Pre-College Advisor

The Pre-College Advisor provides support and guidance to prospective and newly admitted students by facilitating their enrollment and ensuring these students have the best opportunity to achieve their educational goals while assisting them with their admission and matriculation.

• Provides pre-admissions advisement to prospective and newly enrolled students
• Assists students with residency and the financial aid process while resolving student admissions issues
• Provides admission, assessment, registration and program information
• Uses caseload management technologies to communicate and provide proactive advising to students
• Participates in recruitment activities and workshops
• Coordinates career themed events in collaboration with faculty and staff
• Works collaboratively with high school leadership to develop an annual action plan
• Assists students with clarifying their career pathway and selecting a program of study
• Serves on College and campus committees
• Performs other duties as assigned

• Bachelor’s degree from a regionally accredited institution in higher education or related field and three (3) years of related experience
• All degrees must be from a regionally accredited institution
• Knowledge and understanding of College organization, goals and objectives, policies and procedures and programs
• Knowledge of academic advising and career development principles and practices, residency and financial aid regulations
• Experience advising students in higher education setting
• Ability to work collaboratively and independently while taking initiative to create opportunities for recruitment and advising
• Ability to demonstrate excellent interpersonal and communication skills in order to work effectively with a wide range of constituents and to provide high quality support and customer service constituencies in a diverse community
• Ability to apply ethics, logic and critical thinking to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form
• Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations
• Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals
• Ability to make evidence based recommendations using relevant data
• Knowledge of Microsoft office software and specific computer programs related to area of responsibility
• Ability to work a flexible schedule to include evening and weekend assignments
• Ability to interact in a positive manner in a multi-ethnic and multi-cultural environment with students, faculty and staff

Certain servicemembers and veterans, and the spouses and family members of such servicemembers and veterans, will receive preference and priority for this job vacancy. In addition, certain servicemembers may be eligible to receive waivers for postsecondary educational requirements outlined in this job vacancy and are encouraged to apply for the positions being filled.

The final candidate is to successfully complete a background screening and reference check process.