Outreach & Admissions Counselor

Job Description

Plans and implements a local outreach program to ensure a sufficient number of referrals for Job Corps participation.

Aids and provides guidance to prospective Job Corps enrollees by determining eligibility, conducting screening, and offering career-based counseling.

Responsibilities

• Mets or exceeds all established center, contract, and individual goals and expected outcomes by implementing a local outreach program to ensure sufficient referrals to the program
• Creates and implements a local and geographic outreach program to recruit and maintain a pool of interested, eligible, and suitable applicants
• Ensures awareness and familiarity with the National and Regional Job Corps Office goals, business plans, projects, and initiatives, incorporating principles and objectives into the Center’s Outreach & Admission Plan
• Plans, coordinates, and directs community outreach activities by collaborating with local organizations, career centers, and community resources to recruit and assist applicants
• Develops special materials to address targeted groups, especially females
• Conducts in-depth interviews with applicants
• Ensures and maintains the highest level of Data Integrity in collecting all required documents for applicant folders, ensuring accurate data and signatures on all applicable forms
• Reviews and assesses all application materials and personal observations to make an informed judgment about applicant's suitability for the program
• Presents all suitable application folders to the Center Director for quality control audit
• Participates in local career fairs to promote Job Corps programming
• Provides ongoing support throughout the application process, pre-arrival, and during center stay, introducing applicants to Job Corps programs, standards of conduct, expectations, goals, disability and reasonable accommodations, equal employment opportunity, and enrollment requirements
• Updates student information, such as addresses, etc.
• Maintains positive partnerships with center staff to ensure the center receives committed and informed applicants and students receive quality services
• Maintains and updates records according to federal requirements
• Establishes and maintains a collaborative professional working relationship with Career Centers, Center staff, High School Administrators, Social Service Agencies, and Youth Organizations
• Promotes and provides good customer service with local businesses, Career Centers, Social Service Agencies, Youth Organizations, and High School Administrators
• Performs other duties as assigned

Qualifications

• Minimum: Bachelor’s degree in human services, psychology, counseling, education, social science, communications or closely related field; or, Associate’s degree in human services, psychology, counseling, education, social science, communication or closely related field, and 2 years’ related experience
• Experience may include successful Job Corps enrollment or successful enrollment in other youth development programs
• Preferred: Minimum requirements plus experience working with disadvantaged youth highly desirable