Director of College Access and Success

Job Opening: Director of College Access & Success

Job Description: CitySquash is seeking a full-time Director of College Access & Success to start in Summer 2025. The Director will oversee the college application process for all team members, including test prep, school visits, interview prep, applications and financial aid applications. The Director will also provide support to college students through campus visits, regular communication with students and advisors on campus, credit progress meetings, and assistance with forms and financial aid. The position reports directly to the Program Director.

Program Description: CitySquash (www.citysquash.org) is a nonprofit youth program based in the Bronx. The organization helps motivated and talented young people from economically disadvantaged households to fulfill their academic, athletic and personal potential. Founded in 2002, CitySquash currently serves 200 elementary, middle, Middle School, and college students. For our participants, CitySquash is an intensive, multi day-a-week commitment that lasts up to 14 years and includes squash, tutoring, mentoring, community service, travel, culture, nutrition, Middle School placement, employment training and college prep. Over 130 CitySquash students have won scholarships to selective prep schools and colleges, including Avon Old Farms, Berkshire, Blair, Brooks, Canterbury, Eaglebrook, Episcopal, Hackley, Lawrenceville, Loomis Chaffee, Mercersburg, Millbrook, St. George’s, St. Paul's, Taft, Trinity-Pawling, Westover, Bates, Bowdoin, Columbia, Connecticut College, Cornell, CUNY, Franklin & Marshall, Hamilton, Hobart, Middlebury, Mt. Holyoke, St. Lawrence, Trinity, Vassar and Wesleyan.

CitySquash looks forward to the opening of its brand new 15,000 ft2 academic & squash facility, the Julian H. Robertson Jr. CitySquash Center, in June 2025 in the Bronx.

Primary Roles and Responsibilities:

· Manage and advise the college application, financial aid (and, if applicable, squash recruiting) process for all CitySquash boarding and local high school seniors, including developing personal essays and other application work, building balanced college lists and managing the submission of all necessary application and financial aid materials

· Coordinate with college guidance counselors in high schools to effectively manage the process of each senior

· Lead college visits for high school students and put together curricula to educate high school students about college access, affordability, and the value of higher education

· Help coordinate and lead curricula for SAT/ACT prep sessions and coordinate all testing for 11th and 12th graders

· Communicate regularly with college admissions officers and coaches where applicable about CitySquash applicants

· Help design college preparatory curriculums for rising freshmen

· Maintain regular communication with all college students to monitor academic, social emotional and other progress

· Visit college students on campuses and liaise with advisors and coaches to provide support, and guidance

· Collect, record, and monitor changes of all student data, including GPA, major/minor, credits etc.

· Assist college students with annual renewal of financial aid and assist in management of CitySquash Scholarship Fund

Qualifications:

· Bachelor’s Degree required

· Experience with teaching and college counseling for at least one year after college is highly preferable

· Familiarity with the college application and financial aid process, including knowledge of SUNY/CUNY/NY Opportunity Programs and the FASFA/CSS Profile/TAP etc.

· Knowledge of Spanish (with proficiency or fluency highly preferred)

· Excellent written and oral communication skills

· Driver's license required (candidates must be comfortable driving a 15-passenger van)

· Must be energetic, upbeat, and enthusiastic about the CitySquash mission

Schedule:

During the school year (September-June), CitySquash academic programming typically ends around 7:00pm Monday through Friday. Academic Directors are also expected to work up to 12 weekend days during the school year (for community service and culture projects, and overnight team trips). During the summer (July and August), CitySquash programming ends by 5:00pm. There is no weekend work when school is not in session in July and August.

Vacation: The position includes 30 days of paid company holidays (some but not all national holidays are off).

Compensation: $50,000-$60,000 DOE. Full health insurance coverage.

Interested candidates should send their resume to hiring@citysquash.org.