Job Description
Job Description
Metropolitan College of New York (MCNY) is a unique and vibrant learning institution. It is a non-profit, regionally accredited college offering associate, bachelor's and master's degrees, with state-of-the-art campuses in the Financial District of Manhattan and the Hub district of the South Bronx. For over 50 years, MCNY has offered highly motivated learners a powerful model of Purpose-Centered Education that promotes personal transformation and constructive change in workplaces and communities. MCNY enrolls approximately 1,000 students annually into its accelerated degree programs with convenient onsite and remote schedules for added flexibility.
Summary:
The Welfare to Careers Project seeks to influence public welfare policy by demonstrating, through a replicable model, that a career-focused Bachelor’s degree with comprehensive support services will enable low-income, underserved people to achieve economic self-sufficiency. The Career Counselor provides ongoing career counseling, job placement and career readiness training for adult student participants and graduates of the Program, who are working but earn less than 200% of the poverty level.
Responsibilities include but not limited to the following:
- Work with individual students and graduates on setting career goals and developing an action plan for achieving them and on implementation of the plan.
- Conduct individual counseling sessions with students and graduates to discuss job-related stresses, barriers, and best practices.
- Work with students and graduates on developing a resume and obtaining suitable personal, employer and academic references; work with students on updating resumes and preparing cover letters, as necessary.
- Prepare students for interviews; counsel students on appropriate dress, “soft skills” and demeanor; role-play interviews. Educate students on self-directed job search.
- Assist graduates in applying for master’s degree programs.
- Participate in orientation, initial intake and screening sessions.
- Conduct individual case management sessions with student participants
- Assist students with academic advisement and assignments
- Prepare and maintain case files, progress notes, biweekly reports, and other case-related paperwork.
Qualifications:
- The ideal candidate should have a Bachelor’s degree with at least three years of experience in job readiness training and/or career counseling.
- Experience working with welfare to work programs desirable.
- We are looking for a self-starter with excellent interpersonal skills and an in-depth knowledge of the New York City labor market and business community culture.
- Must be creative, results oriented, and a team player who is flexible and adept at providing in-depth personal counseling to assist participants with personal challenges to career success.
- Must be able to work well with students, faculty, and administrators.
- Must be willing to travel to various campuses in the Bronx and Brooklyn.
- Career Counselor will work in a Higher Education environment;
- Flexible work schedule depending on student need and schedules.
Qualified candidates should submit their cover letter and resume below or mail to Metropolitan College of New York, Human Resources, 60 West Street, New York, NY 10006.
For more information about MCNY please visit the College’s website at www.mcny.edu
MCNY is an Equal Opportunity Employer