 8-4pm / Non-Exempt Salary: $50,000 - $55,000

Major Duties:

• Outreach to potential internship providers and employers to identify and secure full, part-time, and summer internship and employment opportunities for students of WBCHS.
• Create and maintain internship opportunities based on student interests, available local opportunities, and referrals.
• Match and place participants into placements, develop and track their progress through 1:1 sessions, mid-year, and end-of-year evaluations.
• Oversee placement and monitoring of participants at internship/job sites and obtain employer feedback.
• Develop curriculum and facilitate weekly seminar groups that meet once weekly for students in internship placements.
• Identify, develop, and utilize tools appropriate to provide accurate assessment of participants work readiness and skill development.
• Conduct administrative tasks for student interns, such as onboarding them into the payroll system, tracking, inputting, and managing student timesheets and hours.
• Onboard and orientate new student interns regarding internship practices, policies, and procedures.
• Collaborate with students Advocate Counselor to ensure alignment in supporting students through their social-emotional and academic progress and goals to fulfill graduation requirements.
• Collaborate with the Director of Career Connections and Economic Mobility Specialist of WBCHS to develop and implement in-house work-based learning opportunities for participants in the form of job shadowing, certification programs, internships, and related work-based learning activities and experiences to promote career exploration.
• Work with the Director of Career Connections and Economic Mobility Specialist to connect seniors to a solid post-secondary plan.
• Liaison with the post-secondary team on topics related to job and career readiness and exploration skills/competency development (i.e., resume writing, interviewing skills, completing job applications).
• Attend division-wide meetings with Internship Coordinators and Economic Mobility Specialists in the division.
• Ensure timely completion of Salesforce documentation, other documentation of work, and statistics, and assist DOE to ensure accuracy of student records.

Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree required.
• Bilingual Spanish preferred.
• Experience working with adolescents in employment or vocational field in 1:1 and group sessions.
• Strong organizational, teamwork, verbal, and written communication skills.
• Must be proficient in Microsoft Office Suite.
• Ability to travel to GSS Program Sites throughout Brooklyn.
• Ability to work weekends, including overnight when necessary.
• Must have a commitment to work from a strength-based and youth development perspective.