Upward Bound Advisor

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Position Information (Default Section)

Posting Number

Classification Title Staff

Working Title Upward Bound Advisor

Annual Hours 2080

Placement Range $36,291.93 - $38,106.53

Position Type Regular

Job Category Exempt

General Description This position works with the Upward Bound Program to provide advising and academic services as a career, educational, academic, and personal counselor in both group and individual settings; participates in a variety of other student activities; serves as a liaison among program participants, College faculty/staff, target high schools, parents/legal guardians, and community agencies; supports Upward Bound, a federally funded grant program ,that serves a target group of 8th through 12th-grade students from financially and educationally disadvantaged backgrounds with the goal of increasing high school graduation and post-secondary enrollment.

This position is a grant position and is contingent upon availability of grant funding. Once the funds from the grant that provide funding for this position are no longer available, this position may be eliminated and the incumbent terminated without cause upon written notice to the employee.

Reports To Assistant Director of Upward Bound

What position(s) reports to this position? None

• Bachelor’s degree Minimum (1) year work experience working with economically/educationally disadvantaged students.

• Knowledge:
  Speaks and writes English and another language;
  Student advisement; and
  Computer software including Microsoft WORD , Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Skills:
  Communicating, both verbally and in writing; and Planning and organizing work.
• Abilities:
  Demonstrate sensitivity to needs of economically/educationally disadvantaged students;
  Work with economically/educationally disadvantaged students; and
  Communicate effectively with students, staff, and community.

PHYSICAL / MENTAL DEMANDS AND WORKING CONDITIONS :
The work is sedentary work which requires the person in this position to occasionally exert up to 10 pounds of force to grasp, lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body. Additionally, the following physical abilities are required:

This position requires the person to frequently move about the TRIO office and OCCC campus.

This position requires the person to frequently communicate with students, administration, faculty, staff, and others to perform the essential functions of the position; must be able to exchange accurate information in various situations.

This position requires the person to frequently remain in a standing and stationary position.

This position requires the person to frequently operate a computer, other office machinery, and mobile devices to perform the essential functions of the position.

This position requires the person to judge, observe, and assess the accuracy, neatness, thoroughness of work assigned or to make general observations. Work is performed in both indoor and outdoor settings. Work is performed during office hours; extended work hours include nights, weekends, and overnight stays as required.

• Bilingual
• Post-secondary academic advising experience.
• Master’s…