ETS/TRIO Academic Advisor, Manchester Area

University-System-of-New-Hampshir; Durham (NH); On-site; USD 42,000 - 74,000; Full time

Job summary

The University System of New Hampshire seeks a program practitioner to manage and provide comprehensive TRIO services for Manchester area high/middle schools from its Durham campus. You will deliver targeted academic, career, and financial literacy guidance, including financial aid advising, to empower students toward graduation and college enrollment.

You will maintain program records, submit required progress reports, and collaborate with school staff and external partners to enhance

Qualifications

• Masters degree (Education, Counseling or Human Services) with two years’ student services experience.
• Bachelor’s degree with four years related experience accepted.
• Experience using a variety of computer applications; strong attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Recruit, select and provide services to TRIO eligible middle and high school students in target area.
• Provide educational, career, college, financial literacy and financial aid information.
• Provide academic support and advising, individually and in groups.
• Resolve problems of program participants using appropriate advocacy and assistance.
• Collect data for program and USDE reports.
• Maintain necessary records and files on program participants.
• Collaborate with school personnel and community organizations to improve services.
• Attend seminars, staff meetings and workshops.
• Plan and implement college visits and job site tours for participants.
• Establish contact with parents via workshops, meetings, email and telephone.

Skills

Attention to detail

Communication skills

Team collaboration

Education

Masters degree in Education, Counseling or Human Services

Bachelor's degree with four years related experience

Tools

Computer applications

Job description

Manage and provide comprehensive support services to Manchester High/Middle Schools. Deliver targeted academic, career, and financial literacy guidance — including financial aid advising — to empower students in achieving educational milestones, including high school graduation and successful college enrollment and completion. Maintain accurate program records and prepare required data submissions and progress reports. Collaborate effectively with school personnel, community organizations, and other stakeholders to support student success.

Job Duties

• Recruit, select and provide services to TRIO eligible middle school and high school students in target area.
• Provide educational, career, college, financial literacy and financial aid information.
• Provide academic support and advising, individually and in groups.
• Resolve problems of program participants using appropriate advocacy and assistance.
• Collect data for program and USDE reports.
• maintain necessary records and files on program participants.
• Work with school personnel and other professional organizations to increase knowledge and continually update and improve the quality of services to participants.
• Attend seminars, staff meetings and workshops.
• Plan, organize and implement college visits, job site tours and other experiences for program participants.
• Establish contact with parents via workshops, meetings, email and telephone as needed.
• Complete additional administrative tasks as needed.

Requirements

• Masters degree, preferably in Education, Counseling or Human Services and two years experience working with middle school and high school students or Bachelors degree and four years of related experience.
• Experience in using a variety of computer applications.
• Attention to detail.

The University of New Hampshire is an R1 Carnegie classification research institution providing comprehensive, high-quality undergraduate and graduate programs of distinction. UNH is located in Durham on a 188-acre campus, 60 miles north of Boston and 8 miles from the Atlantic coast and is convenient to New Hampshire’s lakes and mountains. There is a student enrollment of 13,000 students, with a full-time faculty of over 600, offering 90 undergraduate and more than 70 graduate programs. The University actively promotes a dynamic learning environment in which qualified individuals of differing perspectives, life experiences, and cultural backgrounds pursue academic goals with mutual respect and shared inquiry.

The University System of New Hampshire is an Equal Opportunity/Equal Access employer. The University System is committed to creating an environment that values and supports diversity and inclusiveness across our campus communities and encourages applications from qualified individuals who will help us achieve this mission. The University System prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, genetic information, veteran status, or marital status.

Compensation Pay Range: $41,890.00 - $74,390.00 The pay range for this position is listed above. Actual offer will be based on skills, qualifications, experience, and internal equity, in addition to relevant business considerations.

More information on benefits can be found here: USNH Employee Benefits | Human Resources

Location: Durham

The University System of New Hampshire is the largest provider of postsecondary education in the Granite State. With approximately 30,000 enrolled students annually and more than 90,000 alumni living in state, the institutions of the University System - the University of New Hampshire - Durham, the University of New Hampshire School of Law, the University of New Hampshire at Manchester, Plymouth State University, and Keene State College - have a direct impact on hundreds of thousands of New Hampshire citizens every year.