Career and Placement Coach, Law

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🇺🇸 United States – Remote

💵 $80.7k - $88.8k / year

⏰ Full Time

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Thrive Scholars

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51 - 200 employees

📚 Education

🤝 Non-profit

🌍 Social Impact

Education • Non-profit • Social Impact

Thrive Scholars is a non-profit organization dedicated to providing high-achieving, diverse, and underrepresented students from under-resourced communities with the education and career opportunities they need to succeed in top colleges and meaningful careers. The organization offers programs such as a 6-Year Program, Thrive Academies, and OnRamp to support students from high school through early career, with a focus on data-driven strategies to achieve success in high-impact careers. Thrive Scholars aims to close the disparity in America's corporate leadership by ensuring its scholars not only graduate from top colleges but also excel in STEM fields and develop the necessary career skills and professional networks.

📋 Description

• Partner with the Career Pathway Director and Community Engagement Team to ensure Scholar exposure to career options, help Scholars land internships and jobs, and develop knowledge and skills for law school and/or graduate school applications • Provide tailored individual career support to a caseload of Scholars interested in Law School or other Professional Graduate Programs • Coach Scholars on career exploration, career road mapping, skills development, internship and job applications, law school and professional graduate program applications, and skills for success after employment • Assess and triage Scholars' holistic academic and socio-emotional needs • Maintain records of appointments, presentations, and services to students • Partner with the Career Pathway Director, corporate account managers, and Employment Placement team on recruitment and preparation • Coach Scholars on resumes, cover letters, interviews, and law school/graduate school admissions applications • Prepare Scholars for on-the-job success before and during internships and jobs • Conduct individualized outreach using Salesforce and work toward placement metrics and goals • Develop, implement, and support career development curriculum, Law programming, events, workshops, webinars, and lasting resources • Deliver programming through a Learning Management System and in person at Summer Academy • Partner with the Community Engagement team to support high-impact relationships with industry mentors • Report to the Career Pathway Director and collaborate with Pathways, Career Development, Community Engagement, and program teams • Work up to two weeks at Summer Academy sites and potentially travel during the academic year for campus or company visits

🎯 Requirements

• A Juris Doctor (JD) from an ABA-accredited law school, or equivalent experience coaching students through the law school and graduate school admissions process, including a deep understanding of application requirements • Minimum one year of professional experience • Results-driven with an ability to adapt your approach to achieve stated results • Ability to build strong and trusting rapport with a diverse group of college students • Strong knowledge of legal career paths and the employment landscape • Deep understanding of the college-to-career journey for first-generation and students from economically disadvantaged communities • Excellent oral and written communication skills • Excellent analytical and organizational skills • Capacity to balance multiple and varied tasks, meet deadlines, and use well-developed time management and organizational skills • Experience with Canvas or other LMS • Experience using a database for documentation and reporting (Salesforce preferred)

🏖️ Benefits

• High-quality health and dental insurance • Paid vacation • Employer-matched retirement plan