Assistant Director of Career Readiness

Harlem Children’s Zone (HCZ) — a world-renowned education and poverty-fighting organization based in New York — seeks an enthusiastic, dedicated, and mission-aligned Assistant Director of Career Readiness (K-12) to join our Wealth Builds team.

The Assistant Director will bring a passion for Harlem Children's Zone's mission: breaking the cycle of intergenerational poverty through comprehensive, on-the-ground programming that builds opportunities for children and families to thrive in school, work, and life.

Wealth Builds is an innovative effort to eliminate the wealth gap through nine evidence-based pillars beginning in Harlem and ultimately expanding to up to 10 cities nationwide. Our theory of action is that cradle-to-career services plus capital lead to social and economic mobility. Through Wealth Builds, we are providing financial education and capital infusions to increase social, financial, and human capital, ultimately generating wealth for our youth.

We are seeking a highly collaborative, strategic, and detail-oriented Assistant Director of Career Readiness to lead the early stages of our career readiness and exposure pipeline. This role is essential to sparking early professional curiosity, building career awareness, and preparing K-12 students for their future transitions.

The Assistant Director will oversee and manage the K-12 Career Exposures Coordinator, drive the strategic vision for youth career exploration, and collaborate with internal counselors, school leaders, and external programming vendors to open new doors for our youth.

The ideal candidate will be an exceptional leader, curriculum strategist, and relationship-builder who can manage staff, analyze early exposure outcome data, and design structured pathways that prepare K-12 students to write their own stories of professional success.

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Requirements

• Master’s Degree preferred (Bachelor’s Degree required, preferably in Education, Counseling, Business Administration, or a related field)
• 2+ years of experience leading K-12 student programming, career awareness initiatives, or youth development pipelines
• Proven experience in staff supervision, team leadership, or program management
• Proven track record of building and managing partnerships with external vendors, organizations, or employers

Who you are

• An empathetic and strategic leader with a proven track record of supervising, coaching, and developing staff