Career Coordinator, Communities in Schools of Philadelphia

Posted by on September 05, 2011

Career Coordinator, Communities in Schools of Philadelphia

Posted on: August 19, 2011

Student Success Center Positions

Job Description

Title: Career Coordinator

General Description:

The Career Coordinator will be responsible for leading the Student Success Center efforts to integrate work readiness skills into the classroom, provide job readiness programming in the school, and connect youth to summer and year-round employment. In this capacity, the Career Coordinator will provide 21st Century skill building and work-readiness activities in conjunction with school guidance personnel, and other partner organizations providing services to cohorts of students in the school.

Essential Functions:

Develop and implement programmatic activities including, but not limited to, the following components: career exploration and advising, career interest inventories and assessments, shadowing experiences, building 21st Century Skills, developing resume writing, interviewing and job application skills.
Counsel students and parents regarding training necessary for their particular career choice.

Encourage enrollment of non-college bound and college bound students into vocational programs.
Work with school-based staff and other service providers to ensure that each Student Success Center is equipped with sufficient materials, personnel, technology, and other resources available/accessible to students.

Connect business partners to students, parents and teachers.
Organize career speakers as needed.
Maintain accurate data, records, and files to track the activities, achievement, participation, progress, and status of individual students.
Submit accurate, complete, and timely data and performance reports on a weekly, quarterly, semester, and/or annual basis as required.

Education, Experience & Skills Required:

Bachelor’s Degree (required) and Master’s Degree (preferred) in education, business, human resources, or a related field.
Minimum of 2-3 years experience working in industry or a related field preferred.
Minimum of one (1) year experience working in a school-based or a college/university setting, urban public school experience recommended
Experience working with at-risk urban minority youth in grades 9-12 strongly recommended and preferred.

Other Qualifications:

Strong technology skills.
Knowledge about Philadelphia, the Philadelphia School District, and the target population.
Strong written and oral communication skills, including public speaking skills and listening skills.

Strong interpersonal and human relations skills.
Successful completion of a criminal and child abuse clearance.

All interested candidates may apply by forwarding a letter of interest, resume, and references to:

Communities In Schools of Philadelphia, 2000 Hamilton Street, Suite 201, Philadelphia, PA 19130 Attn: Human Resources Department. You may fax your information to 267-330-0164 or by email at aortiz@cisphl.org. You may also visit our website at http://www.cisphl.org.

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