College & Career Coordinator

Martha O'Bryan Center

Nashville

Education, Training & Library

Position Description / Responsibilities

Critical features of this job are described below. They may be subject to change due to changes in our business processes or other business-related reasons. Essential duties and responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

POSITION SUMMARY

The College & Career Coordinator advises, coaches, and mentors high school students to succeed in school and prepare for college, and future careers and professions at an ASU location. The College & Career Coordinator provides hands on experiences to help students develop decision-making skills and exposes students to the variety of post-secondary educational experiences they might consider, including job skills preparation or military. This is a full time, regular position, located at College Zone at Maplewood High. This position reports to the Senior Director of ASU and Post-Secondary Initiatives.

Salary: 42,000-45,000

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Serves as a mentor and motivator for students, and helps students overcome barriers to success.
• Works with students and tutors to develop individualized strategies for academic improvement.
• Supervises College & Career Specialist, AmeriCorps Service Members, and interns in college access work
• Serves as subject matter expert on college access, including financial aid and ACT prep.
• Maintains close contact with school officials, parents, post-secondary institutions, and partner agencies.
• Hosts seminars, assemblies, and college/career fairs to help students become ready for college and to assist them in building the skill sets necessary to be successful.
• Coordinates and facilitates ACT preparatory classes.
• Assists high school students with their college searches and applications.
• Organizes college visits, internships, and apprenticeships for high school students.
• Assists 12^th-graders with their applications for financial aid and scholarships.
• Maintains a record of all colleges and universities to which students may apply.
• Develops knowledge of appropriate grant outcomes and reporting mechanisms in order to track needed information through the year.
• Inputs data into the Salesforce database as needed.
• Assumes responsibility for all contract compliance both internal and external.
• Oversees and participates in completing the reports required by funders.
• Participates in program development activities and grants management in coordination with the Senior Director of High School Initiatives.
• Works closely with the Post-Secondary Education team to ensure student success.
• Assists with the identification of program deficits and works to develop strategies to improve program outcomes.

Position Requirements

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skills, and/or abilities required.

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor's degree.
• One year of experience in high school success or college access programming.

The above qualifications express the minimum standards of education and/or experience for this position. Other combinations of education and experience, if evaluated as equivalent, may be taken into consideration.

Knowledge and Abilities:

• Understanding of college access programming.
• Strong interpersonal skills; excellent customer service skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Maintains credibility through sincerity, honesty, and discretion.
• Builds and maintains positive relationships with internal and external constituents.
• Strong organizational skills.
• Strong time management skills; uses time effectively; consistently meets deadlines.
• Strong project management skills.
• Maintains a high level of confidentiality regarding sensitive information.
• Maintains professional boundaries with students and staff.
• Documents regularly, thoroughly, accurately, and completely.
• High level of detail and accuracy.
• Exercises good and consistently fair judgment, courtesy, and tact in dealing with the staff and public in giving and obtaining information.
• Computer literate including familiarity with word processing, spreadsheet, database, desk top publishing software, email, social media, and the internet.

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