TRIO Student Advisor & Outreach Specialist

Cuyahoga Community College; Highland Hills (OH); On-site; USD 46,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

Cuyahoga Community College's TRIO SSS East program on the Eastern Campus seeks an experienced advisor to provide personal, academic, and career guidance to participants and students. You will conduct individual and group sessions and coordinate outreach.

Collaborating with faculty and staff, you will help with educational planning, financial aid assistance, and data reporting while maintaining compliance with federal requirements. Evening/weekend availability is required.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in a related field is required.
• Minimum of two years of advising, counseling, and/or teaching under-prepared students.
• Demonstrated experience making sound decisions affecting a work unit or team.
• Demonstrated experience solving diverse problems in various situations.

Responsibilities

• Provides academic, career, and personal advising to potential and current program participants/students.
• Assists with identifying and selecting new participants.
• Develops Educational Plans, monitors participants’ progress, refers participants to counseling as needed.
• Assists students with completing financial aid and scholarship applications, writing essays, and forming attainable academic and career plans.
• Maintains accurate and timely documentation to ensure compliance with the U.S. Department of Education.
• Conducts individual and group program-engagement sessions.
• Meets regularly with staff for participant and program evaluations.
• Meets with faculty regarding participants’ progress and course content/material, as needed.
• Works collaboratively with the Student Counseling department to ensure attentive referrals.
• Assists with development of departmental newsletters and other correspondence as needed.
• May attend College-wide meetings, workshops, and conferences as directed.
• Assists with metric tracking and report preparation.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Skills

Student advising

Communication

Organizational skills

Team collaboration

Data entry/recordkeeping

Microsoft Office

Education

Master’s Degree in related field

2+ years advising/counseling experience

Tools

BLUMEN

Blackboard

BANNER system

Job description

Cuyahoga Community College's TRIO SSS East program on the Eastern Campus seeks an experienced advisor to provide personal, academic, and career guidance to participants and students. You will conduct individual and group sessions and coordinate outreach.

Collaborating with faculty and staff, you will help with educational planning, financial aid assistance, and data reporting while maintaining compliance with federal requirements. Evening/weekend availability is required.