Our Vision for the Early Career Program Specialist
Making Waves Foundation is seeking a skilled professional to join their Early Career & Alumni team and assist Wave Makers and recent college graduates with career planning and support. The Early Career Program Specialist will play a crucial role in providing direct support to the department and collaborating with the Wave Makers, Alumni, Coaching team, and the Marketing & Storytelling team to promote career exposure, exploration, and experience. The ultimate goal is to establish a pathway to career opportunities and to strengthen existing partnerships that lead to internships and job opportunities. The Early Career Program Specialist will also be responsible for leading the creation of career development content for Wave Makers and Alumni.
In the initial 6-12 months, a successful candidate will have worked to enhance the career development content and increase participation in career-focused workshops, alumni career panels, and other events. They will have also collaborated with the Senior Manager of Early Career & Alumni to strengthen internal and external partnerships that promote personal and professional growth for the Wave Makers.
Our Commitment to the Early Career Program Specialist
We are proud of the above-market total rewards package to our employees in line with our guiding principles of centering transparency and equity, rewarding expertise and performance, and championing professional wellness. This position is a full-time, exempt role, and will be eligible to receive:
Responsibilities
The statements below are intended to describe the general nature and scope of work being performed by this position. Other duties may be assigned as needed.
Early Career Student & Alumni Services: Provide career advising to support student internship and job placements. (30%)
Program Implementation: Compile staff- and student-facing resources and systems to support integrated career programming. (45%)
Data Organization & Administration: Implement robust early career and alumni data tracking and collection systems to inform program services. (20%)
Learning & Development: Actively Engage in Continuous Improvement and Organization Processes (5%)
Qualifications
Skills You’ve Acquired & Values You Hold:
About MWF
Making Waves Foundation is an education nonprofit that supports historically underserved and underrepresented students to pursue college and career pathways that set them up for a thriving career, financial independence, and a choice-filled life.
We support Making Waves Academy (MWA), a 5-12 grade public charter school in Richmond, CA. After high school graduation, each of our students (we call them “Wave-Makers”) are invited to join our college success and early career program, where they can receive a need-based scholarship, one-to-one college coaching, and financial literacy training. Each year, we support over 1,200 students in grades 5-12 and over 500 college students on their journeys to and through college. In 2020, Making Waves Foundation launched a new strategic plan to serve more students and families. We will do this by taking the best of what we’ve learned at Making Waves Academy about college access and the best of what we’ve learned at Making Waves Foundation about college success and work to increase the college attendance and graduation rate for low-income students across Contra Costa County and beyond.
Making Waves Foundation is requiring all staff members who work on-site to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19, as defined by the CDC. Accommodations or exceptions can be requested directly to someone on the People & Culture Team for medical or religious reasons.
Making Waves Foundation strives to build a staff that reflects the cultural diversity of the communities that we partner with. Making Waves Foundation provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. We encourage BIPOC identifying individuals to apply.
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ABOUT MAKING WAVES EDUCATION FOUNDATION
Making Waves Education Foundation is an education nonprofit that students historically underserved and underrepresented to pursue college and career pathways that set them up for a thriving career, financial independence, and a choice-filled life.
We support Making Waves Academy (MWA), a 5-12 grade public charter school in Richmond, CA. After high school graduation, each of our students (we call them “Wave-Makers”) is invited to join our college success and early career program, where they can receive a need-based scholarship, one-to-one college coaching, and financial literacy training. Each year, we support over 1,200 5th – 12th graders and over 500 college students on their journeys to and through college. In 2020, Making Waves Education Foundation launched a new strategic plan to serve more students and families. We will do this by taking the best of what we’ve learned at Making Waves Academy about college access and the best of what we’ve learned at Making Waves Education Foundation about college success and work to increase the college attendance and graduation rate for low-income students across Contra Costa County and beyond.