Regional Advisor II (Central Texas)

Responsibilities

• Identifies, recruits, and contributes to increasing the population of admitted and enrolled underserved students in designated high schools and regions.
• Works directly with prospective students and parents through the entire admissions, scholarship, and financial aid application process; follows up on specific questions; troubleshoots any issues.
• Collaborates with high school counselors to facilitate the admissions, financial aid, and scholarship application process.
• Coordinates with high school counselors to facilitate next steps for students who have been admitted.
• Distributes information to counselors, parents, and students on matriculation topics such as pathways to admission, housing, New Student Conference (NSC), extended orientation, involvement, and Texas A&M-College Station campus resources.
• Makes presentations to groups regarding financial aid and scholarship programs.
• Works with the Financial Aid Office with regard to awarding and adjusting financial aid awards as necessary to conform to federal, state and institutional policies and regulations.
• Interacts with high school faculty, administration, and staff to provide and exchange information and to enhance the counseling and advisement of students considering/planning on attending Texas A&M.
• Develops, implements, and manages recruitment and financial aid early awareness programs for Service assigned areas.
• Assists with developing and revising admissions and financial aid consumer information materials, publications and brochures for currently enrolled students, prospective students, and their parents, as well as for college, department, and university use.
• Conducts presentations at local, state, and regional conferences.
• Serves as a mentor and assists in the training of subordinate advisors regarding admissions and financial aid rules, regulations, policies, and procedures, as well as how to develop and maintain relationships in high schools and community agencies.
• Assumes leadership roles in local, state and regional professional associations and committees.
• Coordinates major office programs.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree.
• Two years of related experience in student services, admissions, recruitment, or financial aid.
• A driver's license or the ability to obtain one within 30 days of employment.
• A Master’s degree.
• Bilingual in Spanish.