Student Advisor (Part-Time; Seasonal)

About the role

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.
• Collaborate 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

October 2026 – June 2027; Monday-Friday, 20 hours/week (mornings, afternoons, and some evenings required). Location: In-person at Queens Technical High School in Long Island City, Queens.

Pay

$20 – $25 per hour