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ABOUT THE POSITION

exaltis looking for a mission-focused, driven, strategic, and process- mindedindividual for the position of Internship Coordinator. The individual in this role is highly collaborative, passionate about relationship building, and enjoys working in a dynamic environment that is focused on providing the highest quality internship and external opportunities for court-involved youth. This individual is passionate about utilizingexaltsunique, humanizing, critical pedagogical and culturally relevantcurriculumand methods of youth development to empower court-involved students to thrive in their internships, re- engage in education and avoid further criminal justice system involvement. They will strategically seek out and build new partnerships to help advance the mission ofexaltand work closely with various members of the program team to place core and post- graduateexalt students at their internship sites. The Internship Coordinator acts as apointperson forexaltsinternship partners in the corporate, government, and non-profit sectors. The Internship Coordinator will work to sustain and strengthen pre-existing partner

relationships and will be supported by the Chief Program Officer to meet and exceed annual goals around cultivation of new internships.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Strategically prospect and develop new external partnerships to helpexaltscore and alumni participants advance in terms of their education,employabilityand criminal justice avoidance.

• Leverage current and internal relationships among staff,boardand friends ofexaltto cultivate new andadditionalinternship opportunities.

• Sustain and strengthen current internship relationships to strengthenexaltshistorical internship partner pool.

• Conduct frequent outreach via phone, email, and in-person visits to NYC businesses, NYC government agencies, and NYC nonprofits to develop exciting,innovativeand enriching internships that provide meaningful and transformative experiences for exalt students that help them meet their interests and goals.

• Provide teachers and program coordinators with a list of active/eligible sites andassistProgram Coordinators and Teachers with placement of 15-20 core program participants (per cycle/cohort) to internships sites.

• Collaborate with Teachers and Program Coordinators to secure placement and schedule interviews.

• Collaborate withexaltsAlumni Department for the placement of1 to 2graduate internsper cycleatextended3-month graduate internshipsite and provide support during their internship experience to circumvent attrition.

• Ensure that all data related to internship development, cultivation and placement as well as interviews andintake,iscaptured in Salesforce.

• Supportexaltwithspecial events, outreach and recruitment, and other business engagement tasks as needed.

• Organize andfacilitateinternship match meetings to help teachers and program coordinatorsdetermineprogram participants' career interests and best fit.

• Assistwith organization and outreach forspecial eventssuch as our annual cultivation event, annualgalaand internship cultivation mixers.

• Vet new internship sites to ensure that burgeoning partnerships align withexaltsmission, four tenets and development of participants four Core skills.

• Work withexalt'sprogram leaders to develop innovative and effective communication strategies to attract and sustain new internship and community partners that willultimately createpathways to higher levels of engagement (i.e.new donors, in-kind donations, workshop providers).

QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent level of experience in internship placement, partnership building, matching with system-involved youthrequired.

• 3-5years experience in youth development, youth justice, internship,partnershipand/or network development fields.

• Familiarity working with court-involved youth or similar population of system-involved youth who have not had exposure to a professional environment or in the workforce.

• A deep and nuanced understanding of the business, political, non- profitcriminal justice/human servicesrelationshipsand landscape in the New York City area.

• Bilingual (Spanish speaking) a plus.
  

Compensation

• TheInternship CoordinatorSalary is $65,000 per year.

• exaltoffers competitivebenefits to all full-time employees that includehealth, dental, vision, and life insurance; 401k matching; commuter and parking flexible spending; paid time off; and more.