Advise NC at Duke University is recruiting recent college graduates to serve as Next Step Adviser in the following NC counties: Lee, Sampson, Richmond. Advise NC at Duke University program seeks recent college graduates to serve as full-time Next Step Advisers and AmeriCorps members in low-income high schools. Advise NC is a statewide post-secondary planning organization that employs Next Step Advisers to help high school students and their families make informed decisions about their post-high school plans. These plans include the three Es: Enrollment, Enlistment, or Employment. Next Step Advisers are expected to tailor programs and activities to meet the specific needs of their assigned schools and perform the following primary essential functions:\u00a0<\/p>\n
Provide one-on-one admissions and financial aid advice to any student or family seeking assistance.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Encourage each student to consider a broad range of appropriate college choices.\u00a0<\/p>\n Develop for each student a comprehensive college timeline, including application deadlines for admission and financial aid.\u00a0<\/p>\n Help each student complete and submit admissions and financial aid applications.\u00a0<\/p>\n Assist each student in interpreting correspondence from colleges, including offers of admission and financial aid.\u00a0<\/p>\n Organize group events that encourage students and their families to consider, plan for, and apply to colleges and universities.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Visit classrooms, assemblies, and club meetings to offer advising services and emphasize the importance of college.\u00a0<\/p>\n Collaborate with local community groups\u2014churches, boys\u2019 and girls\u2019 clubs, social service providers\u2014to offer group events outside the school setting and hours.\u00a0<\/p>\n Establish productive working relationships with principals, counselors, and teachers in each assigned high school.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Assess, in consultation with Advise NC program staff and school personnel, the needs of each school, and adapt programs and activities to meet these needs.\u00a0<\/p>\n Actively seek the advice and counsel of the on-site supervisor at each partner high school\u00a0<\/p>\n Assist in assessing and ensuring the long-term sustainability of the program.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Assist the program director and evaluation staff in identifying, collecting, and interpreting key progress and outcome variables to evaluate the effectiveness of the program.\u00a0<\/p>\n Submit monthly progress reports to the Advise NC program staff, documenting progress, and outcome data.\u00a0<\/p>\n Represent Advise NC, as requested by the program director, to potential supporters and to other interested parties.\u00a0<\/p>\n Maintain expertise in admissions and financial aid advising.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Participate fully in training.\u00a0<\/p>\n In consultation with the Advise NC program staff, seek out and participate in other opportunities for professional development. \u00a0<\/p>\n Required Qualifications:<\/strong><\/p>\n U.S. Citizenship or permanent residency status.\u00a0<\/p>\n Must be 18 years of age or older.\u00a0<\/p>\n Must have a high school diploma or GED.\u00a0<\/p>\n Applicants must have earned or will earn a bachelor\u2019s degree by the start of employment in the position.\u00a0<\/p>\n Preferred Qualifications:<\/strong><\/p>\n An interest in equity and access to education.\u00a0<\/p>\n Experience working with students through tutoring, volunteering, and\/or mentoring.\u00a0<\/p>\n Experience with organization and\/or planning events.\u00a0<\/p>\n Excellent written and oral communication skills.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n The following activities are non-essential functions to assist in the efforts of other AmeriCorps Next Step Advisers within the service area:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Regularly visit other high schools in their assigned service area during school days\u00a0<\/p>\n Help organize, provide support for, and attend evening and weekend events organized by other Advise NC members.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Required Commitments<\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n Members must serve at their service site in accordance with the school\/district calendar. 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