Senior Counselor, Educational Opportunity Program

IMDiversity; Buffalo (NY); On-site; USD 55,250 - 74,750; Full time

Job summary

University at Buffalo's Educational Opportunity Program seeks a Senior Counselor to provide extensive academic, personal, financial aid, and career counseling for a caseload up to 150 students. The role supports talented students overcoming barriers to higher education through advising, workshops, and mentoring tailored to student success.

The Senior Counselor will diagnose academic needs, document progress, and coordinate services across faculties to strengthen student outcomes and readiness

Qualifications

• Master's degree with 1 year of experience in academic advising and/or counseling.
• Experience in a higher education environment.

Responsibilities

• Advises students on course selection from entering freshmen to graduation.
• Diagnoses skill strengths and weaknesses and develops academic and programmatic prescriptions.
• Reviews and documents student progress on a monthly and semester basis.
• Helps students understand and manage academic and social expectations and challenges.
• Assists students in resolving conflicts between personal values, abilities, and educational and career goals.
• Keeps students informed of all financial assistance, honors, recognition, scholarships, and other training or employment opportunities.
• Serves as a coordinator for specifically assigned student service support areas and as a liaison between EOP and designated faculties, and Schools.

Skills

Academic advising

Counseling

Student support

Education

Master's degree

Job description

Senior Counselor, Educational Opportunity Program

Position Title: Senior Counselor, Educational Opportunity Program
Department: Educational Opportunity Program
Job Type: Full-Time

Position Summary

The University at Buffalo (UB) invites applications for the position of Senior Counselor within the Educational Opportunity Program. The Senior Counselor provides extensive and proactive academic, personal, social, financial aid, and career counseling for a student caseload of up to 150 students. The University at Buffalo’s Educational Opportunity Program provides admission and extensive support for talented students who have not yet reached their full academic potential due to barriers in the educational, economic, or personal background.

Key duties & responsibilities

• Advises students on course selection from entering freshmen to graduation;
• Diagnoses skill strengths and weaknesses and develops academic and programmatic prescriptions;
• Reviews and documents student progress on a monthly and semester basis;
• Helps students understand and manage academic and social expectations and challenges;
• Assists students in resolving conflicts between personal values, abilities, and educational and career goals;
• Keeps students informed of all financial assistance, honors, recognition, scholarships, and other training or employment opportunities;
• Serves as a coordinator for specifically assigned student service support areas and as a liaison between EOP and designated faculties, and Schools.

About the Department

For more than 50 years, the EOP has helped students overcome financial and academic barriers to attend university, earn a degree, and achieve their life goals. EOP promotes academic achievement and excellence through academic advising, collaborative learning workshops and mentoring designed to prepare students for graduate students and professional school.

Minimum Qualifications

• Masters degree with 1 year of experience in academic advising and/or counseling
• Experience in a higher education environment

Preferred Qualifications

• Demonstrated knowledge of issues and factors affecting academically under‑prepared students
• Demonstrated understanding of challenges impacting under‑resourced and disadvantaged populations
• Experience providing academic advising and/or counseling to a diverse student population, including under‑prepared populations
• Knowledge of issues, concerns and obstacles affecting low‑income and disadvantaged populations

Salary Range

$65,000

University at Buffalo is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer and, in keeping with our commitment, welcomes all to apply including veterans and individuals with disabilities.