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