THE SELECTED CANDIDATE WILL BE OFFERED A SALARY BETWEEN $59,116.00-$60,000.00.


The Administration for Children’s Services (ACS) protects and promotes the safety and well-being of New York City’s children and families by providing child welfare, juvenile justice, and early care services. In child welfare, ACS contracts with private nonprofit organizations to support and stabilize families at risk of a crisis through preventive services and provides foster care services for children not able to safely remain at home. Each year, the agency’s Division of Child Protection responds to more than 50,000 reports of suspected child abuse or neglect. In juvenile justice, ACS manages and funds services including detention and placement, intensive community-based alternatives for youth, and support services for families. ACS is also a key part of NYCs early childhood and education continuum, providing childcare assistance to thousands of child welfare involved and low-income children so they can access safe, affordable, quality care.

ACS’ Office of Education and Employment Initiatives (OEEI) supports training, technical assistance, and capacity building for education, employment, and college access programs. The office works with ACS staff and contracted providers and staff to ensure that children and youth receive the education, career and college readiness, employment, and supportive services they need. This position is focused in particular on supporting and advancing the employment and career readiness components of the OEEI portfolio to help ACS-involved youth prepare for and succeed in employment and careers.

Under the direct supervision of the Assistant Deputy Commissioner for the Office of Education and Employment Initiatives, with latitude for independent judgement and initiative to create strategic partnerships, the Program Coordinator is responsible for ensuring that a trauma-informed, person-centered, and strength-based approach is prioritized in our youth development programming. The Program Coordinator manages referrals with our strategic partners to ensure that youth, parents, and foster are agencies are well informed about agency policy, eligibility criteria and program requirements to ensure a successful engagement rate and youth participation at over 90% per enrollment cycle. The Program Coordinator is primarily responsible for liaising with city agencies, community-based organizations and businesses to leverage existing opportunities for vocational and youth development. In addition, the Program Coordinator will work directly with coaches, specialists and staff to connect youth services and programs to career readiness, internships, vocational training, jobs and career advancement. Having the ultimate the goal of increasing the young person’s vocational development, the Program Coordinator will facilitate video conferences, meetings, information sessions, recruitment events and activities, that aid foster care, preventive services and juvenile justice agencies for services for youth. Finally, the Coordinator is responsible for collaborating with ACS staff, attending high-level meetings, and monitoring, tracking, and reporting outcomes that are relevant to the program.

Duties and Responsibilities include the following:

- Develops strategic partnerships w/ CUNY colleges, NYSED approved training providers and private sector employers.
- Facilitates participant enrollment, engagement, employment and certification outcomes.
- Coordinates with strategic partnerships and works with foster care, prevention services and juvenile justice providers to ensure timely engagement and feedback. Coordinates employer luncheons, job fairs, and client and employer outreach efforts.
- Develops and maintains specific program goals, objectives and policy, accomplished through work plans, timelines and deadlines established for each program.
- Answers correspondence, emails and telephone calls from strategic partners, youth and parents imparting information regarding current OEEI programs. Maintains program informational bulletin boards and flyers advertising enrollment dates and job openings with private sector employers.
- Coordinates with staff to appropriately monitor and track compliance, engagement, and program outcomes by collaborating with foster care provider staff.
- Assists in identifying and developing partnerships with private and public sector to develop worksites and jobs for youth seeking internships, work experience and professional certification.
- Data enters information into multiple systems as needed.
- Ensures that all agency policies and procedures relating to staff that include attendance, evaluation, conduct and response to youth and the public are professionally conducted and courteously applied.
- Performs other related tasks as needed.

1. A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college and two years of experience in community work or community centered activities in an area related to the duties described above; or
2. High school graduation or equivalent and six years of experience in community work or community centered activities in an area related to the duties as described above; or
3. Education and/or experience which is equivalent to "1" or "2" above. However, all candidates must have at least one year of experience as described in "1" above.

The City of New York is an inclusive equal opportunity employer committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse workforce and providing a work environment that is free from discrimination and harassment based upon any legally protected status or protected characteristic, including but not limited to an individual's sex, race, color, ethnicity, national origin, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, veteran status, gender identity, or pregnancy.