College Career Advisor

About this role

Career Team is a leading workforce development organization on a mission to transform lives. We blend cutting-edge technology with compassionate, high-touch services to drive real, measurable outcomes in the lives of job seekers across the country. At Career Team, we’re solving today’s unemployment challenges with smart software, world-class trainers, dedicated case managers, dynamic job developers, and innovative partners. If you're passionate about making a difference and believe in the power of technology to transform lives, you’ll feel right at home here.

TITLE: College Career Advisor

REPORTS TO: Program Manager

LOCATION: Borderplex Region

EMPLOYMENT TYPE: Full-Time, Exempt Employee

Career Team is looking to hire a College Career Advisor who will perform professional work providing career counseling, intensive case management, and follow-up services to participants pursuing postsecondary education and training pathways. This role connects jobseekers and students with college, certificate, and credential programs aligned to in-demand careers. Work is performed under the supervision of the Program Manager.

Your Impact on Career Team's Success:

• Provide career counseling and case management services to participants pursuing college, certificate, and credential pathways

• Assess participants' education, employment, abilities, and training needs through interviewing, testing, and other methods

• Guide participants through the preparation of individual employment plans (IEP) based on their specific educational and occupational goals

• Advise participants on college admissions, financial aid, enrollment, and persistence strategies

• Build and maintain relationships with community colleges, universities, and training providers in the region

• Stay on top of labor market trends and align education and training paths with the skill needs of area business and industry

• Counsel participants on available training programs, support services, and job opportunities

• Refer individuals to appropriate services, training programs, or job opportunities and follow up on those activities

• Conduct orientation sessions, workshops, and other group presentations for participants

• Enter data into WIT and process clients through any participant information system as required

• Maintain accurate individual case files in WIT, assuring each file contains all required eligibility documents and meets compliance requirements

• Follow all policies, procedures, and regulations related to eligibility documentation

• Approach each day and task with a “ZAG” mindset

• Other duties and projects as needed

This position is expected to be a HYBRID position. The selected candidate will be required to work onsite as well as remotely.

To Qualify for This Role, You Must Have:

• Bachelor's degree or higher or an equivalent combination of education and experience

• Strong communication skills and knowledge about community and postsecondary education resources

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to make well-thought-out decisions

• Must be computer literate with MS Word and Excel skills at minimum, and the ability to learn specialized databases and software systems

• Ability to work in a variety of settings with a culturally diverse customer base with the ability to be culturally sensitive

• Ability to serve as a role model to customers and motivate them toward achieving goals

• Excellent interpersonal, time management, customer service, organizational, and communication skills, both oral and written

• Knowledgeable about the WIOA program and other workforce program requirements

• A Valid Driver's License

Additional Skills/Knowledge Career Team Would Love for This Role:

• Experience advising students on college admissions, financial aid, or postsecondary persistence

• Bilingual or multilingual

• Strong multitasking abilities and a proactive approach to tasks

• Training in Trauma Informed Care, evidence-based practice, and/or whole family services

Salary: $48,000 - $52,000/yr

Travel: As Needed About Career Team: Founded in 1996, Career Team, LLC is a private workforce development organization.

Career Team’s outstanding record of accelerating the human condition has resulted in numerous honors:

• Named by Inc. Magazine as one of America's 500 fastest growing privately held companies

• Recipient of the US Chamber of Commerce Blue Chip Enterprise Award for innovation

• Featured by 60 Minutes, CNN, Money Magazine, Inc. Magazine and the British Broadcasting Network as an innovative, government funded solutions program

• Invited to the White House after being cited by the National Welfare-to-Work Partnership and National Alliance of Business as a top 10 US training provider

As a socially conscious organization, Career Team has found a healthy balance between for-profit innovation and community enrichment. Looking ahead, the organization will continue to close the nation’s opportunity divide with additional government-funded workforce sites; while also building staff capacity of workforce funding sources and industry providers. See www.careerteam.com for more information.

Career Team is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or national origin.

Background Check Requirements. Employment is contingent upon successful completion of a background check (including criminal, prior employment and education verification). Failure to satisfactorily complete the background check may affect the application status of applicants or continued employment of current employees who apply for the position.

California Consumer Privacy Act ("CCPA"). Career Team is committed to complying with the CCPA and all data privacy and laws in the jurisdictions in which it recruits and hires employees. Career Team collects and uses Personal Information for

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