Liberal Arts Career and Academic Advisor (*Restricted)

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Position Description

General Description: The Liberal Arts Career and Academic Advisor reports to the Mandel Grant Program Director; in this role the new team member will: recruit and advise Languages, Arts, and Social Sciences (LASS) students on academic and career options; track student enrollment and forms, assist with event management and data compilation, and execute and develop student programming, while supporting the Project Director. **This position is restricted and is funded with non-continuous or non-recurring funding and is subject to continuation based on fiscal year funds and the needs of the College.

Duties

Duties and Tasks:

• Engage in direct interactions, relationship building for career related career related student recruitment, advising and coaching

• Keep accurate, up to date notes with the appropriate student tracking software

• Tracks student enrollment and student forms

• Collect data, track outcomes, and produce reports about students receiving career coaching

• Assist with event management

• Assists with data compilation

• Meet occasionally with colleagues on the career team to remain up to date on policy and processes related to career services.

• Work with internal and external stakeholders, including faculty, staff to update and share career information and opportunities related to assigned disciplines.

• Serve as a liaison to advising teams

• Participate in College task forces, committees, and working groups.

• Participates in regular professional development as required and/or relevant to the assigned work.

• Reports to the Mandel Grant Program Manager

• Ability to occasionally travel to off-campus work sites such as other campuses, college sites, local universities, or employee sites.

Application Process

For further information and to Apply: https://jobs.vccs.edu/postings/77776

Institution Information

EEO STATEMENT: The Virginia Community College System, an EEO employer, welcomes applications from people of all backgrounds and recognizes the benefits of a diverse workforce. Therefore, the VCCS is committed to providing a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. Employment decisions are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications. We prohibit discrimination and harassment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, mental or physical disabilities, political affiliation, veteran status, gender identity, or other non-merit factors.

Additional Information

Background Check Statement: The selected candidate’s offer is contingent upon the successful completion of a criminal background investigation, which may include: fingerprint checks, local agency checks, employment verification, verification of education, credit checks (relevant to employment). Additionally, selected candidates may be required to complete the Commonwealth’s Statement of Economic Interest. For more information, please follow this link: http://ethics.dls.virginia.gov/

Contact Information

https://jobs.vccs.edu/postings/77776

Qualifications:

Required Qualifications

KSA’s Requirements:

• Knowledge of career development and job search strategies

• Knowledge of recruitment, academic planning, course scheduling, transfer, career and student development advising.

• Knowledge of college readiness research, persistence/retention and completion research and best practices for traditional and non-traditional students.

• Ability to discern appropriate instances of confidentiality and effectively communicate this with students.

• Ability to promote inclusive advising and career sessions and a campus climate respectful of diversity and multiculturalism.

• Ability to utilize interpersonal and problem-solving skills to collaborate and negotiate with students, faculty, staff, parents, members of the community and college representatives.

• Ability to work with College faculty and staff in support of Mandel Grant outcomes

• Ability to understand, disseminate, interpret, and communicate college policies and regulations using approved and accepted processes and practices.

• Demonstrate outstanding oral and written communication skills, including the development of letters, emails, and workshop materials, and the ability to present to and instruct large and small audiences.

• Ability to design, implement, and evaluate programs including career workshops and events

• Ability to use and analyze data to evaluate and improve programs

• Knowledge of, and skill in, computer usage including Microsoft Office, e-mail, student information systems, such as Simplicity and CANVAS, ticket tracking software, Microsoft Suite Reader, social media, and use of the Internet to complete research.

• Ability to occasionally travel to off-campus work sites such as other campuses or workplaces

• Ability to manage multiple tasks in a timely manner in a fast-paced environment.

Minimum Requirements:

• Experience with providing advising/career advising for college students or adults as a primary job/role responsibility.

• Experience working and/or studying in the liberal arts.

• Experience with customer service

• Experience with student tracking data platforms.

• Experience in Microsoft office.

Preferred Qualifications

Additional Considerations:

• Experience working in a higher education setting.

• Experience in recruiting in a higher education setting.

• Experience with tracking individual student progress through career development milestones.

• Experience with event planning, implementation, and evaluation.

• Bilingual with proficiency in a foreign language frequently spoken in Northern Virginia.

• Knowledge of relevant federal, state, VCCS, and college policies and regulations including the Family Education Rights Privacy Act (FERPA), Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), Title IX, and VAWA/SaVE, and Clery legislation.

• Experience utilizing Navigate and PeopleSoft or other student information systems.