Academic Counselor.

About the role

The Guidance Counselor (Academics)/Academic Counselor, GS-1740-11, serves as an advisor and counselor to first-year students, returning and continuing students, and students with disabilities. They provide direct and indirect academic support, administer career assessments, and offer individual and group academic counseling services.

Responsibilities

• Serve as an advisor and counselor to first-year students, returning and continuing students, and students with disabilities.
• Provide direct and indirect academic support to help students navigate college systems, access student services, and utilize available on and off-campus resources.
• Administer career assessments to evaluate students' interests, needs, and career goals and build upon specific educational plans appropriate to degree or certificate programs.
• Provide individual and group academic counseling services to all students with a strong emphasis on adult learners and students on probation or suspension.
• Gather, organize, and analyze student data to support effective academic counseling and non-academic assessment program objectives and criteria.
• Maintain accurate and complete student records as required by laws, policies, and administrative regulations.
• Contribute to SIPI's strategic and academic initiatives by supporting integrated advisement with faculty/advisors, strengthening guided pathways towards workforce development and student transitioning, assisting with student learning in retention, persistence, and degree completion efforts aligned with program assessment, strategic planning, and continuous improvement requirements.
• Support Guide Pathways model for integrated advisement.

Qualifications

• Completed college or university-sponsored practicum in education services counseling is required for guidance counselor positions.
• Experience that equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position, and that is typically in or related to the work of the position to be filled.
• GS-11: 1 year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-9 grade level in the federal service.
• For guidance counselor positions, a completed college or university-sponsored practicum in education services counseling is required.

Benefits

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Pay

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Schedule

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