"Career Advisor"

Position Summary

Located 45 minutes from the Nations Capital, nestled in a history-rich community of southern Maryland, The College of Southern Maryland (CSM) has been twice named in the top 150 community colleges by the Aspen Institute with academic programs in over 100 disciplines. CSM is among Americas top 100 producers of Minority associate degrees in twenty categories, according to Diverse Issues in Higher Education. CSM offers excellent health insurance benefits; State Retirement Pension plan; wellness programs; Code Green early closure Fridays in the summer; college closure for spring break and several major holidays, including the week between Christmas and New Year; and for several days in March for Spring Break. We are an innovative institution committed to student success and well known for our flexibility to meet student and community needs.

The Career Advisor supports students through the CSM registration process, provides access to resources and services which highlight career pathways, and serves as a resource throughout the tri-county region for career information and student success. Additionally, the Advisor serves as a liaison to academic departments, college committees, secondary schools, and community organizations. The individual in this position must be knowledgeable of college offerings for both credit and continuing education programs as well as become familiar with Charles, Calvert, and St. Marys school system career discovery models. The Academic and Career Advisor reports to the Executive Director of Academic Advising.

This position was created in accordance with the Maryland Blueprint to provide secondary school students career advisement. The position is grant funded and is projected to end June 30, 2030.

Reports to: Executive Director of Academic Advising

The hiring salary for this position will be from the min to mid-point of the salary range advertised. This position is open until filled.

Specific Duties and Responsibilities

75% Career Advising

• Provides career advising and career counseling to students who are dually enrolled
• Refers dually enrolled students to a variety of tools, resources, and programming to support career planning and help students identify career pathways
• Conducts workshops and programs that foster career discovery and exploration to dually enrolled students
• Provides job readiness assistance to dully enrolled students through resume writing assistance, interview strategies and preparation.
• Supports dually enrolled students in the exploration of experiential opportunities such as internships, service learning, employment and linking them to community resources.
• Serves as a liaison for field trip requests to the appropriate CSM department relating to career exploration visits.
• Serves as liaison to academic departments, college committees, and community organizations as directed by supervisor that support the dually enrolled population.
• Participates in the development, implementation, review, presentation, and revision of orientations for Dual and Early College students.
• Organizes, develops, and promotes career-related events on campus and in the community, collaborating with marketing, employers, agencies, and school systems to engage students and stakeholders.
• Assist students with career-based computerized systems (i.e Career Coach, Career Network, O*Net).
• Supports students intending to remain at CSM after their EC program by helping them understand how completed courses align with their career goals and assisting with re-admission processes.

25% Administrative

• Provides referrals to other campus and community resources regarding student issues both academic and personal.
• Maintains tracking systems of student contact and classifications for reporting purposes, such career assistance, workshops and classroom visits, orientation and others as directed by supervisor.
• Develops innovative solutions to managing a large student caseload and disseminating student services information.
• Maintains systematic and frequent contact with advisees.
• Serves as liaison and foster intentional relationships with other advisors, offices, colleges, and departments.
• Refers students to the appropriate specialized staff for such issues as comprehensive counseling, financial assistance, study abroad, etc.
• Coordinates communications to the dually enrolled students regarding such things as registration, career opportunities, workshops, student life activities, and student support services.
• Maintains accurate records (including electronic records) of student interactions, analyzes data, and develops reports to share with Tri-County Career Partners.
• Meet monthly with tri-county Career Coordinators from the K-12 and Tri County Counsel for Southern Maryland (TCCSMD) partners.
• Responsible for developing reports in conjunctions with partners for quarterly and annual AIB-Maryland Blueprint assessment
• Responsible for monitoring grant expenditures (ie: travel) and reporting to Executive Director of Advising and Career Services
• Maintains and organizes a Teams group to archive information specific to the Maryland Blueprint, ensuring files are updated and accessible to team members as needed.
• Other duties as assigned by the Executive Director of Advising and Career Services

Minimum Education and Training

Education and Experience:

• BS or BA degree required with two years experience in career development, education, advising or related field.
• Professional Career Coach Certification required or ability to obtain within 12 months of employment start date
• Experience with computer data entry and Microsoft office suite
• Experience in assisting students in a college setting in academic and/or career development.

Minimum Qualifications and Standards Required

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Excellent communication skills, written and oral.
• Ability to work with a diverse population with wide variety of needs.
• Ability to advise students about the career exploration process.
• Ability to disseminate information on institutional policies and procedures.
• Knowledge of the dual enrollment partnership agreements
• Ability to lead group workshops and information sessions
• Ability to be a student advocate when appropriate.
• Ability to stay abreast of changing institutional information including admissions requirements, new programs, course changes, deadlines, important dates, costs, expanding facilities, updates in college-wide initiatives, transfer requirements, and state and federal mandates.
• Knowledge and understanding of the institution's interpretation of FERPA rules for the release of student information to faculty, parents, students, etc.
• Position requires high level of confidentiality.
• Ability to work with limited supervision.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS
The work is sedentary work which requires exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or negligible amount of force frequently or constantly.

WORK ENVIRONMENT
Work is performed in a relatively safe and secure work environment.