Youth Education Advisor

Description

The Education Advisor works directly with students providing face-to-face mentoring and academic advising. The Youth Education Advisor provides access to wrap around services and tools required to remove barriers that students may be experiencing to accessing post-secondary education. This includes providing workshops, career assessments, educational advising, and college preparation for students in grades 9-12.

• Host weekly educational workshops on topics including AP options, GED/high school completion, Running Start, and financial literacy.
• Provides accurate information on post-secondary opportunities
• Recruits and selects eligible participants for the program
• Assists program participants to prepare and submit financial aid and college admission forms
• Provides accurate information on federal, state and local education resources
• Establishes rapport with potential students of various cultures, economic and ethnic backgrounds
• Assists participants with career exploration
• Assists participants to overcome obstacles which would interfere, delay, defer or halt their attainment of career and educational goals through advising services
• Provides information and referral for community social services
• Records participants data and services rendered in database
• Informs participants of their rights including confidentiality of records and information
• Provides follow up services for each participant in caseload
• Take participants on college and cultural field trips
• Record all data weekly in student access database
• Other duties as assigned

Compensation: $22.11 - 24.41/hour

Benefits:

• union representation
• two 2% raises per year
• health/vision/dental/life insurance
• 403(b) with up to 4% match
• paid vacation
• paid sick leave
• paid holidays

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Education, Social Work, Counselling, or related field
• Excellent communication, diplomatic and cooperative skills
• Ability to communicate with persons from all socio-economic strata on an individual basis and in a group setting
• Knowledge of FAFSA
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Ability to assist individuals with college exploration
• Ability to present career and post-secondary planning information to individuals and groups
• Knowledge of financial aid, scholarships, college application process and resources
• Ability to work with persons from different cultures.
• Knowledge and proficiency in use of Microsoft Office software and database management
• Ability to administer and interpret tests used for career planning.
• Two years of experience with career/college planning and/or experience working with individuals from low-income, first-generation backgrounds attain college admission.
• Have valid/current WA state driver’s license, reliable means of transportation and personal auto insurance.