Advisor/Counselor – Part Time

Description

Department: Student Affairs/Advising Office

Pay Grade: 13 (minimum starting hourly rate of $24.94)

FLSA Status: Non-Exempt

JOB SUMMARY

This position assumes responsibility for the advising of new and current students, develops/delivers services to help students define and reach educational goals, and provides support as needed in outreach activities to new and current students. Understands the needs of diverse students and is able to create an inclusive and safe environment for all students. It reports to the Senior Director of Advising and Retention.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:

• Advises current and prospective students regarding educational planning and facilitates students' progress toward career and academic goals. Teaches new students how to use technology including student planning, TEAMS, Starfish, Canvas and student email. Supports and teaches students how to register, track progress and plan for transfer.
• Provides special support to students who are on academic probation including goal setting and calculating GPA requirements for success.
• Advises and supports dual enrollment students in coordination with Admissions.
• Understands and communicates transfer requirements, laws and helps students with transfer planning.
• Designs and presents workshops, class presentations, and seminars to facilitate academic planning, registration, and help meet students' related career, transfer and advising needs.
• Serves as the advising liaison with one or more Area of Study including participating in the planning and promoting of initiatives to encourage student involvement.
• May be responsible for providing academic advising to designated student populations such as student athletes, undeclared majors, or early college participants.
• Uses technology in the support of student success and retention.
• Understands and communicates career options and transfer planning for Area of study students.
• Provides support to students with personal issues through active listening, coaching, referral, and crisis intervention.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Job Requirements

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS TO PERFORM WORK:

• Bachelor's degree.
• At least two years related experience
• Demonstrated ability to assist students in personal/educational development and to work with students in a classroom or workshop setting.
• Be available to work some evenings (10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.) and variable hours when necessary over four days of the week including, at minimum, one evening a week. This part time position, although not to exceed 29 hours a week, requires availability for 29 hours a week.
• Must be positive, cooperative, and supportive.
• Comfortable with both in person and remote meeting environment.
• Demonstrated commitment to belonging, inclusion, and dignity.

• Preferred qualifications:
• Master's degree.
• Bilingual Spanish/English.
• Direct community college advising, or counseling experience

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

The work is normally light work which requires exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects. Periodically, it requires standing for longer periods of time during presentations or fairs. Additionally, the following physical abilities are required:

• Hear/talk/communicate – Must be able to exchange information and communicate
• Visual Acuity/ability to perceive or detect surroundings
• Mental acuity – Able to focus, concentrate, understand and convey subject matter
• Repetitive motion (i.e. keyboarding)
• Stand/sit/walk/able to move or traverse from one area to another

WORK ENVIRONMENT:

College campus, area high schools and related offsite locations. Direct contact with students, staff, faculty and the general public in classrooms, common and shared areas, offices, and campus environments. Work environment involves everyday risks or discomforts which require normal safety precautions typical of such places as office, meeting, and training rooms. Use of safe workplace practices with office equipment; computers for data entry and word processing with some highly technical applications and new technology systems; avoidance of trips and falls; observance of fire and building safety regulations and College policies; and observance of traffic laws if/when driving a College vehicle.

Carroll Community College has the right to revise this position description at any time, and this position description does not represent in any way a contract of employment.

Directions to Apply

Interested applicants must submit a cover letter, resume, and 3 references emailed to advising@carrollcc.edu

This position is open until filled.

To qualify for employment, selected candidates must

• successfully complete a criminal background check (for designated positions)
• must be available to work on campus as of the first day of employment
• Residency restrictions apply: The college does not hire solely online instructors living outside of Maryland. Carroll employees may live in other states, but they must physically work in Maryland the majority of the time. For income tax obligations, employees must be a resident of DC, VA, WV, MD, or PA on the date employment commences. In addition, candidates must be willing to come to campus for identity verification within 3 business days of hire date.
• be currently authorized to work in the US, as the College does not offer Visa sponsorships
• complete an employment application upon request, prior to progressing through the initial interview process

Carroll Community College is committed to fostering a welcoming environment for all. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer.

Organization

Working at Carroll Community College

MISSION

Carroll Community College is a public, open admissions, associate-degree-granting college serving Carroll County, MD with baccalaureate preparation programs, career education, workforce and business development, and personal and cultural enrichment opportunities. As a vibrant, learner-centered community, the college engages students as active learners, prepares them for an increasingly diverse and changing world, and encourages their lifelong learning.

VISION

Carroll Community College is Carroll County's premier learning community for convenient, affordable, state-of-the-market postsecondary training, baccalaureate preparation, and lifelong education. As a learning-centered college that is imbued with integrity, Carroll embraces student learning as its primary and defining mission, encourages students to be full and active partners in learning, creates an environment supporting student and organizational learning, assesses learning outcomes and uses the results to improve learning, and evaluates all areas of the college by how well they support learning.

VALUES

Carroll Community College is an organization that values, recognizes and rewards just, humane, honest and respectful human interaction; ethical and truthful representation of the college to students and the community; positive and collaborative problem-solving; and solutions-oriented action.