Program Counselor-Rochester, Minnesota

Program Counselor, Pre-College Healthcare Academy 2026

Program

Location:

Rochester, Minnesota

Organization:
Edconic

Division:
Pre-College & Collegiate Division

Reports to:

Senior Program Counselor, Residential Hall Assistant Director

Edconic Pre-College programs provide students with an immersive environment in which they learn, investigate, and explore while having fun and discovering friends, mentors and instructors who share their passions and interests. It also gives intellectually curious students the opportunity to live and learn in a dynamic location while drawing upon the unrivaled expertise of and access to our iconic partner organizations, including The New York Times, Sotheby's, Vogue, WIRED, Manchester City Football Club, and Mayo Clinic, encouraging students to take their learning beyond the classroom and into the real world.

Knowledge is our passion. We thrive at the intersection of business and education and have built a global reputation for developing world-class learning programs to nurture the industry leaders of tomorrow.

Our mission is to empower lives through education. We seek to understand the passions of a new generation of students to help transform those passions into meaningful and fulfilling career trajectories. We do this by delivering relevant, experiential courses taught by industry experts from the world's best brands.

Edconic has been operating for two decades beginning with the acquisition of the London campus of Sotheby's Institute of Art in 2003. Over the years we have built a portfolio of world-class academic programs including Sotheby's Institute of Art, The School of the New York Times (est. 2016), Vogue College of Fashion (acquired in 2023), Manchester City Sports Business School, WIRED Education.

Our newest program, launching in Summer 2026 is our Pre-College Healthcare Academy with Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science. Edconic is owned by Cambridge Information Group (CIG), a family-owned investment firm since 1971, focused on long-term and meaningful ventures in education, technology, and information services.

Program Counselors (PCs) play a crucial role in the residential and social aspects of our pre-college programs and will focus on maintaining a safe living and learning community by upholding the Student and Family Handbook and building a community among the students. Under the supervision of the Residential Hall Director (RHD), PCs provide supervision, advisement, and engagement opportunities for students residing on campus for the duration of the program.

This is a live-in position, working up to 40 hours per week with housing.

Program Counselors are primarily responsible for building and maintaining a strong, safe and inclusive residential life community. PCs set up all residential spaces prior to student arrival and hold floor meetings to disseminate important information to their community. PCs complete an evening room-check to ensure that all students are accounted for and document student incidents through Student Management Software (SMS). When programming happens off-campus, PCs escort students to and from the event.

PCs design and host residential programming to supplement Institute programming. Other responsibilities include:

• Assisting in the residential check-in and check-out process ensuring that all students are properly moved into their room and understand the policies therein;
• Presenting and supporting in student orientation events including diversity, equity and inclusion sessions and community building activities;
• Supporting the physical and mental health of students and referring them to appropriate resources, as needed;
• Attending weekly staff meetings;
• Enforcing program policies and procedures to ensure that all participants remain safe throughout the program, documenting violations and incidents as they arise;
• Mediating roommate and peer conflicts;
• Managing student and staff interactions using various student management software;
• Completing room checks;
• Abide by Curfew and Proximity policy, when scheduled (see below);
• Planning and leading recreational and social events and activities such as movie nights, arts events, community building activities and outings;
• Assisting with administrative tasks which may include the use of technology such as Orah, Pronto, Canvas, Microsoft Office and online based software;
• Supporting the program through other duties as assigned.

PCs will typically work in the afternoons and evenings with some exceptions or other assignments that may arise. PCs will be expected to utilize mobile phone for maintaining communication with staff members as well as students via communication channels.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed here are representative of the knowledge, skill and ability required. Under the ADA, reasonable accommodations may be made to enable…