Adult Education Advisor

Mdc Hope; Tacoma (WA); Hybrid; USD 50,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Mdc Hope Education Advisor role focuses on direct student mentoring, delivering resources to remove barriers to pursuing post-secondary education, and guiding adults toward college access.

Responsibilities include hosting workshops, assisting with financial aid and admissions forms, and helping participants explore careers while maintaining diligent record-keeping and follow-up.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Education, Social Work, Counselling or related field.
• Two years of experience with career/college planning and/or experience working with individuals from low-income, first-generation backgrounds to attain college admission.
• Knowledge of financial aid resources and college application process.
• Knowledge of other languages or ability to work with people from different cultures.

Responsibilities

• Host weekly educational workshops.
• Provide accurate information on post-secondary opportunities, GED/high school completion and financial literacy.
• Recruit and select eligible participants for the program.
• Assist participants to prepare and submit financial aid and college admission forms.
• Provide information on federal, state and local education resources.
• Establish rapport with potential students from diverse backgrounds.
• Assist participants with career exploration.
• Help participants overcome obstacles to attainment through advising services.
• Provide information and referral for community social services.
• Record participants data and services rendered in database.
• Inform participants of their rights, including confidentiality of records and information.
• Provide 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

Skills

Communication skills

Diplomatic

Cooperative

Cultural sensitivity

Financial aid knowledge

College application process

Language skills

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Education or related field

Tools

MS Office

Job description

The Education Advisor works directly with students providing face to face mentoring. The incumbent provides resources and tools required to remove barriers that students may be experiencing. This includes providing educational advising for adults wishing to pursue post-secondary education.

• Host weekly educational workshops
• Provides accurate information on post-secondary opportunities, GED/high School completion and financial literacy
• 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
• Inform 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

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Education, Social Work, Counselling or related field
• Excellent communication, diplomatic and cooperative skills
• Ability to communicate with people from all socio-economic strata on an individual basis and in a group setting
• Ability to assist individuals with college exploration
• Ability to present career and post-secondary planning information to individuals and groups
• Knowledge of financial aid resources and college application process
• Knowledge of other languages or ability to work with people 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 a valid/current WA state driver's license, reliable means of transportation and personal auto insurance.