Educational Advisor Upward Bound II
Listed on 2026-10-10
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Education / Teaching
Youth Development
Applicants must include in their online resume the following information:
1) Employment history: name of company, period employed (from month/year to month/year), job title, summary of job duties and
2)
Education:
school name, degree type, and major.
Position Information
Posting Number
Posting Number S06178P
Position Title
Position Title Educational Advisor for Upward Bound II
Department
Department Precollege Program
Location
Location Arlington
Job Family
Job Family Instruction/Education Support
Position Status
Position Status Full-time
Work Hours
Work Hours Standard
Work Schedule
Monday-Friday; 8:00am-5:00pm.
Open to
Open to External and Internal
Salary Salary is commensurate based on qualifications and relevant experience up to $38,000.
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Job Summary
The Educational Advisor for Upward Bound 2 is responsible for overall development, coordination and implementation of the TRIO Upward Bound Program and for providing outreach and case management services to students, individual advising sessions, workshops, and other project activities.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
- Responsible for the selection and delivery of services to eligible participants from the target secondary schools.
- Working closely with parents, target school officials, and community leaders to decrease the high school dropout rate and increase the post-secondary enrollment and retention rate of students in the target area.
- Provide outreach and case management services such as dropout prevention, and college, career, and financial aid information services to students at target schools.
- Provide direct services such as career exploration, study skills improvement and self-esteem building, conduct grade-appropriate workshops and activities involving college, career and FA information, PSAT - SAT - TSI - ACT test preparation, scholarship information, technical assistance with college admissions and FA applications, and college field trips.
- Responsible for the collection, establishment, maintenance, and data entry of all assigned student records and required forms.
- Assist the Director with submission of documentation to governmental agencies as well as grant proposals.
- May use UTA owned vehicle.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Education, Social Work, or Communications.
- Three (3) years of experience working for a dropout prevention and/or post-secondary opportunity program or equivalent relevant experience.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience providing direct case management services to secondary school students.
- Experience working for a Federal TRIO program (UB, UBMS , ETS ) or other dropout prevention and post-secondary opportunity program.
- Experience working with non-profit community agencies and organizations in the areas of outreach, dropout prevention, and post-secondary opportunity programs.
- Experience working with high school students and parents.
- Experience providing outreach and academic advising services to disadvantaged secondary school students with college, career and financial aid information.
- Experience coordinating and conducting student and parent presentations, workshops, and other individual/group activities for low-income and disadvantaged first-generation college students.
Knowledge,
Skills and Abilities
- Ability to speak and write in Spanish.
Other Requirements
Working Conditions
Special Conditions for Eligibility
CBC Requirement
It is the policy of The University of Texas at Arlington to conduct a criminal background check on any applicant who is under final consideration for employment with the University.
EEO Statement
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