Pipeline Project Advisor

Pipeline Program Advisor

Responsibilities

• Identify, recruit, and serve an assigned caseload of Project Participants in 9th-12th grades
• Provide academic advising, college, career, financial literacy, and financial aid information and workshops to Project Participants
• Provide all 12th grade Project Participants with individual technical assistance with the college admissions and financial aid process
• Establish Project Participant files with required documentation
• Enter Project Participant demographics into the Project database
• Document all contacts with Project Participants on Individual and/or Group Service Logs
• Enter all contacts with Project Participants into the Project database.
• Generate daily, weekly, monthly demographic and contact reports from the Project database
• Assist Project Director to generate the Annual Performance Report.
• Adhere to agency and Project policies and procedures.
• Comply with grant and federal regulations

Education Required

Bachelor's Degree required in education, psychology, sociology, education, health care or behavioral health related field from an accredited college or university

Knowledge and Ability

Knowledge of academic advising and college, career, financial aid and economic literacy activities and services for low-income and potential first generation college youth

Ability to effectively maintain a caseload of Project Participants and provide them with services and activities as indicated on their Individual Service Plans

Knowledge of basic computers skills including Microsoft Office

Ability to effectively communicate orally and in writing

Ability to establish working relationships with school contacts

Knowledge of barriers to postsecondary education faced by low income and potential first generation college youth in the target area