College and Career Advisor

Develop and support individual student college and career pathways in alignment with their postsecondary goals.

Conduct annual parent meetings between students and families to regularly revisit student goals, educate students and parents on pathway requirements and options, monitor on‑track status, and build partnerships with parents/guardians who are at the front line of advising students.

Collect, organize, and analyze information and data about individual students through records, tests, interviews, and professional sources, to appraise their interests, aptitudes, abilities, and personality characteristics in order to best support student goal setting.

Compile and study occupational, educational, and local labor market trends to meet vocational and educational objectives.

Assist students in identifying, developing, and mastering dispositions of Concord’s Portrait of a Graduate.

Work with school counselors in collaboration with the Director of Student Engagement.

Collaborate with community agencies, other schools and school systems, and parents and teachers to facilitate student growth.

Assist counselors with programming to provide access to job fairs, college fairs, and other forums that develop college and career development opportunities.

Provide informed recommendations to district leadership for college and career pathways based on student interests, local labor market trends, and state education guidelines.

Other duties and responsibilities as assigned.

Bachelor’s Degree

Willingness to learn Indiana high school graduation pathways and requirements.

Skills in human relations.

Ability to gather and utilize data to make informed decisions.

Ability to communicate effectively in individual, small group, and large group settings.

Ability to plan and organize; good work habits.

Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from administrators, teachers, counselors, and school staff.

Other qualifications that the School Board may require.

While performing the duties of this position, the employee is regularly required to sit and communicate effectively, including talking and hearing. The employee frequently uses hands to handle, operate, or manipulate objects, tools, or controls. The employee may occasionally be required to stand, walk, and reach with hands and arms, and to exert up to ten (10) pounds of force.

Specific vision abilities required include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

There are no environmental hazards indicated for this position.