School-Based College & Career Advisor

College Success Foundation; Washington (District of Columbia); Hybrid; USD 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

The College Success Foundation seeks an Advisor to provide middle and high school students with college and career guidance to prepare for graduation and transition to college. You will use a whole-school approach, engaging with administrators, staff, and CSF partners.

Responsibilities include delivering CSF pathways, one-on-one advising, maintaining relationships for social and emotional growth, and tracking progress in Salesforce.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in education, Social Work, or relevant field, preferred.
• Two years of experience in mentoring, youth development, education, teaching or counseling.
• Experience working with diverse populations and age groups.
• Alumni of CSF programming and/or scholarship recipients preferred.

Responsibilities

• Implement college and career program with fidelity to the CSF Pathway model and best practices.
• Deliver college and career content, as outlined in CSF program frameworks, by employing strategies and techniques that promote student learning and college readiness.
• Provide ongoing services such as one-on-one advising to support students' college and career readiness, assist with the college planning process and achieve CSF student outcomes.
• Maintain supportive relationships with students to create opportunities for social and emotional growth.
• Work with school principals, school staff and local community partners to engage and retain high school students in CSF programming throughout the school year.
• Review and apply student feedback, which is collected by the advisor through surveys and other means, to be responsive to student needs and continually improve programming.
• Actively participate in trainings as well as manager and peer feedback sessions to promote professional development, learning and collaboration.
• Input data into Salesforce to monitor progress with program implementation, track service deliveries and student participation and respond to reporting requirements.
• Attend CSF staff meetings, CSF All Staff meetings, and other required gatherings including occasional evening and weekend events.
• Track and reconcile monthly program expenses.

Skills

Coaching & mentoring

Communication skills

CRM familiarity

MS Office

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in education or social work or related field

Tools

Salesforce

Microsoft Office

Teams

Job description

The College Success Foundation seeks an Advisor to provide middle and high school students with college and career guidance to prepare for graduation and transition to college. You will use a whole-school approach, engaging with administrators, staff, and CSF partners.

Responsibilities include delivering CSF pathways, one-on-one advising, maintaining relationships for social and emotional growth, and tracking progress in Salesforce.