Job Title: Employment Specialist
PVN ID: ME-2504-006812
Category: Instruction and Social Service
Location: MEDGAR EVERS COLLEGE

Job Description

General Description

The Young Adult Borough Center (YABC) at Thomas Jefferson Campus High School is an evening educational/youth development program that provides New York City high school students an alternative pathway to graduation. Students enrolled in YABC also include young adults who chose to leave daytime classes due to circumstances such as employment or adult responsibilities. YABC offers students an opportunity to participate in a non-traditional educational program geared toward helping them prepare for a high school diploma and making critical career choices (i.e., college, employment, or vocational training). This unique program combines academic classroom instruction, tutoring, career exploration, case management, work readiness training, and subsidized internships. Students attend classes Monday through Thursday. In addition to YABC students accumulating credits toward graduation at an accelerated rate, they receive an elective credit for participating in paid internships. Our overall goal is to provide the students with internships that provide them with the skills necessary to pursue their individual career goals. Once all the credits toward graduation have been completed students obtain a local and or regent diploma from their sending school.   

 

Other Duties

  • Recommends qualified candidates for paid internships
  • Monitors job postings
  • Contact qualified candidates for scheduled interviews
  • Follow-up on the status of all applicants in the interview process
  • Update all candidate status changes as candidate goes through interview process
  • Responsible for the collection and review of paperwork of internship participants and prepares written reports related to participant status
  • Counsel candidates on proper work readiness and other work-related processes and procedures
  • Responsible for Work Readiness weekly workshops and arrangements for external presenters on a weekly or monthly basis
  • Manages day-to-day operation of internship programs to assist students in obtaining their employment and training needs and other community resources
  • Develops and monitors system of information and data collection related to outcome measures
  • Supervises workgroups and/or special projects (e.g., business day, assessment committee, etc.)
  • Arranges for and/or participates in program presentations and career field trips. (e.g., civic and school groups, community organizations, etc.)
  • Recruit’s businesses to become involved in the Young Adult Borough Center through listing jobs and conducting on-site recruitment
  • Assist in the daily student advocate responsibilities of the YABC Youth Development Model such as individual counseling, attendance outreach, and other duties as assigned and deemed necessary by CBO Director for functionality of the overall program

Qualifications

  • The ideal candidate must possess a minimum bachelor’s degree in a related field
  • Minimum 4 years’ employment placement experience preferably with youth between the ages of 17-21
  • Experience within high school or post-secondary setting is highly preferred
  • Experience with data collection using various applications
  • Experience planning student events
  • Experience with student outreach
  • Must have great communication and writing skills
  • All candidates must be fingerprinted in order to work in a Department of Education Building

RFCUNY Benefits

RFCUNY Employee Benefits and Accruals

About the Research Foundation

The Research Foundation of The City University of New York (RFCUNY) is a nonprofit educational corporation founded in 1963 to provide post-award fiscal and administrative support for CUNY’s research and sponsored programs. RFCUNY’s services allow CUNY researchers, faculty, and staff to focus on their intellectual curiosity and scientific discoveries, on projects and programs that serve our local and global communities, proposing concrete solutions to society’s most pressing challenges.

RFCUNY serves as a fiscal agent and works closely with all the CUNY campus Grants Offices to perform the core functions of post-award financial management for CUNY research projects and sponsored programs. These functions include legal assessment and signing of agreements where RFCUNY is named as a fiscal agent; setting up award accounts; preparing sub-awards and assisting PIs in monitoring the work of the recipients of sub-awards; supporting project directors with hiring and managing research project and sponsored program staff; supporting the purchasing and paying for goods and services with grant and program funds; managing financial aspects of projects including accounts receivable, financial reporting, invoicing, budget monitoring, and cost compliance with uniform guidance; ensuring that sponsor financial requirements are met; monitoring compliance with applicable project and financial management rules and laws; supporting the management of independent and external audits and financial reviews; and providing data, information, management expertise, and other supports to CUNY’s research and sponsored programs.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

The Research Foundation of the City University of New York is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action/Americans with Disabilities Act/E-Verify Employer. It is the policy of the Research Foundation of CUNY to provide equal employment opportunities free of discrimination based on race, color, age, religion, sex, pregnancy, childbirth, national origin, disability, marital status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, marital status, domestic violence victim status, arrest record, criminal conviction history, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law.

Key Features

Department
SPCD
Status
Full Time
Annual Salary Range
$38,000.00 - $45,000.00
Closing Date
Jun 25, 2025 (Or Until Filled)
Bargaining Unit
No

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