Careers Job Description
General Description
TTP Career Coach
The Department of Computer Science and Informatino Security(CSIS) at John Jay College of Criminal Justice seeks a Career Coach to provide support to John Jay's TTP students and equip them with the technical and professional skills they need to land tech jobs. The Career Coach is an individual who is personable, efficient and has the drive to help our students in maintaining success throughout the program and reach their first job career goals.
About the NYC Tech Talent Pipeline (TTP)
TTP is a public-private partnership, launched by Mayor Bill de Blasio in May 2014 to support the growth of the NYC tech sector and prepare New Yorkers across the five boroughs for 21st-century jobs. The Tech Talent Pipeline works with public and private partners to define employer needs, develop and test training and education solutions, and scale solutions throughout the City, delivering quality talent for the City’s businesses and quality jobs for New Yorkers.
Other Duties
Duties Include:
- Provide direct support (1:1 coaching) to students by supporting their connection to full employment and internship opportunities
- Review student portfolios, resumes, LinkedIn, and GitHub profiles to gauge employment readiness.
- Conduct 1:1 mock behavioral interviewing and support the academic advisor with the technical interview
- Support students in identifying potential barriers and creating action plans to achieve students’ goals
- Identify behavioral or personal patterns that impact students’ progress and persistence. Refer students to supportive services and resources accordingly
- Develop students’ overall professional skills, as well as coach them toward specific job opportunities;
- Build a student assessment database, which will be used to assess students’ professional skills, technical skills and job search preparedness at several points throughout the academic year — at minimum successful program execution shall require an initial, mid-point, and final assessment during the program period
- Provide regular updates on student technical and professional assessments. Guide students through assessments and create an individualized career plan
- Recruit volunteers and mentors to participate in employer-friendly programs activities such as panels, students mentoring and events.
- Deliver professional and soft skills workshops before, during and after the program, and support the Academic Advisor in delivering workshops on topics including opportunity in the Tech industry, career pathways, technical resume writing, GitHub and technical interviewing
- Connect students to informational interviews with industry volunteers and mentors
- Proactively engage industry professionals to support the CUNY 2X @ John Jay program and its job placement goals
- Support all students who are ready for employment. Source and and match students to full-time and internship opportunities
- Build a growing roster of internships and full-time employment opportunities for program graduates as web developers and software engineers
- Collaborate with the Career Service Department at JJAY to design and compile a student career advisory planning system and sustain best practices
Qualifications
Required Competencies:
- Bachelor’s degree in Education, Counseling, Psychology or related field
- 2-4 Years’ experience working in a coaching or mentoring role or experience volunteering in a coaching or mentoring role with tech learners at a college institution or tech bootcamp
- Comfortable with employer outreach business development and partnership building
- Knowledge of the NYC tech ecosystem including understanding of engineering roles, hiring processes and access to the tech industry.
Preferred Competencies:
- Previous familiarity with academic advisement, particularly in STEM fields.
- Experience working at a tech bootcamp
- Experience working at a College Institution (full or part time)
- At least a working knowledge of one coding language, preferably JavaScript.
- Previous professional experience in a tech field, preferably within or adjacent to NYC tech companies.
RFCUNY Benefits
RFCUNY Employee Benefits and AccrualsAbout 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
Key Features
Math & Computer Science
Full Time
Depends on Qualifications
May 14, 2022 (Or Until Filled)