Magna Vista High School Career Coach

About the role

This is a professional position working closely with high school personnel, community college stakeholders, and business/industry to help secondary students easily transition to postsecondary education and successful career pathways.

Responsibilities

• Advise and engage community college bound high school students and current community college students to support the college’s student recruitment and retention efforts.
• Guide and counsel high school students transitioning to community college.
• Serve as academic advisor/onboarding contact for Dual Enrollment students.
• Serve as academic advisor on campus.
• May be required to perform other duties as assigned.
• May be required to assist the agency or state government generally in the event of an emergency declaration by the Governor.

Qualifications

• Education, training, and/or work experience equivalent to a Bachelor’s degree in Human Services, Education or a related area.
• Knowledge of counseling and/or career development theory with emphasis on adolescents and career development.
• Strong written and oral communication skills; effective in communicating with students, administrative staff, faculty and parents.
• Organization and data collection skills to track students who receive services; able to interpret and report data as required.
• Ability to collaborate with both campus and high school personnel to provide services to students.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment with a diverse student population.
• Ability to work a flexible schedule that might include evenings, and travel to and from campuses and employer partners in our service region for outreach services and follow-up services.
• Ability to articulate college admissions process and help students in completing appropriate forms.
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively both independently as well as part of a team.

Benefits

No benefits are offered for this position.