Reporting to the Community School Director at Queens Technical High School, the Student Advisor is responsible for providing attendance and social-emotional supports to students who are identified as chronically absent (two or more days a month) from school. The Student Advisor will work collaboratively with Sunnyside Community Services, parents/guardians, school staff, and other key stakeholders.
Through integrated focus on academic services, socio-emotional support, and improved student learning, we can make our community stronger. This position will be part of our Youth and Family Services offered at Sunnyside Community Services, which includes a pre-kindergarten program, after-school programs for elementary and middle school students, high school job readiness, career readiness, and enrichment programming, as well as Adult and Immigrant Services.
Responsibilities
- Manage a caseload of 10–30 mentees for the school year. Mentees are high school students who are chronically missing school, driven by a range of challenging circumstances.
- Outside of meetings, communicate regularly as needed, both one-on-one and in small groups, to check in with and support mentees.
- Assist with other Sunnyside Youth Futures initiatives, projects, outreach, and events as needed.
- Celebrate improvements and progress and reinforce goals – plan events, give awards, use incentives, etc.
- Document all outreach through required databases and track students’ class attendance.
- Work with the Community School Director and other stakeholders to identify appropriate interventions and supports to support and engage their mentees.
- Communicate and connect with parents/guardians on a continual basis.
- Participate actively in team meetings to share and learn from best practices and report on trends.
- Co-facilitate student and parent groups/workshops.
Qualifications
- Must be 18 years old or older.
- Bilingual in Spanish required.
- High school diploma required; some college acceptable, bachelor’s degree preferred.
- Experience working with high school students.
- Demonstrates a positive attitude while engaging stakeholders.
- Maintains professionalism working with high school students.
- Exceptional attention to detail.
- Ability to work with diverse cultural, educational, social and economic students and families.
Schedule: March – June 2026; Monday-Friday, 20 hours/week (mornings, afternoons, and some evenings required).
Location: In-person at Queens Technical High School in Long Island City, Queens
Compensation: $20 – $25 per hour
How to Apply
Email a cover letter and resume to Madeline Hatcher, Community School Director, at mhatcher@scsny.org. Please indicate “Student Advisor” in the email subject line.
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