Youth Development Coordinator (Project Gateway)

ORGANIZATION DESCRIPTION

Founded in 1965, the Chinese-American Planning Council, Inc. (CPC) aims to promote the social and economic empowerment of Chinese American, immigrant, and low-income communities. Today, CPC is the nation's largest Asian American social services agency and offers more than 50 programs at over 35 sites throughout New York City, including early childhood education, school-age care, youth services, workforce development, community services, and senior services. CPC strives to be the premier social service and leadership development organization. In 2017, CPC launched Advancing Our CommUNITY, its organization-wide strategy to expand services to address persistent needs and emerging trends and to improve leadership skills among staff and community members. In 2022, our core programs and emergency services reached 200,000 people living in all five boroughs and all 51 city council districts. In the summer of 2022, CPC was recognized as the number one Chinese American organization in New York City to recommend to a Chinese immigrant looking for in-language and culturally competent resources according to a recent survey. This accomplishment is a testament to the incredible work and dedication of our staff. (For more information, please visit: https://www.cpc-nyc.org/)

PROGRAM SUMMARY

CPC Project Gateway provides high school youths from participating schools advocacy opportunities to practice and grow their leadership skills, college access workshops and filed trips to help students get back on track for college, group mentoring services to build social and emotional learning skills among students, and coach them for career readiness skills as well as providing guidance for SYEP applications.

ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES

• Assist and guide high school students with their short and long-term goals (academically, financially, or professionally) with a focus on college.
• Plan and facilitate college workshops (FASFA, CUNY, SUNY and Out of State applications, personal essays and scholarships).
• Connect and engage with colleagues across ECS to support college access within all ECS programs.
• Offer workshops for parents and family members to familiarize them with topics relating to future planning with and for their child.
• Work in partnership with Operations and Data Specialists to ensure tracking and reporting of benchmarks and outcomes.
• Develop and implement an outreach, recruitment, enrollment, and retention plan to meet the outcomes and deliverables as outlined by our funders.
• Fulfill other duties as assigned by the program director.

QUALIFICATIONS

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor’s Degree required; Bachelor’s in Education, Social Work, Counseling or related field preferred.
• A minimum of 1 year experience working within the fields of youth and/or workforce development.
• College access experience preferred.

Skills and Competencies:

• Skilled at workshop planning, facilitation and engagement of youth.
• Must be culturally competent and provide services in a manner sensitive to participants’ cultural heritage and traditions, life experience, sexual orientation and gender identity.
• Excellent written, communication, interpersonal and organizational skills.
• Strong work ethic and demonstrated passion for working with immigrant and low-income communities, and youth development.
• Knowledge of MS office applications and virtual platforms such as Zoom, Teams, and Webex.
• Willingness to travel to worksites via public transportation.
• Bilingual in English and Arabic, Chinese, Spanish, Russian, and/or Haitian Creole.

COMPENSATION & BENEFITS OVERVIEW

• $26.37 - $26.37 per hour; 35 hours per week with occasional weekends as needed
• CPC offers a competitive and comprehensive benefits package, including but not limited to generous paid time off (holiday, sick and vacation time), Medical, Dental, Vision, Basic Life Insurance Coverage, Commuter Benefits, and a 403(b) Retirement Plan

COVID-19 SAFETY PROTOCOLS

CPC has been committed to two goals: 1) keeping staff and community members healthy and safe and 2) continuing to safely provide services to community members. CPC no longer mandates COVID vaccination, but vaccines and boosters are highly encouraged for all our staff and community members.

HOW TO APPLY

Interested individuals should submit their resume, along with a cover letter addressed to Grace Wang, when applying online via CPC’s website: https://www.cpc-nyc.org/jobs or selected online job boards. All documents should be submitted as one single file. Applicants may reach out to careers@cpc-nyc.org with any questions or further inquiries.

CPC is an Equal Opportunity Employer. CPC values a diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplace and strongly encourages women, BIPOC, immigrants, LGBTQ , individuals with disabilities, and veterans to apply.

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