College Access Coordinator

• Location Henry Street,New York, NY, 10002,United States
• Base Pay $61,000.00 / Year
• Employee Type Full Time

• Division/Department: Education/Expanded Horizons
• Work Schedule: 35 hours per week, Regular, Full Time, Monday - Friday, 10am - 6pm (Hybrid 3days on site 2days remote or fully onsite)
• Pay Type: $61k yearly, hourly non-exempt
• Location: The Lower East Side

Henry Street Settlement opens doors of opportunity to enrich lives and expand human progress for Lower East Side residents and other New Yorkers through social services, arts, and health care programs. Building on its 130+year legacy of innovation and effective programming, Henry Street offers more than 50 programs and is one of New York City’s largest social service agencies.

Expanded Horizons College Success Program is a comprehensive eight-year program which is designed to ensure that high school students are college-ready and admitted to a college that fits their interests and abilities, and graduate from that institution on time. Our eight-year cohort-based model allows high school students to benefit from college readiness programming that includes SAT preparation, college readiness workshop, overnight college tours and career/college counseling.

Designed as a program to help meet student financial needs, Expanded Horizons students accrue scholarship dollars for every year they participate fully in the program to be used while in college.

The College Access Coordinator provides comprehensive college access and readiness services to high school students participating in the Expanded Horizons College Success Program. This role delivers individualized college and financial aid advising, facilitates college readiness programming, coordinates college tours, and supports students throughout the college application, admissions, and matriculation process. The College Access Coordinator collaborates with families, schools, and higher education partners to help students achieve their post-secondary goals while maintaining accurate program records and contributing to successful program outcomes.

• Bachelor’s degree required with preference given to Education and Human Services related fields; master’s degree preferred
• Completion of 60-hour certificate course Foundation & Framework of College Access and Success Counseling through the OPTIONS Institute
• Minimum of two (2) years’ experience in college access counseling with high school aged youth, preferably in New York City
• Strong commitment to supporting the academic achievement and access to higher education of young adults who are low income, immigrants and/or will be the first in their families to attend college
• Understanding of the settlement house model of human service and comprehensive commitment to its tenets
• Knowledge of CUNY, SUNY, HBCU and Common application systems
• Familiarity with the financial aid process which include the completion and submission of financial aid forms (FAFSA, TAP and CSS profile)
• Knowledge of application process for NYS Opportunity programs
• Membership in/or active participation in the College Access Consortium of NY
• Understand intersectionality as it pertains to race, gender, class, privilege and other identities
• Excellent skills in verbal and written communication, including effective platform delivery
• Demonstrate an understanding of and practice the principles of positive youth development
• Ability to work both independently and collaboratively with a team
• Knowledge of the financial, academic, and social skills necessary to be successful in college
• Excellent interpersonal, communication, and writing and presentation skills
• Exceptional organizational, analytical, and problem-solving skills
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), Google Suite, and Microsoft Outlook
• Bilingual Spanish or Mandarin a plus

• Supervise at least one intern, student ambassador, or CUNY Service Corps member
• Advise high school students towards individualized personal post-secondary educational and career goals
• Provide advisement in all aspects of the college application and financial…