TRiO Counselor

About the role

To provide individualized and comprehensive academic, personal, career, and transfer counseling to all Student Support Services students; to develop personalized plans of service tailored to meet individual students’ needs; to promote the development of students’ self-concept and self-esteem; and to assist students in their educational endeavors in both individual and group settings that include the utilization of a wide range of tools, strategies, and techniques designed to enhance personal growth and academic success under the supervision of the Director of Student Support Services.

Responsibilities

• Assists students in alleviating both on- and off-campus obstacles to academic success (i.e. combating academic deficiencies and in continuing their educational programs through counseling contacts)
• Conducts online college searches each semester as needed by students
• Schedules college transfer seminars and workshops each semester
• Collaborates and confers with tutorial staff as needed
• Collaborates with the Student Activities Coordinator on schedules for campus visits to four-year institutions
• Encourages personal and academic achievement through goal-setting and other techniques
• Promotes the development of students’ positive self-concept and self-esteem via workshops and seminars in self-esteem and class/classroom management activities each semester
• Affords assistance with planning and scheduling of educational and cultural activities each semester
• Conducts individual and/or group counseling sessions with Student Support Services students
• Organizes and facilitates seminars and workshops on various academic, personal, social, and career topics
• Maintains and logs students’ academic progress daily
• Conducts academic counseling sessions at least twice per semester as a means of monitoring students’ progress (i.e. “early alerts” and midterm monitoring forms, referrals, etc.) and consults and collaborates with faculty and staff as needed
• Conducts periodic conferences with peer mentor/coaches, tutors/academic coaches, faculty, and staff about Student Support Services students
• Collaborates with the Student Assistance/Records Aide on the financial literacy and planning activities for the students
• Participates in campus-wide recruitment and retention efforts

Requirements

An ability to understand and communicate with disadvantaged students in both academic and personal-social domains
Working knowledge of counseling theories and techniques
An ability to communicate and work with tutor/academic coaches, peer mentor/coaches, faculty, staff, and disadvantaged students
An understanding of and commitment to the mission, goals, and objectives of the College

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in guidance and counseling or closely related field
• Two years successful guidance and counseling experience and experience working with educationally disadvantaged clientele

Skills

An ability to understand and communicate with disadvantaged students in both academic and personal-social domains
Working knowledge of counseling theories and techniques
An ability to communicate and work with tutor/academic coaches, peer mentor/coaches, faculty, staff, and disadvantaged students
An understanding of and commitment to the mission, goals, and objectives of the College

Benefits

We offer a complete benefits package to full-time employees including: Health Insurance, Paid Holidays, Vacation, Sick Leave, Optional flexible benefits: dental, vision, 401K/457, deferred compensation plans, flexible spending accounts, life insurance, long-term disability.