As one of the first college support organizations to focus on college completion, Bottom Line now produces best-in-class college graduation rates that reduce the significant gap between first-generation students from low-income backgrounds and their wealthier peers. We operate regional programs in Massachusetts, New York City, and Chicago that collectively serve over 7,000 students.
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The Career Connections Manager will collaborate closely with the Chicago Program Leadership Team and with Career Connections teams in Bottom Line's New York and Massachusetts Regions to manage the Chicago career programming. Effective programming will support students throughout their college experience with building career readiness skills and social capital to achieve a “mobilizing first destination,” defined as starting graduate school or a first career mobilizing job, within 6 months of college graduation.
ResponsibilitiesPrimary Responsibilities:
Program Management - 30%
- Deepen the integration of career philosophy and strategies into existing college success and access programming and training to ensure students are on track to achieve key employability milestones throughout their college career
- Lead regular career-focused training refreshers for advising staff with mock meetings, practice sessions, and roundtables to cultivate a culture of learning and continuous improvement
- Serve as an expert in Chicago job market trends and develop the advising team's knowledge of hiring opportunities, timelines, and processes for students' commonly identified industries of interest
- Collaborate with the Managing Director of Programs and Success Program Director to build a regional career strategy that aligns with national career strategy and goals
- Support career programming areas for regional pilot initiative
- Develop and execute light touch programming and support for recent college graduates still seeking a mobilizing first destination
- Manage outreach and engagement with program alumni to build a pipeline of Go Far Volunteers and event volunteers
Career Experiences Management - 30%
- Cultivate and source meaningful career relevant experiences for Bottom Line students in the form of externships, internships, industry-specific career programs, etc.
- Lead the Bottom Line Externship Program and annual Go Far Forum
- Collaborate with the program team to lead the strategy and delivery of valuable career e