OEI Academic Advisor

Key Responsibilities

• Provide holistic advising (academic, personal and social support) in an educational setting to individuals and groups of OEI scholars and OEI community members
• Assists students with exploring options, setting goals, and creating a plan to achieve desired outcomes
• Monitor academic progress of students and assist with their post-graduation transition to work or graduate school
• Assist with planning and implementing programming events and workshops for the collaboration with Financial Aid office
• Monitor students' success through ongoing outreach and advising; make appropriate referrals and interventions
• Maintain confidential records and provide student information on each assigned student for the required database. (Provide information for college, state, and federal reports)
• Admissions and recruitment
• Assume related administrative duties and responsibilities as assigned
• Bachelor’s degree required
• Experience working with college students, staff and faculty of diverse socioeconomic, cultural, and ethnic backgrounds, including those with different levels of academic preparation and varying physical and/or learning abilities
• Demonstrated knowledge of outreach and retention strategies that meet the needs of college students from low-income and/or first-generation backgrounds
• Confidence and proficiency with computers
• Driver’s license strongly recommended
• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously
• Excellent interpersonal skills, ability to collaborate with students, staff, and faculty with both written and verbal skills
• Bilingual in Spanish is a plus
• Please submit a cover letter, resume, and list of three professional contact references to Interfolio.