Career Pathways Advisor

Job Description

Job Description

Salary : $61,236.26 Annually

Edison State Community College invites qualified candidates to apply for the full-time position of Career Pathways Advisor. The Career Pathways Advisor serves as the primary support contact for students working to achieve their educational goals. This position delivers individualized advising, coordinates campus resources, and implements intervention strategies supporting student success. In addition, the incumbent may specialize in serving students from special populations (e.g., veterans, students with disabilities, at-risk students) or special initiatives (e.g., community connections, non-academic support system). By connecting students with appropriate resources and building personalized success plans, the advisor helps ensure access to educational opportunities while supporting student persistence from enrollment through completion.

To be considered, candidates should include cover letter, resume, and list of education / work experience, including job titles in chronological order when completing their online application.

Edison State Community College is an EOE / AA Employer.

Requirements

Functional Responsibilities :

Student Advising and Support :

• Meet with assigned students for initial in-depth advising, career planning, and mapping out an initial Student Education Plan (SEP) using the Guided Pathways model.
• Interpret and apply Edison's assessment / placement model, including the use of multiple measures, for new and transfer students.
• Provide guidance on the career process, including major referrals to Career Development as needed.
• Foster student self-advocacy and independence by teaching students how to navigate online systems and processes while connecting them to information and learning opportunities.
• Establish regular communication and meetings with assigned students to encourage continued success and completion, proactively addressing issues that may arise.
• Work cross-divisionally and collaboratively with Academic Affairs, Workforce Development, and other College departments to increase student success, retention, and completion rates.
• Collaborate with faculty advisors in updating Student Education Plans (SEP) using the Guided Pathways model and addressing issues connected to enrollment, registration, and completion.
• Document all student encounters utilizing the prescribed advising notation technologies.
• Other duties as assigned.

Professional Development and Compliance :

Specialized Support Responsibilities :

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Personal Qualifications :

Required Experience :

Required Educational Background :

Supervises the following staff :

This position supervises student workers as assigned.

Benefits

The following benefits are available to full-time Professional / Technical employees. Employees working less than thirty hours a week are ineligible.

Health & Life Insurance :

Retirement Benefits :

Benefits that are not cost-shared by the college (available for payroll deduction) :

Vacation :

Professional / Technical employees receive 3 weeks of vacation each year which begins accruing on the employee's first pay period. After five years of employment with Edison State the Professional / Technical employee will receive 3.5 weeks each year, after ten years this increases to 4 weeks, after fifteen years the employee will receive 4.5 weeks of vacation and this once again increases to 5 weeks after twenty years of employment with the college.

Sick Leave :

Edison State employees receive 3 weeks of sick leave each year which begins accruing on the employees first pay period.

Holiday Pay :

At the start of their employment employees are eligible to receive pay for the 11 holidays for which the campus is closed.

Tuition Waiver :

Tuition Reimbursement :

Edison State offers partial tuition reimbursement for continued education.

Health Club Contribution :

Edison State will pay a portion of an employee's yearly premiums for a health club membership. Memberships to some local YMCA organizations can be payroll deducted.

The college also provides an on-site fitness center to employees, students and the community at no charge.