Title: Talent Search Educational Advisor (Student Support Specialist III)
Salary Range: $3,490 - $4,363 per month
Contract Term Length: 12 Months
Standard Hours: 37.5 per week
Work Location: On-Site
FLSA Status: Non-Exempt
College: Bluegrass Community & Technical College
Campus Location: Bluegrass C&TC - Leestown Campus
Department: Academics, & Student Services
Total Rewards
Bluegrass Community & Technical College offers a competitive benefits package and an attractive work environment that supports excellence, innovation, and creativity, including:
- Exceptional health care, vision, and dental coverage for you and your family
- Tuition reimbursement/waiver for you, your spouse, and dependents
- 403(b) retirement plan: a 5% employee contribution receives a 10% employer match
- Vacation/Sick Time
- Work-Life Balance
- 9.5 Paid Holidays
- 2 Weeks Institutional Closing Pay (Last 2 weeks of December) for qualifying positions
- Employee Assistance Program
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Job Summary
Identifies and select participants, assess students’ needs, and provide personal, academic and career services to participants. This position will also present and plan curriculum for 6-12 grades. The Educational Advisor reports to the Project Director. This is a Grant Funded Position
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Job Duties:
- Facilitates meeting the requirements set forth by the U.S. Department of Education grant.
- Assists in the recruitment efforts for Educational Talent Search.
- Monitors recruitment numbers to ensure that program participant requirements are met.
- Maintains secure files for students/participants in the program.
- Work effectively with school and community organization personnel to identify, recruit, select and help meet the educational needs of participants.
- Meet monthly with Talent Search participants at their schools.
- Obtain semester grades for participants from school personnel.
- Participate in the development of a creative curriculum and activity development which enhances educational success, financial literacy and career awareness.
- Develop mentoring relationships and build strong rapport with program participants.
- Provide direct personal, academic and career development services to Talent Search participants.
- Plan and coordinate special educational activities, such as college tours, ACT preparation workshops, and residential camps during spring and summer school breaks.
- Participate in hiring and training of all new staff.
- Assist in publishing and creating blogs, vlogs and newsletters.
- Maintain accurate records and files.
- Document student progress and services provided to project participants. (Blumen)
- Assist the Project Director in conducting evaluations, preparing performance reports, and other reports as required by BCTC, KCTCS and the U.S. Department of Education.
- Participate in conferences and workshops to enhance professional development.
- Other duties as assigned by the project director.
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Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree and 4 years of experience or equivalent
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Preferred Qualifications:
- Master's degree (Counseling, Education, Student Personnel Services, Higher Education, Social Work, or related field)
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Additional Skills Requested:
- Experience teaching and/or advising economically challenged youth.
- Able to effectively communicate with students, parents, and school personnel.
- Able to work creatively and effectively within a team environment.
- Familiar with using MS office applications, Google drive, including other databases.
- Familiar with using social media, Facebook, twitter.
- Excellent written and oral communication skills.
- Self-motivated and able to work independently.
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Employee Rights - Employee Polygraph Protection Act
Equal Opportunity Employer - The Kentucky Community and Technical College System is an equal educational and employment opportunity institution.
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