Counselor; Collier​/Charlotte Zone AAD Hendry Educational Center; AAD HEOC)

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About the Organization The College Bound Institute (CBI) is a non-profit organization that utilizes a variety of educational consultants with expertise in their respective fields and represents more than 80 years of experience. CBI has a track record of serving over 200 different constituent groups (over 10,000 students) in the past 17 years in regard to assisting students with the college-going process through workshops, cultural enrichment trips, seminars, college residential programs, college tours, and webinars.

CBI partners with local educational agencies, school districts, middle and high schools, and colleges and universities to increase the educational access for students. The primary individuals that CBI serves are first-generation and/or low-income individuals at the pre-collegiate and collegiate levels.

Category Education

Open Date 10/5/2026

Exempt/Non-Exempt Non-Exempt

Full-Time/Part-Time Part-Time

Description

Position Summary

The Counselor delivers individualized college-access, financial aid, and workforce-pathway counseling, in English and Spanish, to adults age 19 and older in the Collier/Charlotte zone of AAD HEOC. Immokalee is among Florida's lowest-income communities; about 70% of households speak a language other than English, mostly Spanish and Haitian Creole. The Counselor serves this zone from intake through the first term of postsecondary enrollment.

The Counselor's work drives the project's four federal objectives: 27% secondary-diploma completion, 42% postsecondary enrollment (including Registered Apprenticeships), 50% financial aid applications, and 38% college admission applications. Every plan the Counselor writes puts college, apprenticeship, and short-term credential options side by side.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

Outreach & Recruitment

• Help the Project Director inform residents, schools, and community organizations about the project's goals, services, and eligibility, in English and Spanish.
• Host monthly bilingual community information nights at the Immokalee site and through CBI Hub.
• Lead quarterly employer-site information sessions with agricultural cooperatives, hospitality employers, and the Babcock Ranch employer cluster.
• Work with the Immokalee Foundation, Coalition of Immokalee Workers, Collier County Public Library (Immokalee Branch), and Charlotte County libraries on outreach and referrals.

Intake & Eligibility

• Collect, screen, and process applications; document eligibility under 34 CFR 644.3 and forward complete files to the Project Director.
• Notify applicants of missing documents and complete eligibility determination within 14 days.

Assessment & Individualized Success Plans

• Conduct the multi-domain needs assessment within 30 days of intake: academic diagnostic, affective and career inventories, and skills-profile construction.
• Write each participant's Individualized Success Plan (ISP) within 30 days; update it at the end of each…