College Access Coordinator

Introduction

Henry Street Settlement is like no other organization, and our positions are not ordinary jobs. Every day Henry Street’s dedicated team carries out a 130-year blueprint of service to our community established by our founder, Lillian Wald, in 1893.

Job Overview:

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

Organizational Overview:

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.

Program Overview:

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.

Job Summary

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.

• Advise high school students towards individualized personal post-secondary educational and career goals.
• Provide advisement in all aspects of the college application and financial aid process.
• Research and share information on scholarships, internships, and jobs for Expanded Horizons high school students.
• Provide early awareness counseling to approximately (30) 9th, 10th, and 11th graders.
• Make college recommendations to a caseload of 15-20 high school seniors.
• Lead the coordination and attend day and overnight college tours to northeastern colleges.
• Become familiar with the academic and social environments at the various colleges alumni are considering to recommend suitable matches.
• Manage and support the college admissions and matriculation process for all high school seniors.
• Recruit students from partner high schools on the Lower East Side and neighboring communities.
• Collect and maintain accurate paper and electronic records of all students and activities.
• Be active in researching issues and trends in college admissions, higher education, and standardized testing.
• Ensure that all participants and prospective students have submitted all required paperwork for enrollment.
• Track all college applications, admissions offers, and final college decisions through Over grad.
• Collaborate with Expanded Horizons family members and high school staff to ensure that students receive support throughout their high school careers.
• Establish…