College And Career Specialist

POSITION SUMMARY

The College & Career Specialist advises, coaches, and mentors high school students to succeed in school and prepare for college, and future careers and professions. The College & Career Specialist is supervised by and supports the College and Career Coordinator in daily college/career access services at the Academic Student Union (ASU).

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Essential duties and responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

• Serves as a mentor and motivator for students, and helps students overcome barriers to success.
• Works with students and tutors to develop individualized strategies for academic improvement.
• Serves as subject matter expert on college access, including financial aid and ACT prep.
• Assists College and Career Coordinator in seminars, assemblies, and college/career fairs to help students become ready for college and to assist them in building the skill sets necessary to be successful.
• Assists high school students with their college searches and applications.
• Assists College and Career Coordinator in planning college visits, internships, and apprenticeships for high school students.
• Assists 12th-graders with their applications for financial aid and scholarships.
• Maintains a record of all colleges and universities to which students may apply.
• Assists College and Career Coordinator in maintaining data and reporting grant outcomes throughout the year.
• Inputs data into appropriate databases as needed.
• Assists and participates in completing the reports required by funders.
• Works closely with the ASU & Post-Secondary team to ensure student success.
• Participate in facilitating summer bridge activities and summer seminars for students.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skills, and/or abilities required.

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor's degree.

The above qualifications express the minimum standards of education and/or experience for this position. Other combinations of education and experience, if evaluated as equivalent, may be taken into consideration.

Knowledge and Abilities:

• Understanding of college access programming.
• Strong interpersonal skills; excellent customer service skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Maintains credibility through sincerity, honesty, and discretion.
• Builds and maintains positive relationships with internal and external constituents.
• Strong organizational skills.
• Strong time management skills; uses time effectively; consistently meets deadlines.
• Strong project management skills.
• Maintains a high level of confidentiality regarding sensitive information.
• Maintains professional boundaries with students and staff.
• Documents regularly, thoroughly, accurately, and completely.
• High level of detail and accuracy.
• Exercises good and consistently fair judgment, courtesy, and tact in dealing with the staff and public in giving and obtaining information.
• Computer literate including familiarity with word processing, spreadsheet, database, desk top publishing software, email, social media, and the internet.

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