Higher Education Advisor

7 days ago


Arlington, Virginia, United States InsideHigherEd Full time
Job Summary

As a key member of our team at InsideHigherEd, the successful candidate will be responsible for the overall development, coordination, and implementation of the TRIO Upward Bound Program. This program aims to provide outreach and case management services to students, individual advising sessions, workshops, and other project activities to support the academic success of disadvantaged secondary school students.

Key Responsibilities
  • Develop and deliver services to eligible participants from target secondary schools, working closely with parents, school officials, and community leaders to decrease the high school dropout rate and increase post-secondary enrollment and retention rates.
  • Provide outreach and case management services, including dropout prevention, college, career, and financial aid information, to students at target schools.
  • Design and deliver direct services, such as career exploration, study skills improvement, and self-esteem building, as well as conduct grade-appropriate workshops and activities involving college, career, and financial aid information.
  • Collect, establish, maintain, and data enter all assigned student records and required forms.
  • Assist the Director with submission of documentation to governmental agencies and grant proposals.
  • May use a company-owned vehicle for work-related purposes.
  • Perform other duties as assigned by the Director.
Requirements
  • Bachelor's degree in Education, Social Work, or Communications with three (3) years of experience working for a dropout prevention and/or post-secondary opportunity program or equivalent relevant experience.
Preferred Qualifications
  • Experience providing direct case management services to secondary school students.
  • Experience working for a Federal TRIO program (UB, UBMS, ETS) or other dropout prevention and post-secondary opportunity program.
  • Ability to speak and write in Spanish.
  • Experience working with non-profit community agencies and organizations in the areas of outreach, dropout prevention, and post-secondary opportunity programs.
  • Experience working with high school students and parents.
  • Experience providing outreach and academic advising services to disadvantaged secondary school students with college, career, and financial aid information.
  • Experience coordinating and conducting student and parent presentations, workshops, and other individual/group activities for low-income and disadvantaged first-generation college students.


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