College Recruitment Advisor

Job Title

College Recruitment Advisor

Agency

Texas A&M University

Department

Undergraduate Strategic Partnerships

Proposed Minimum Salary

Commensurate

Job Location

College Station, Texas

Job Type

Staff

Job Description

What we want

Are you passionate about guiding the next generation towards their dreams?

As a College Recruitment Advisor, you'll play a pivotal role in helping high school students navigate the exciting journey of researching, applying to, and enrolling in colleges that will shape their futures. If you're ready to make a difference, we invite you to apply and join our dynamic team!

What you need to know

Salary: $16.39/Hourly (Non-negotiable) 

Cover Letter & Resume: A cover letter and resume are strongly recommended

Position Details: Ability to coordinate and attend events and meetings at times beyond usual working hours. Employment will begin with a training period of approximately three to four weeks. Upon successful completion of training, employees will be assigned to a specific high school, typically beginning the assignment in late August. Contingent on funding and acceptance by the program manager, the employee may be allowed to continue working an additional month to complete excess processing. At the end of this first contract period, advisors may be allowed to renew this contract for one additional term only, contingent upon funding and acceptance by the program manager.

Qualifications

Required Education and Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree from an institution in the state of Texas

• No experience required

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience working with high school students

• Experience working with Admissions and/or Financial Aid

• Background in general office conditions with significant time spent working with high school students

• Bilingual in English and Spanish

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Ability to relate well with a high school student population

• Ability to work as a regional/off-site team member in a dynamic organization, possessing a positive attitude and excellent customer service orientation

• Must be literate in the English language and able to comprehend and follow both written and verbal instructions

• Perform accurately in a detail-oriented environment with good interpersonal and communication skills

• Ability to make decisions independently and, at times, with little to no direction

• Self-directed, initiator, and problem-solver

• Ability to work urgently on multiple tasks at once in a fast paced and results oriented environment

• Commitment to the success of high school students through the college application process

Responsibilities

Advising:

• Provides one-on-one admissions and financial-aid advice to any student or family seeking assistance. Encourages each student to consider a broad range of appropriate college choices.

• Develops for each student a comprehensive college timeline, including application deadlines for admissions and financial aid.

• Helps each student complete and submit admissions, scholarships, and financial aid applications. Assists each student in interpreting correspondence from colleges, including offers of admission and financial aid.

• May travel to various high schools and other locations to perform advising and program work. 

Coordinating:

• Organizes group events that encourage students and their families to consider, plan for, and apply to colleges and universities.

• Visits classrooms, assemblies, and club meetings to offer Advise TX services and emphasize the importance of college.

• Visits feeder middle schools to encourage early planning for college.

• Works with local community groups and other social-service providers to offer group events outside school setting and community service hours. 

Assisting:

• Assists in the efforts of other Advise TX advisers within the service area and in the assessment and long-term sustainability of the program.

• Visits other high schools in their assigned service area during school days.

• Helps organize, provide support for, and attend evening and weekend events organized by other adviser(s).

• Assists the program manager and evaluation staff to identify, collect, and interpret key progress and outcome variables to evaluate the effectiveness of the Advise TX program.

• Submits monthly progress reports to the program manager documenting progress and outcome data.

• Meets, as appropriate, with evaluators from the National Office or Texas A&M.

• Represent Advise TX, as requested by the program manager, to potential supporters and to other interested parties. 

Partnerships: 

• Establishes productive working relationships with principals, counselors, and teachers in the assigned high school.

• Assesses, in consultation with the Advise TX program manager and school personnel, the particular needs of each school and adapts programs and activities to meet these needs.

• Actively seeks the advice and counsel of the on-site supervisor at each partner high school. 

Knowledge: 

• Maintains expertise in admissions and financial aid advising.

• Participates fully in four weeks of residential training each summer on the Texas A&M campus.

• In consultation with the program manager, seeks out and participates in other opportunities for professional development.

Who we are

Undergraduate Strategic Partnerships collaborates with the College Advising Corps (CAC) to ensure every student has an opportunity to enter and complete college. We serve more than 50 high schools spread across the state in Dallas/Fort Worth, San Antonio, Houston, Brazos Valley, and Rio Grande Valley regional areas. In an effort to increase the number of low-income, underrepresented, and first-generation students pursuing higher education, the Texas A&M program hires, trains, and places exceptional recent college graduates from all fields of study to serve as full time, near-peer college advisers in underserved high schools.

Why Texas A&M University?

We are a prestigious university with strong traditions, Core Values, and a community of caring and collaboration. Amenities associated with a major university, such as sporting and cultural events, state-of-the-art recreation facilities, the Bush Library and Museum, and much more await you.  Experience all that a big city has to offer but with a reasonable cost-of-living and no long commutes.   

• Health, dental, vision, life and long-term disability insurance with Texas A&M contributing to employee health and basic life premiums  

• 12-15 days of annual paid holidays   

• Eight hours of paid sick leave and at least eight hours of paid vacation each month  

• Automatically enrollment in the Teacher Retirement System of Texas   

• Health and Wellness: Free exercise programs and release time

• Professional Development: All employees have access to freeLinkedIn Learning training and webinars 

• Employee Tuition Assistance and Educational Release timefor completing a degree while a Texas A&M employee  

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Our Commitment

Texas A&M University is committed to enriching the learning and working environment by promoting a culture that respects all perspectives, talents & lived experiences.  Embracing varying opinions and perspectives strengthens our corevalues which are: Respect, Excellence, Leadership, Loyalty, Integrity, and Selfless Service.

All positions are security-sensitive. Applicants are subject to a criminal history investigation, and employment is contingent upon the institution’s verification of credentials and/or other information required by the institution’s procedures, including the completion of the criminal history check.

Equal Opportunity/Veterans/Disability Employer.