High School Program Coordinator

Job Summary:  

The High School Program and Internship Coordinator reports to the Teen and College Access Program
Manager and ensures the likelihood of post-secondary success for students enrolled in the Project HOME Teen
and College Access Program. To ensure success, the Coordinator leads weekly seminars; hosts Parent
Engagement Nights; plans and facilitates college and trade school tours; organizes and oversees summer
internships for students; provides support with academics and standardized test preparation; and plans and
hosts an annual College and Trade Fair that is open to our students and all community members.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

- Leads weekly seminars for students in 10th, 11th and 12th grade that help students identify and obtain
post-secondary goals, including college and trade programs.
- Hosts Parent Engagement Nights multiple times a year to provide parents/guardians and community
members with essential information about post-secondary pathways.
- Organizes and oversees school year and summer internships for students. Places students at sites across
Project HOME and partner organizations, communicates regularly with partners to ensure student
success, and runs weekly professional development workshops.
- Provides support with academics and standardized test preparation.
- Plans and hosts annual College and Trade Fair that is open to our students and community members.
- Accurately tracks and reports program data to Teen and College Access Program Manager.
- Completes professional development as determined by grant funders, internal requirements, and
Manager assignments.

The information contained herein is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of the duties and responsibilities of the job. Management may, at its sole discretion, assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time.  

What Qualifications or Experience You May Bring:

- Communication skills, both verbally and in writing; comfortable presenting to and engaging groups of
people, particularly groups of young adults;
- Interpersonal skills and ability to work collaboratively with all levels of staff and across departments;
- Organization and planning skills, ability to manage multiple projects at once while meeting deadlines;
- Success in building and maintaining community partnerships
- Experience working within and uplifting communities that are directly affected by systemic racism

Physical requirements:

Sedentary work that primarily involves sitting/standing. may sometimes be required to lift objects under 50 pounds. 

Project HOME provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment, without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws. Project HOME prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type.