Careers Job Description
General Description
Position Summary: The Manhattan Educational Opportunity Center, a BMCC-administered adult education center on 125th Street, seeks a Junior College Advisor for the College Connections Project (CCP). The CCP provides comprehensive college access services to New York City adults age 19+. The CCP aims to inspire, motivate, and empower non-traditional adult students to seek higher education. The CCP is a federal TRIO Educational Opportunity Center (EOC) project funded by the US Department of Education. The College Advisor will work with participants on meeting the four objectives of TRIO EOC programs: (1) earning a secondary school diploma or its equivalent (for those without such a credential); (2) completing a college application; (3) completing financial aid applications; and (4) enrolling in postsecondary education. The Junior College Advisor must be able to prioritize effectively and multi-task in order to achieve the goals of the CCP. The Junior College Advisor reports to the MEOC Coordinator of Strategic College Initiatives, and the Senior College Advisor.
Job Responsibilities:
- Counsel participants on college admission requirements, selecting colleges to which to apply, considering college majors, and navigating college enrollment processes, especially at CUNY and SUNY Empire State College.
- Assist participants in completing college applications, financial aid applications, and financial aid verification requirements in one-on-one meetings and small group settings; troubleshoot participants’ technical issues by contacting college administrators and seeking out appropriate information and guidance. Provide college application fee waivers to eligible participants.
- Facilitate college-planning workshops, including Financial Aid and CUNY Assessment Test Preparation workshops. Edit workshop materials.
- Recruit participants through outreach activities, including visits to MEOC classrooms, partnership building with adult-serving organizations, email marketing, and advertising campaigns.
- Design and edit marketing materials for presentations and outreach activities.
- Maintain records of participant progress and program activities.
- Work collaboratively with MEOC staff and staff from partner organizations to publicize CCP services and ensure participant success; follow-up with participants to ensure participant success in reaching milestones.
- Build positive relationships with college admission representatives.
- Participate in professional development activities.
- Ensure confidentiality of participant records in accordance with the City University and State University of New York policies and procedures.
- Perform other duties as directed by the Coordinator of Strategic College Initiatives and the Executive Director.
Other Duties
Qualifications
Core Competencies:
- Commitment to the educational advancement of low-income individuals; experience overcoming barriers similar to the targeted population preferred.
- Passion for college access and college success work.
- Ability to present to large groups.
- Ability to communicate effectively; ability to listen and respond to the concerns/ideas of others.
- Ability to follow-up with participants to ensure TRIO EOC objectives is attained.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Human Services, Psychology, Social Work or related field required.
- Minimum two years of prior work experience in college access, adult education, youth development, guidance counseling, or a related area is required.
- Knowledge of the college admission and financial aid processes is required, with knowledge of the CUNY and SUNY systems preferred.
- Experience with student information data systems is highly desired.
This is a grant funded position.
Position will close 30 days from job posting date.
RFCUNY Benefits
RFCUNY Employee Benefits and AccrualsAbout the Research Foundation
The Research Foundation of The City University of New York (RFCUNY) is a nonprofit educational corporation founded in 1963 to provide post-award fiscal and administrative support for CUNY’s research and sponsored programs. RFCUNY’s services allow CUNY researchers, faculty, and staff to focus on their intellectual curiosity and scientific discoveries, on projects and programs that serve our local and global communities, proposing concrete solutions to society’s most pressing challenges.
RFCUNY serves as a fiscal agent and works closely with all the CUNY campus Grants Offices to perform the core functions of post-award financial management for CUNY research projects and sponsored programs. These functions include legal assessment and signing of agreements where RFCUNY is named as a fiscal agent; setting up award accounts; preparing sub-awards and assisting PIs in monitoring the work of the recipients of sub-awards; supporting project directors with hiring and managing research project and sponsored program staff; supporting the purchasing and paying for goods and services with grant and program funds; managing financial aspects of projects including accounts receivable, financial reporting, invoicing, budget monitoring, and cost compliance with uniform guidance; ensuring that sponsor financial requirements are met; monitoring compliance with applicable project and financial management rules and laws; supporting the management of independent and external audits and financial reviews; and providing data, information, management expertise, and other supports to CUNY’s research and sponsored programs.
Equal Employment Opportunity Statement
Key Features
MEOC
Full Time
$37,000.00 - $43,000.00
Oct 19, 2016 (Or Until Filled)