Interim Assistant Director of Internships & Partnerships

 Title:   Interim Assistant Director of Internships & Partnerships 

Department: College Scholars 

Reporting To: Director - Curriculum and Career Readiness 

FLSA: Exempt   

Term: August 5, 2024 – February 7, 2025 (Maternity Leave Coverage)  

Compensation: $77,600 - $88,700 

Location: Hybrid – 2 days/week in office; some evening virtual events required.  

 

Required Programming Dates:  

• Fall Internship Event: September 5, 2024 
• Winter Institute: January 6 – January 10, 2025  

All candidates must be within commutable distance of SEO’s offices at 55 Exchange Place, New York, NY 10005, upon hire.    

 

ABOUT SEO   

For more than 60 years, SEO has created a more equitable society by closing the educational and career opportunity gap for ambitious Black, Hispanic/Latinx, and Native American young people. All are welcome to apply to our programs 

 

ABOUT COLLEGE SCHOLARS  

SEO Scholars is a free eight-year academic program that gets low-income public high school students to and through college. In college, we continue to support students through each of their four years, providing one-on-one academic, personal and career exploration support. Our team supports more than 1,100 College Scholars attending ~190 colleges across ~30 states, with a 90% college graduation rate. (Learn more here: SEO Scholars) 

 

Position Overview & Responsibilities  

The Interim Assistant Director of Internships & Partnerships is the primary contact and owner of the strategic day-to-day relationships with College Scholars Career-Readiness partners and supervises the Internships & Partnerships (IP) Coordinator. They are responsible for building partnerships with organizations – including non-profits, educational institutions, government offices, and corporations – to source paid internships, jobs, fellowships, and other meaningful professional opportunities for College Scholars, as well as creating reports and presentations to maintain these relationships. They are also tasked with expanding career-readiness resources, materials, and workshops to serve the growing population of College Scholars. 

 

Position Overview & Responsibilities  

Partnership Management: 50% 

• Maintain partnerships pipeline and recruitment strategy to create a list of top desired company internships College Scholars are interested in, identify target industries, and design program components requirements; Grow existing partnerships with organizations, companies, and government offices to expose Scholars to a variety of career paths and provide them with ongoing college internships and entry-level job opportunities following college graduation 
• Act as key client contact for SEO College Scholars career readiness partnerships 
• Follow processes and guidelines for career-related requests, resources, and partner referrals; develop plan for continued expansion of partnerships and career support for Scholars 
• Collaborate with SEO pre-professional programs to promote their opportunities to Scholars and track Scholar application statuses 
• Develop and create promotional materials to support and highlight partner opportunities 
• Coordinate with partners and College Scholars Operations team to host information sessions, job shadowing, career exploration, and networking events 
• Ensure College Persistence Advisors (CPAs), Partner contacts, and Scholars are kept up to date on application status, interview feedback, and internship secured placements through Salesforce and individualized updates 
• Review Scholars applications to partner organizations and provide referrals; collect feedback on application and internship experiences from students and partners to improve relationships 

Project Management: 25% 

• Oversee the creation and publishing of monthly Internships & Jobs Galore 
• Collect and track data on Scholars’ summer placements, internships and jobs, and career requests year-round using qualitative and quantitative surveys; introduce career readiness program changes and make recommendations based on data 
• Provide guidance and advice to College Persistence Advisors on meeting students’ career-readiness needs and work collaboratively to help support students’ professional growth
• Ensure consistent data analysis of enrichment records and quality assurance checks to maintain accurate data
• In conjunction with the Operations Team, plan and execute career-related events includin