Career Placements Coordinator, Wealth Builds

Harlem Children’s Zone (HCZ) — a world-renowned education and poverty-fighting organization based in New York — seeks an enthusiastic, dedicated, and mission-aligned Career Placements Coordinator for our Wealth Builds department.

The Career Placements Coordinator will bring a passion for the mission of Harlem Children’s Zone: break the cycle of intergenerational poverty with comprehensive, on-the-ground programming that builds up opportunities for children and families to thrive in school, work, and life.

We are seeking a committed and organized Career Placements Coordinator to support career exposures and placements for the college-aged and alumni pipeline. This role will sit on the Wealth Builds team, a high-priority strategic initiative at HCZ focused on creating pathways to social and economic mobility. The Coordinator will possess excellent project management, organization and prioritization, and written and verbal communication skills. The successful candidate will be a strong collaborator who thrives in a dynamic, fast-paced, and highly team-oriented environment. This Coordinator will be primarily responsible for the execution of a portfolio of career development programming for college-aged participants, including internship programs, professional development workshops, and career exposures.

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Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree

Who you are

• Excellent project management skills
• Strong organizational, planning, collaboration, and communication skills
• Demonstrated ability to multi-task while maintaining attention to detail, and to do so as part of a team in a collaborative, fast-paced environment
• Must be a self-starter and take initiative, highly proactive and self-disciplined
• Resourcefulness, creativity, and strong problem-solving skills
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite
• A commitment to the mission and programs of HCZ

What you’ll do

• Support the smooth and efficient execution of program operations, under the management of the Director and Assistant Director.
• Creates and maintains strong collaboration structures with counselors and coordinators across multiple teams to implement programming.
• Manages internship programs, including mapping out timelines, leading communications with supervisors and interns, matching interns to site placements, and conducting data analysis for continuous program improvement.
• Supports event planning of career workshops and exposures for college-aged participants.
• Maintains a job database and resource library.
• Manage project trackers and monitor timelines, providing summary updates for HCZ leadership and staff.
• Tracks key outcomes & metrics for career programming, using data to inform continuous process improvement.
• Research and support outreach and communication to vendors and other career development resources (such as software platforms).
• Perform other duties and projects as assigned

Schedule

• Monday - Friday
• 9am - 5 pm

Benefits

As a member of the Harlem Children's Zone team, you will join a supportive and inclusive community dedicated to helping children, families — and our staff — thrive. We offer highly competitive salaries, a comprehensive benefits package, and opportunities for growth. Our exceptional full- time benefits include:

• Highly competitive base salaries
• Paid time off
• Employee referral bonus
• Career advancement
• No-cost health insurance
• Life Insurance
• Short-and long-term disability
• Additional voluntary benefits
• Wellness discounts
• Commuter benefits
• Financial wellness perks
• Additional Benefits (Discounts on flights, hotels, theme parks, concert tickets, and more.)

The salary range for this position is $60,000 - $75,000 per year. To be considered, interested applicants should apply directly through the posting. No telephone inquiries or recruiters, please. Replies will only be sent to qualified applicants. Harlem Children’s Zone is an EOE.

Salary : $60,000 - $75,000