College Access Navigator

GATEWAY TECHNICAL COLLEGE

College Access Navigator

Help prospective students find their path to Gateway through personalized guidance, proactive outreach, and enrollment support.

Salary
$63,499–$65,628 annually

Campus
Kenosha, Wisconsin

Compensation grade
H

Reports to
Bao Lee, Director of Recruitment

Priority Final date to receive applications
November 10, 2026

Applications open through
November 13, 2026

Student Affairs | Student Support | Full-time | One opening

We will review all applications received by the priority deadline.

The Role in Brief

The College Access Navigator serves as a primary point of contact for prospective high school and adult students, providing individualized guidance, proactive outreach, and enrollment support to help students successfully navigate the admissions process and matriculate into a Gateway Technical College program. Through relationship building, case management, admissions guidance, career pathway exploration, pre-admission course advising, and coordination with college and community partners, the position helps students understand educational options, navigate enrollment processes, overcome barriers, and make informed decisions about academic and career goals.

Depending on assigned responsibilities, the Navigator may work directly with high school students and school partners through dual credit and college access initiatives or with prospective students in campus, community, and other outreach settings.

Assignment flexibility: The College Access Navigator may be assigned to support specific student populations, geographic areas, schools, community partners, or recruitment initiatives based on institutional needs. Assignments may include high school and early college populations, adult and returning learners, campus-based prospective students, community outreach, or other prospective student populations.

Why This Role Matters

Connect students with accessible educational opportunities, help them make informed enrollment and career decisions, strengthen school and community partnerships, and provide responsive, student-centered service.

What You Will Actually Do Service & Relationship Management – 35%

• Build and maintain strategic relationships with prospective and dual credit students, families, school partners, community organizations, employers, and internal stakeholders.
• Support students with individualized admissions, enrollment, academic, career pathway, and educational planning guidance based on student interests, circumstances, and goals.
• Provide ongoing pathway advising by monitoring student progress, reassessing goals, and helping students navigate academic, career, and enrollment decisions.
• Conduct proactive outreach, advising sessions, presentations, information sessions, orientations, recruitment events, and other engagement activities.
• Serve as a responsive point of contact, connecting students and partners with appropriate college resources and coordinating support to address questions and barriers.
• Represent Gateway professionally across campus, high schools, community settings, and other assigned outreach environments.

Operational Execution & Administration – 25%

• Manage assigned prospective student populations, maintaining accurate case notes, enrollment documentation, records, and follow-up activities.
• Guide students through admissions, registration, placement, financial aid processes, program requirements, and other enrollment activities.
• Utilize student information systems, CRM platforms, and other technology to document interactions, monitor engagement, track enrollment milestones, and support outreach.
• Apply institutional policies, FERPA requirements, WTCS guidelines, and applicable program requirements to student and enrollment activities.
• Coordinate…