Liberal Arts Academic and Career Advisor (*Restricted)

at  Northern VA Community College

Title: Liberal Arts Academic and Career Advisor (*Restricted)
Agency: Northern VA Community College
Location: Fairfax County - 059
FLSA: Exempt
Hiring Range: $65,000/yr
Full Time or Part Time: Full Time
Additional Detail

JOB DESCRIPTION:

General Description:
The Liberal Arts Career Advisor reports to the Mandel Grant Program Director; in this role the new Liberal Arts Career Advisor 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.

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.

KSA’S REQUIREMENTS:

• Knowledge of coaching theory including 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:

• 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