PT - Advising & Outreach Specialist

Arizona Western College; Parker (AZ); On-site; USD 21,000 - 30,000; Part time

Job summary

Arizona Western College seeks a part-time Student Advisor to provide advising, outreach, and wrap-around services across Guided Pathways and Appreciative Advising. The role emphasizes supporting student success through data-informed decisions and proactive engagement.

You will work up to 19 hours per week, with a flexible schedule to accommodate events and campus needs, and collaborate with admissions, financial aid, and student services to assist enrollment and retention efforts.

Qualifications

• Associate’s degree or higher.
• Demonstrated ability to provide excellent customer service, adapt to changing needs and circumstances, manage multiple priorities.
• Experience in advising, counseling, outreach, recruitment, student services, or a related field preferred.
• An equivalent combination of education and/or experience may be considered.
• Applicants may indicate additional language proficiencies in their application materials, including English/Spanish, as relevant to the position

Responsibilities

• Provide academic and career advising using Appreciative Advising to help students set goals and plans.
• Conduct outreach to schools, community organizations, and partners to promote programs.
• Assist with admissions, registration, financial aid, and enrollment processes.
• Support workshops, orientations, and student success activities.
• Participate in college engagement events and assist with event preparation.
• Support strategic planning and other duties as assigned

Skills

Customer service

Advising

Outreach

Event coordination

Data analysis

Education

Associate degree or higher

Tools

Microsoft Office

Student information system

Job description

Summary of Function:

Provides advising, outreach, and wrap-around services and supports student success initiatives through a Guided Pathways, Appreciative Advising, and data-informed decision-making approach.

Typical Duties:

• Serves Students. Provides academic and career advising using an Appreciative Advising approach that recognizes and builds upon student strengths, goals, experiences, and potential. Helps students identify educational and career goals and develop academic plans aligned with Guided Pathways and their intended program of study. Uses student data, academic progress, assessment results, and other available information to inform advising decisions, identify barriers, determine appropriate interventions, and provide proactive follow-up. Develops student understanding of degree, certificate, workforce, adult education, and career pathway options and connects students with appropriate college resources. Maintains accurate student records and documentation and uses data and reports to support informed student success, advising, outreach, and retention strategies.
  
• Conducts outreach to schools, community organizations, employers, workforce partners, and other community stakeholders. Represents college at community events, recruitment activities, presentations, workshops, orientations, and other outreach opportunities. Builds positive relationships with students and community partners and implements recruitment strategies designed to increase awareness, enrollment, and participation in college programs. Contacts new students in various modes of communication to provide information about available programs and services, encourage enrollment, and assist them in taking the next steps toward becoming enrolled students. Follows up with prospective and newly admitted students to answer questions, address barriers, encourage enrollment, and connect students with appropriate college resources and services
  
• Assists college with wrap around services such as admissions, registration, financial aid application, payment plans, testing set up, and other enrollment processes. Assists students in identifying and applying for scholarships, sponsorships, grants, workforce funding, and other available financial resources. Connects students and visitors with appropriate information, college resources, community organizations, and other support services. Follows up with students to help resolve barriers that may affect enrollment, persistence, or completion.
  
• Supports workshops, orientations, Strategies for Success course, and other student success activities designed to help students develop the skills and knowledge needed to successfully navigate college and career preparation. Promotes student engagement, retention, and persistence through proactive communication, encouragement, follow-up, and connection to college clubs and resources.
  
• Participates in college engagement events and student activities. Assists with event preparation, coordination, promotion, and follow-up as appropriate to increase student participation.
  
• Supports and participates in strategic planning initiatives, and performs other duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications:

• Associate’s degree or higher, AND
  
• Demonstrated ability to provide excellent customer service, adapt to changing needs and circumstances,
  manage multiple priorities, and demonstrate problem-solving and initiative when working with others.
  
• Experience in advising, counseling, outreach, recruitment, student services, case management, education, or
  a related field is preferred but not required.
  
• An equivalent combination of education and/or experience from which comparable knowledge, skills, and
  abilities have been achieved may be considered
  
• Applicants may indicate any additional language proficiencies in their application materials, including
  English/Spanish, as relevant to the position

Additional Eligibility Requirements:

• Arizona Driver's License or Equivalent
  

Classification:

• Non-Exempt

Position Type & Work Schedule:

• Part-time
  
• Up to 19 hours per week
  
• Work flexible schedule to meet the program, department, and/or institutional needs, which may include
  Fridays, nights, and/or weekends

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Knowledge of and ability to interpret, apply, and follow college policies and procedures
  
• Knowledge of or ability to maintain organizational structure, workflow, and operating procedures
  
• Skill in current technologies and word processing, database, presentation, and spreadsheet software,
  specifically Microsoft Office applications, Windows, college system platforms, software, and applications
  especially those specific to the department operations
  
• Skill and ability to be self-directed and to manage one’s own time
  
• Skill in performing a variety of duties, often changing from one task to another of a different nature
  
• Ability to complete all departmental and/or institutional mandatory training or development
  
• Ability to organize, prioritize, follow multiple projects and tasks through to completion, with close attention to
  detail
  
• Ability to work independently and contribute to a collaborative team environment
  
• Ability to provide assistance in a professional, civil, and supportive manner
  
• Ability to communicate effectively, verbally, in writing, and in a public setting, and to relate to others in a
  professional manner
  
• Ability to be flexible and supportive, positively and proactively assimilate change in rapid growth environment
  
• Ability to maintain confidentiality of protected information and follow FERPA and privacy guidelines
  
• Ability to adapt to a dynamic workload and demands
  
• Ability to adapt and maintain professional composure in emergent situations
  
• Ability to demonstrate integrity, professionalism, and civility in all job-related actions
  
• Ability to analyze problems, identify solutions, and take appropriate actions to resolve problems using
  independent judgment and decision-making processes
  
• Ability to establish and maintain positive, effective, and collaborative relationships with individuals at all levels
  of the organization, students, and the public
• Inside office environment with normal noise and lighting levels
  
• Work is performed in an open office environment with staff, students, and community contact and interruptions
  
• Working environment may include various locations across the service district, with varying noise levels, indoor
  and/or outdoor locations as needed to support program, department or institutional needs
  
• Must be able to perform duties in a variety of weather conditions

Physical Demands:

• Prolonged periods sitting at a desk and working on a computer
  
• Prolonged periods of standing and/or walking
  
• May lift, carry, push, and/or pull, at times a minimum of 10 pounds
  
• Occasionally stoop, bend, kneel, crouch, reach, and/or twist
  
• Safely and appropriately operate golf carts or district vehicles
  
• Must be able to navigate various departments of the organization's physical premises

Travel:

• Required to travel to other locations using various modes of private, commercial, or fleet transportation, and as
  needed to support program, department and institutional needs

Note:

• Location: Parker Campus
  
• The statements within this document describe the general nature, level, and type of work performed by the
  individual(s) assigned to this classification and are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities,
  demands, and skills required of personnel so classified
  
• The institution and its designated representatives reserve the right to add, delete, or modify any and/or all
  provisions of this description at any time as needed without notice

POSTING DATE:

September 24, 2026

ARIZONA WESTERN COLLEGE IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER