2026-27 College & Career Specialist - Shadow Mountain HS

2026-27 College & Career Specialist
- Shadow Mountain HS

Paradise Valley USD 69 Shadow Mountain HS
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This job is also posted in Paradise Valley Unified School District

Job : 5869121
Final date to receive applications: Aug 07, 2026 11:59 PM (Mountain Standard Time)
Posted: Aug 04, 2026 6:00 AM (UTC)
Starting Date: Immediately

College & Career Specialist

Location:
Shadow Mountain High School

9 months, 8 hours per day

Grade 13, $15.44 per hour

Non-Interim Position

Start Date:
Immediately

Purpose Statement

The job of College & Career Assistant is done for the purpose/s of providing a wide variety of confidential administrative support to the counseling department, administration department, District College and Career Readiness Lead Specialist; with specific responsibilities for providing students and parents with information on career and/or post high school educational/vocational opportunities, university and community college requirements; administering and interpreting career assessment tools;

coordinating assigned projects and planning on site presentations by college, career and military representatives.

This job reports to Building Assistant Principal

Provides and assists students with College & Career support with the following (e.g. college & career advisement, college applications, career technical school application, scholarships search & applications, college, financial aid search, FAFSA Completion, Naviance tasks and activities)

Provides college and career support to families when requested.

Assists Counseling Department throughout the year with the following (e.g. reviews ECAP tasks completion, capture future college and career plans, complies college acceptance data, compiles scholarship awards data, collects post-grad career data, college readiness testing

Schedule, advertise, coordinate college and career related events throughout the year (e.g. college visits, military visits, career specialty visits, FAFSA events, financial aid events, other college and career informational events)

Communicate and advertise college and career related events to students and families (e.g. email, website, main calendar, naviance, school social media accounts, morning announcements, Infinite Campus)

College & Career Assistant will create weekly email communications to students and families through Naviance to notify them of upcoming college visits, career and technical visits, and newly available scholarships.

College and Career Assistant will manage and update their school’s College and Career Center webpage . On the webpage they will communicate and inform the school community of the following (e.g. College & Career Center information and details, College & Career Visits, Scholarship Deadlines, upcoming College Readiness Assessments (ACT, SAT, PSAT), FAFSA information, upcoming College and Career Events, Financial Aid Information, Internship Opportunities, Summer Enrichment Opportunities, Early College Information(DE, CTE, AP, IB, AVID, PUMA, ACE, HOOP)

Organize and Coordinate Duties for Senior Awards Ceremony (e.g. create awards, invite speakers, communicate to students and families)

Assists with Data Collection of the Senior Exit Survey (e.g. organize w/ counselors and helps monitor the completion of Senior Exit Survey, confirm with CCRI lead specialist when all seniors are complete)

Senior Award Information (e.g. collect and enter senior award information into Naviance)

Maintains Visual Communication and Information (e.g. ensures bulletin boards and media displays are current and up to date)

Maintains College and Career Contact List (e.g. keeps a current contact list of college recruiters and CTE professionals.

Attends Junior and Senior Events Throughout the School Year

Maintains a variety of confidential and non-confidential manual and electronic lists and records (e.g. Inventory of college catalogues, applications and web site locations, etc.) for the purpose of ensuring the availability of materials for internal use and…