The Education Advisor works directly with students providing face to face mentoring. The incumbent provides resources and tools required to remove barriers that students may be experiencing. This includes providing educational advising for adults wishing to pursue post-secondary education.

• Host weekly educational workshops


• Provides accurate information on post-secondary opportunities, GED/high School completion and financial literacy


• Recruits and selects eligible participants for the program


• Assists program participants to prepare and submit financial aid and college admission forms


• Provides accurate information on federal, state and local education resources


• Establishes rapport with potential students of various cultures, economic and ethnic backgrounds


• Assists participants with career exploration


• Assists participants to overcome obstacles which would interfere, delay, defer or halt their attainment of career and educational goals through advising services


• Provides information and referral for community social services


• Records participants data and services rendered in database


• Inform participants of their rights, including confidentiality of records and information


• Provides follow up services for each participant in caseload


• Take participants on college and cultural field trips


• Record all data weekly in student access database


• Other duties as assigned

 

 Compensation & Benefits:

• union representation


• health/vision/dental/life insurance


• 403(b) retirement plan employer contributions after 1 year of service


• employee assistance program


• 13 days vacation per year


• 13 sick days per year


• 12 paid federal holidays + 1 floating holiday