Job Details
Job Location
Options Center - New York, NY
Salary Range
$58,500.00 - $65,000.00 Salary/year
Description
Organization Overview: The Goddard Riverside Community Center (Goddard Riverside) and the Stanley M. Isaacs Neighborhood Center (Isaacs Center) are well-established Manhattan community-based agencies that support services to approximately 30,000 New Yorkers. We are two of New York City's leading human services organizations meeting the needs of children, youth and families, homeless individuals, and older adults through-out Manhattan and New York City. We work every day for a fair and just society where all people have the opportunity to make choices that lead to better lives for themselves and their families.
Program Description: The GR Options Center supports New Yorkers to enroll in and complete college by counseling teens and adults, training school and community professionals, and convening the larger community on critical issues around equity in post-secondary education. Options has supported young people to enroll in college since 1985, professionals to support others since 2005, and college students to persist in college since 2012. Options currently serves over 2,000 people a year.
Purpose of Position: Reporting to the Director of Counseling, the Access Team Manager is responsible for supervising Options full-time college access counselors and for organizing and facilitating the work of the college access team. The Access Team Manager will help manage partnerships and college relationships and will carry an active caseload of 35 students a year.
Schedule: Monday through Friday, 35 hours per week.
Salary Range: $58,500 - $65,000
Roles, Responsibilities, and Essential Duties

• With the Director of Counseling, create the vision and goals for Options' access counseling work and participate in strategic conversations around the Options counseling program

• Directly supervise full-time access counselors with a dotted line to the Trainer-Counselors
• Manage the transition of 125-150 Access students to the Success Program
• Coordinate Access Intern work with intern supervisor
• Manage Counseling calendar
• Organize and facilitate team work around planning and implementation of events, group counseling and individual counseling, including content/curriculum development, communications and evaluation

• Along with Director of Counseling, serve as Options College Access representative for college admissions relationships, advocacy efforts, student recruitment, high school partnerships and build relationships with other organizations who are looking for post-secondary counseling
• Work with a caseload of 10 to 35 students, transitioning them into college and Success
• Participate in Access Data Team Meetings; create reports with data manager, use data to counsel team and improve access programing
• Participate in Options Center strategic directions discussion
• Use data to inform practice

• Participate in ongoing PD related to supervision and management
• Participate in coaching support from Director of Counseling
• Oversee and facilitate the Options scholarship process and program
• Oversee and manage a team of essay coach volunteers

Qualifications/Educational Requirements

• Bachelor's degree required
• 3 to 5 years of experience counseling students on college access and success or on college admissions; counseling experience in an urban, multi-cultural setting a plus; knowledge of U.S. higher education system, especially New York City and State

• 2 or more years' experience supervising a team preferred
• Demonstrated ability to establish and maintain relationships with college admissions and support staff
• Valid NYS driver's license and a driving record that meets the agency's auto insurance guidelines (including no suspensions within the last 3 years) preferred
• Fluency in Spanish a plus
• Excellent oral and written communication skills

• Ability to work independently and on a team
• Experience in Microsoft Office and web-based applications
• Occasional evening and weekend hours

Physical Requirements

• Ability to drive students for college visits; ability to participate in walking tours on college campuses

Work Environment

• Office; off-site visits (including overnight visits) to college campuses

We are committed to building an inclusive workplace community grounded in respect for differences. We support hiring a broadly diverse team of qualified individuals who will contribute to our organizations.
Goddard Riverside and Isaacs Center provide equal employment opportunities to employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, national origin, age, disability, marital or veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.
The intent of this job description is to provide a representative summary of duties and responsibilities that will be required of this position and title and shall not be construed as a declaration of the specific duties and responsibilities of any particular position. Employees may be requested to perform job-related tasks other than those specifically presented in this description. This job description does not constitute an employment agreement between the employer and employee and is subject to change by the employer. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job.