Sonyt Senior Program Counselor

Job Title: Senior Program Counselor, Pre-College 2024

Organization: BrandEd

Department: The School of The New York Times

Reports to: Residential Hall Assistant Director (RHAD), NYC Summer Academy

Program Information

Highly innovative, The School of The New York Times (The School), a collaboration between The New York Times and Cambridge Information Group, provides a comprehensive set of educational offerings for pre-college aged students. Drawing on unequaled expertise and unrivaled access, The School provides seminal formative experiences, giving students expanded vision and focus, while serving as the foundation for success in their future studies and in life itself.

Held in New York City, Summer Academy (SA) provides students with an immersive environment during 2-week terms over the course of the summer, in which they learn, investigate and explore while having fun and discovering friends, mentors and instructors who share their passions and interests.

About BrandEd

Knowledge is our passion. We thrive at the intersection of business and education and have built a global reputation for developing world-class learning programs to nurture the industry leaders of tomorrow.

Our mission is to empower lives through education. We seek to understand the passions of a new generation of students to help transform those passions into meaningful and fulfilling career trajectories. We do this by delivering relevant, experiential courses taught by industry experts from the world’s best brands.

BrandEd has been operating for two decades beginning with the acquisition of the London campus of Sotheby’s Institute of Art in 2003. Over the years we have built a portfolio of world-class academic programs with iconic brands including Sotheby’s Institute of Art, The School of the New York Times (est. 2016), City Football Leadership Institute (est. 2022) and Conde Nast College of Fashion & Design (acquired in 2023). BrandEd is owned by Cambridge Information Group (CIG), a family-owned investment firm since 1971 focused on long-term and meaningful ventures in education, technology, and information services.

Position description

Senior Program Counselors (PCs) play a crucial role in the residential and social aspects at Summer Academy and will focus on maintaining a safe living and learning community by upholding the Student and Family Handbook and building a community among the students. Under the supervision of the Residential Hall Assistant Director (RHAD), Senior PCs provide supervision, advisement and engagement opportunities for students residing on campus for the duration of SA. This is a live-in position, working up to 40 hours per week with housing provided.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities  

Senior Program Counselors are primarily responsible for building and maintaining a strong, safe, and inclusive residential life community. Senior PCs set up all residential spaces prior to student arrival and hold floor meetings with their respective team of Program Counselors to disseminate important information to their community. Senior PCs complete an evening room-check to ensure that all students are accounted for and document student incidents through Student Management Software (SMS). When programming happens off-campus, Senior PCs may escort students to and from the event. Other responsibilities include:  

• Responsible for the co- supervision of Program Counselors and students. 

• Assist in the residential check-in and check-out process ensuring that all students are properly moved into their residence hall and understand the policies therein; 

• Participate in Student Orientation events including diversity, equity and inclusion sessions and community building activities;  

• Support the physical and mental health of students and refer them to appropriate resources, as needed; 

• Attend weekly staff meetings; 

• Enforce program policies and procedures to ensure that all participants remain safe throughout the program, documenting violations and incidents as they arise; 

• Mediate roommate and peer conflicts; 

• Manage student and staff interactions using various student management software; 

• Complete room checks; 

• Abide by Curfew and Proximity policy, when scheduled (see below);