Part-Time Admissions Assistant - Prep for Prep - New York, NY
Prep for Prep develops leaders from under-represented communities through access to a superior education and life-changing opportunities. Since 1978, Prep has identified New York City’s most able students of color through a highly selective admissions process and, following 14 months of rigorous academic preparation, placed them at leading independent schools in the City and boarding schools throughout the Northeast. Once placed, Prep offers its students a sense of community, peer support, critical post-placement services, and a host of leadership development opportunities through college graduation. The results are compelling: more Prep students have graduated from Harvard than any other institution, and over 90% of Prep’s 2,546 college graduates have earned degrees from the most competitive colleges in the country; nearly 40% have graduated from Ivy League schools. They are emerging leaders in every field from business and law, to education and the arts, to science and medicine. Prep shares its best practices with like-minded organizations through an initiative called Smart Connections. Through Smart Connections, Prep has impacted over 250,000 students around the world, including in Argentina, India, and South Africa. All employees of the organization should see their roles as, one, contributing to achieve this goal in the highest quality manner possible and, two, working in conjunction with all other members of the staff. In light of this, the tasks listed below are intended as a general framework of the responsibilities of each position. Flexibility and continued quality improvement are necessary to this institution and require that individuals not perceive any job description as fixed. General Responsibilities: Requirements: Patience, friendly demeanor. Technological savvy Strong critical thinking skills Available to work weekdays, 5pm-9pm, and Sundays, 9am-5pm (March – end of May) Experience ideal, bilingual preferred |
Prep for Prep is a not-for-profit educational organization that identifies academically able, highly motivated youngsters from minority…
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