School Based Advisor

Our Mission:
We coach and support students from low socioeconomic backgrounds to prepare for and graduate from college as transformational leaders in order to forge a just and equitable society.

College Success Foundation believes in respecting, upholding, and reflecting diversity and is committed to becoming an anti-racist organization. By leading with equity, and utilizing an anti-racist lens in our work, we center diversity, equity, and inclusion in everything we do. We believe students win when we have a high-performing culture that is committed to eliminating barriers to student achievement. Our passion is fostering educational equity, making college accessible and affordable to underserved students from low-income families.

POSITION SUMMARY:

The Advisor provides middle and high school students with college and career support to enable them to graduate from high school and successfully transition onto college. The Advisor uses a whole school approach, which includes targeted and universal student outreach and services in a collaborative manner with school administrators, school staff, other college access providers and other College Success Foundation (CSF) staff.

PRIMARY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

The items listed in this section are the primary duties and responsibilities for this job and do not represent an exhaustive list. Our organization is dynamic and therefore duties may change based on business necessity; however, any new duties will remain within the scope of the job.

• Implement college and career program with fidelity to the CSF Pathway model and best practices.
• Deliver college and career content, as outlined in CSF program frameworks, by employing strategies and techniques that promote student learning and college readiness.
• Provide ongoing services such as one-on-one advising to support students' college and career readiness, assist with the college planning process and achieve CSF student outcomes.
• Maintain supportive relationships with students to create opportunities for social and emotional growth.
• Work with school principals, school staff and local community partners to engage and retain high school students in CSF programming throughout the school year.
• Review and apply student feedback, which is collected by the advisor through surveys and other means, to be responsive to student needs and continually improve programming.
• Actively participate in trainings as well as manager and peer feedback sessions to promote professional development, learning and collaboration.
• Input data into Salesforce to monitor progress with program implementation, track service deliveries and student participation and respond to reporting requirements.
• Attend CSF staff meetings, CSF All Staff meetings, and other required gatherings including occasional evening and weekend events.
• Track and reconcile monthly program expenses.

QUALIFICATIONS

Education and Experience

The items listed below are the minimum requirements for the job and are relevant to this position. The organization values both work experience and education and realizes that individuals take different paths to acquire knowledge.

• Bachelor's degree in education, Social Work, or relevant field, preferred.
• Two years of experience in fields related to mentoring, youth development, education, teaching or counseling.
• Experience working with diverse populations and age groups
• Alumni of CSF programming and/or scholarship recipients preferred.

Any equivalent combination of education and experience that provides the necessary qualifications to successfully perform the duties of the position will be considered.

Knowledge and Skills

• Knowledge and understanding of the barriers encountered by students from underrepresented groups.
• Familiarity with practices and strategies to promote student learning including the skills to coach and guide students to develop a growth mindset.
• Ability to coach and mentor students to achieve educational and career goals.
• Flexible and adaptive to meet the diverse needs of students
• Knowledge of college and career readiness as well as postsecondary planning and enrollment.
• Effective communication skills, both verbal and written, to engage…