Senior Counselor, Educational Program

Senior Counselor, Educational Opportunity Program

Position Title:

Senior Counselor, Educational Opportunity Program
Department:
Educational Opportunity Program
Job Type: Full-Time

The University at Buffalo (UB) invites applications for the position of Senior Counselor within the Educational Opportunity Program. The Senior Counselor provides extensive and proactive academic, personal, social, financial aid, and career counseling for a student caseload of up to 150 students. The University at Buffalo’s Educational Opportunity Program provides admission and extensive support for talented students who have not yet reached their full academic potential due to barriers in the educational, economic, or personal background.

• Advises students on course selection from entering freshmen to graduation;
• Diagnoses skill strengths and weaknesses and develops academic and programmatic prescriptions;
• Reviews and documents student progress on a monthly and semester basis;
• Helps students understand and manage academic and social expectations and challenges;
• Assists students in resolving conflicts between personal values, abilities, and educational and career goals;
• Keeps students informed of all financial assistance, honors, recognition, scholarships, and other training or employment opportunities;
• Serves as a coordinator for specifically assigned student service support areas and as a liaison between EOP and designated faculties, and Schools.

For more than 50 years, the EOP has helped students overcome financial and academic barriers to attend university, earn a degree, and achieve their life goals. EOP promotes academic achievement and excellence through academic advising, collaborative learning workshops and mentoring designed to prepare students for graduate students and professional school.

• Masters degree with 1 year of experience in academic advising and/or counseling
• Experience in a higher education environment

• Demonstrated knowledge of issues and factors affecting academically under‑prepared students
• Demonstrated understanding of challenges impacting under‑resourced and disadvantaged populations
• Experience providing academic advising and/or counseling to a diverse student population, including under‑prepared populations
• Knowledge of issues, concerns and obstacles affecting low‑income and disadvantaged populations

$65,000

University at Buffalo is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer and, in keeping with our commitment, welcomes all to apply including veterans and individuals with disabilities.