AdviseTX College Advisor

University of North Texas - Dallas; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 36,892 - 45,091; Full time

Job summary

AdviseTX College Adviser at The University of North Texas at Dallas helps Texas high school students increase college and career readiness and postsecondary enrollment. Advisers support underserved students by hosting events, guiding admissions and financial aid processes, and tracking engagement within a grant-funded program.

The role requires collaboration with partner schools, strong communication, and the ability to work occasional evenings and weekends.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or any equivalent combination of education, training and experience.
• Ability to mentor and coach others; proficiency in MS Office Suite and virtual conferencing platforms.
• Ability to coordinate and attend events beyond regular hours; strong communication, leadership and problem solving.

Responsibilities

• Provide one-on-one assistance to high school students to research, apply to and enroll in best-fit colleges, including admissions and financial aid applications.
• Assess needs of each school and adapt programs as directed by AdviseTX Program Manager.
• Engage families to support college-going outcomes.
• Collaborate with school personnel to promote college-going culture and organize events such as a Decision Day.
• Record up-to-date service activity data in the GRACE system and submit progress reports.
• Establish productive relationships with principals, counselors, and teachers.
• Participate in pre- and in-service training to develop professionally.

Skills

Mentoring & coaching

MS Office & video conferencing

Excellent communication & leadership

Data analysis & reporting

Multi-tasking in fast-paced enviro

Collaborating with school teams

Commitment to student success

Equivalent education/experience

Bilingual English/Spanish

Education

Bachelor's degree in related field

Equivalent combination of education, training and experience

Tools

MS Teams

Zoom

Job description

AdviseTX College Advisor

Location: Dallas

Salary: 40,992

Position Overview

AdviseTX College Advisers will help Texas high school students with the aim to increase college and career readiness and postsecondary enrollment among low‑income, first‑generation and under‑represented high school students. AdviseTX Hybrid College Advisers will be responsible for ensuring students have the necessary information to explore the full range of college options, host events and workshops geared towards college admission and financial aid, track student engagement and programmatic milestones leading to enrollment, and more. This is a grant‑funded position. Continued employment is contingent upon available grant funding.

Department Summary

The University Of North Texas at Dallas - the first four‑year public institution of higher education in the city - seeks an individual who will help shape the character of a 21st century, teaching‑focused university. Candidates should be able to express enthusiastic support for the mission of the university to transform the lives of students, families and communities by providing high‑quality, student‑focused education in preparation for tomorrow's careers, and its vision to create the place of choice where students are inspired to learn, faculty are inspired to teach, and the community is inspired to support. For more information about the university, go to: http://untdallas.edu/

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in a related field; or any equivalent combination of education, training and experience.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Ability to mentor and coach others. Proficiency in MS Office Suite, and virtual conferencing platforms such as MS Teams and Zoom.
• Ability to coordinate and attend events and meetings at times beyond traditional office working hours is required.
• Excellent communication, verbal, presentation and leadership skills. Ability to make decisions independently and, at times, with little to no direction. Strong and creative problem solving and critical thinking skills.
• Ability to collect, analyze and report various types of data sets.
• Ability to work urgently on multiple tasks at once in a fast‑paced and results‑oriented environment.
• Work collaboratively and effectively with a number of teams and individuals to accomplish the goals of the program.
• Commitment to the success of high school students through the college application process.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working with high school students.
• Previous college admission and financial aid experience.
• Knowledge of college access best practices, admission rules and regulations, FERPA, and university policies.
• Familiarity with the UNT Dallas campus, its historical landmarks, and points of interest and location of both academic and non‑academic offices.
• Bilingual in English and Spanish.

Job Duties

• Provide one‑on‑one assistance to high school students in order to research, apply to and enroll in best‑fit colleges that will serve them well, including helping students complete the admissions and financial aid application processes.
• Assess, in consultation with AdviseTX Program Manager and partner school personnel, the particular needs of each school and adapt programs and activities to meet these needs.
• Work to engage families or guardians in support of their students college‑going outcomes as appropriate.
• Collaborate with school personnel to promote the college‑going culture at the school, including but not limited to visiting classrooms, assemblies and student organization meetings to offer college advising services, organizing a Decision Day event to celebrate the college‑going decisions of graduating seniors, and other workshops and programs as needed to reach established college‑going goals.
• Record up‑to‑date service activity data using the College Advising Corps web‑based system, GRACE.
• Submit progress reports to the AdviseTX Program Manager documenting progress and outcome data.
• Establish productive working relationships with principals, counselors, and teachers in assigned partner school/district.
• Participate fully in pre‑ and in‑service training in order to develop professionally.

Physical Requirements

• Repeating motions that may include the wrists, hands and/or fingers.
• Sedentary work that primarily involves sitting/standing.
• Moving about to accomplish tasks or moving from one worksite to another.
• Lifting and moving objects up to 20 pounds.

Environmental Hazards

• No adverse environmental conditions expected.

Work Schedule

Monday - Friday 8am-5pm with some evening and weekend work required as needed.

Driving University Vehicle

No.

Security Sensitive

This is a Security Sensitive Position.

Special Instructions

Applicants must submit a minimum of two professional references as part of their application. If needed, additional references can be added after the application has been submitted.

Benefits

Benefits information available.

EEO Statement

The University of North Texas System is firmly committed to equal opportunity and does not permit -and takes actions to prevent - discrimination, harassment (including sexual violence, domestic violence, dating violence and stalking), and retaliation on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability, genetic information, or veteran status in its application, employment practices, and facilities; nor permits race, color, national origin, religion, age, disability, veteran status, or sex discrimination and harassment in its admissions processes, and educational programs and activities. UNT System Administration promptly investigates complaints of discrimination, harassment, and related retaliation and takes remedial action when appropriate. System Administration also takes actions to prevent retaliation against individuals who oppose any form of harassment or discriminatory practice, file a charge or report, or testify, assist, or participate in a related investigation or proceeding.