Admission Counselor

Admission Counselor

Location: Dayton, OH, JCC, Dayton, OH, US

Full Time

Salary Range: $43,000.00 To $43,888.00 Annually

Classification: Exempt

Reports To: Outreach and Admissions Manager

Shift Available:

• 1st Shift: 8a-5p; M-F

Pay Range: $43,888

About Dayton Job Corps: Job Corps' national mission is to educate and train highly-motivated young people, ages 16-24, for successful careers in the nation's fastest-growing industries. Here at Dayton Job Corps Center, we support their mission by teaching eligible young people, the skills they need to become employable and independent, and place them in meaningful jobs or further education. Students here have access to room and board while they learn skills in specific training areas for up to three years.

The program helps them to complete their high school education, trains them for meaningful careers, provides transitional support services, and assists them with obtaining employment. Job Corps graduates either enter the workforce or an apprenticeship, go on to higher education, or join the military.

Purpose: Reports to the Outreach and Admissions Manager. Responsible for outreach and admissions (OA) and counseling services for students in compliance with Department of Labor (DOL)/Job Corps standards and management directives.

• Complies with all management, corporate and government directives, and standard operating procedures.
• Models, mentors, and monitors a positive normative culture.
• Performs outreach, admissions, and counseling services, as required, within an assigned Job Corps territory.
• Recommends advertising for recruitment.
• Ensures that all applicants arrive on the assigned center by following established DESI procedures.
• Provides Job Corps orientation and Job Corps overall program orientation to prospective students.
• Collects and verifies all required applicant documentation to determine eligibility and suitability for Job Corps.
• Ensures student acceptance into the program and safe arrival on center.
• Establishes personal contact with referral source agencies, organizations, and community support agencies.
• Conducts at least five face-to-face visits to five new outreach contacts each month and maintains five linkage contacts each month.
• Participates in at minimum one major event or community activity each month.
• Provides follow-up on all prospective students awaiting assignment and ensures that students maintain their interest in the program.
• Maintains active follow-up with enrollees after enrollment to monitor 30-, 45-, 60-, and 90-day graduate rate and graduate placement-rate performance.
• Acts as the liaison with public and private service agencies.
• Conducts tours of centers with individuals or groups.
• Maintains accountability of property by acting as a responsible custodian, adheres to safety practices, and performs safety inspections in areas of responsibility.

Requirements

• Education:
  
  Bachelor's or associate's degree in human services, psychology, counseling, education, social science, communications, or closely related field
• Experience:
  
  Two years of related experience. Experience may include successful Job Corps OA experience or successful OA experience with other youth development programs

• Ability to interact with individuals from economically and socially diverse backgrounds
• Ability to interview prospective applicants and determine program suitability
• Ability to interact cooperatively with placement staff to ensure that maximum efforts are provided to give quality services to youth
• Ability to create and maintain database files on an integrated computer system

• A valid driver's license in the state of employment with an acceptable driving record is required
• 1-9 documentation required to verify authorization to work in the United States
• Ability to pass a pre-employment drug test and background check

Additional Requirements: Must have valid driver's license and adequate vehicle insurance coverage.

This job description is not a comprehensive listing of all duties or responsibilities that are required for this position and may be updated. In the event of change of duties, the employee will be notified.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Dynamic Workforce Solutions is an equal opportunity employer/program and auxiliary aids and services are available upon request to individuals with disabilities.