LTW Assistant Director-Internship Coordinator

LTW Assistant Director & Internship Coordinator

Job Title:

LTW Assistant Director & Internship Coordinator

Location:

1010 Rev James A Polite Ave, Bronx, NY 10459.

Program:
Arturo

A. Schomburg Satellite Academy Bronx.

Reports to:

LTW Program Director.

Salary: $65,000.

East Side House (ESH), founded in 1891, is a 501(c)(3) organization that serves the South Bronx. ESH focuses on youth education, technology programs, and community services to promote economic improvement. In 2020 ESH added food distribution to support the community.

• Work in tandem with Program Director to ensure that the partnership between East Side House and the DOE site is in good standing.
• Ensure admissions criteria and intake goals are being met monthly by conducting intake interviews with students and family members and/or facilitating orientations.
• Help supervise advisors to ensure that attendance outreach is completed daily, home visits are done when necessary, and student logs stay current; ensure post‑secondary support and college exploration are incorporated into student engagement.
• Manage social networks for the purpose of keeping in touch with alumni.
• Manage alumni events and data tracking.
• Provide trainings on Advisory Curriculum Development and support lesson planning aligned with Common Core Standards.
• Help advise a caseload primarily of students participating in the Learning to Work (LTW) program and provide added support in their academic, career, and personal goals.
• Solicit, develop and cultivate internship and/or job opportunities within the community, including calls and visits to employers to maintain internship partner relations.
• Maintain ongoing contact with employers to learn of new internship and/or employment needs and problems arising from existing placements.
• Reach the minimum number of internship enrollment as requested.
• Assist students in developing and achieving life/career goals that are assessed throughout LTW weekly seminars and during individual career exploration.
• Assist students in job search, including resume and cover letter development, search strategies and interviewing skills.
• Refer students to academic and support services as needed.
• Attend administrative meetings, program trainings and staff development.
• Participate in civic and community building efforts and activities as assigned via East Side House Community Development.
• Ensure that all fiscal documents are submitted timely, including bi‑weekly internship payroll on Paycom.
• Maintain updated records of all fiscal transactions for the year, including the monthly LTW internship budget.
• Assist in making purchase orders for student incentives and special events.
• Participate and help arrange field trips, special events and extracurricular activities.
• Maintain flexible hours and workdays; some overnight trips required.
• Establish liaisons with corporate and nonprofit organizations for identification of employment and internship opportunities, and provide workshops and mentoring opportunities for students including coordination with other community youth employment assistance programs.
• Assist and provide support when Director is present or unavailable in areas of program and staff management.
• Maintain database tracking and reporting of each student’s progress and measurable outcomes, including timely entry of case notes of weekly meetings and incidents and employment.
• Prepare and present curriculum to students on job readiness and related topics; facilitate interactive seminars.
• Ensure the program establishes 3 to 5 new internship sites every year while maintaining necessary partnership contracts.
• Provide case management services for the students in the program.
• Attend meetings with staff to review students’ progress and discuss appropriate trainings and intervention plans; actively participate in initiatives, affiliations, coalitions, etc. that pertain to East Side House’s mission.
• Participate in assigned staff development trainings.
• Actively participate in team and program meetings; provide suggestions for program improvement and implementation.
• Assist Director in overseeing the creation of innovative and contextualized student learning…