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CAC ADVISER
Job Title: CAC ADVISER
Job Code: 3851
FLSA: E
Job Level: 81
Revised Date: 03/01/2014
Job Family: JF 33
Occupational Summary
Provide general and one-on-one admissions and financial-aid advice to any student or family seeking assistance at an assigned high school(s). Encourage each student to consider a broad range of appropriate college choices.
Work Performed
Develop for each student a comprehensive college timeline, including application deadlines for admission and financial aid. Help each student complete and submit admissions and financial-aid applications. Assist each student in interpreting correspondence from colleges, including offers of admission and financial aid. Network with admissions and financial aid officers at local, state and regional universities.
Organize group events at an assigned high school(s) that encourage students and their families to consider, plan for and apply to colleges and universities. Visit classrooms, assemblies and club meetings to offer College Advising Corps services and emphasize the importance of college. Organize visits for college admissions and scholarship officers to high schools. Visit feeder middle schools to encourage early planning for college. Work with local community groups such as churches, boys and girls clubs, social-service providers, to offer group events outside school setting and hours.
Organize college tours and visits for students. Establish productive working relationships with principals, counselors, and teachers in each assigned high school. Assess, in consultation with the Duke College Advising Corps program director and school personnel, the particular needs of each school, and adapt programs and activities to meet these needs. Actively seek the advice and counsel of the on-site supervisor at each partner high school. Assist in the efforts of other Duke College Advising Corps adviser(s) within the service area. Regularly visit other high schools in their assigned service area during school days.
Assist in the assessment and long-term sustainability of the Duke College Advising Corps program. Assist the program director and evaluation staff to identify, collect, and interpret key progress and outcome variables to evaluate the effectiveness of the Duke College Advising Corps program. Participate in weekly staff meetings and in- service training sessions. Submit monthly progress reports to the program director documenting progress and outcome data. Help organize, provide support for, and attend evening and weekend events organized by other adviser(s). Represent the Duke College Advising Corps, as requested by the program director, to potential supporters and to other interested parties. In consultation with the program director, seek out and participate in other opportunities for professional development.
Perform other related duties incidental to the work described herein.
The above statements describe the general nature and level of work being performed by individuals assigned to this classification. This is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities and duties required of personnel so classified.
Required Qualifications at this Level
Education/Training
Bachelor's degree earned by date of hire.
Experience
Preferred work or volunteer service experience in educational outreach to youth and families from diverse backgrounds, near peer advising and counseling to adolescents, or event planning.
Skills
The intent of this job description is to provide a representative and level of the types of duties and responsibilities that will be required of positions given this title and shall not be construed as a declaration of the total of the specific duties and responsibilities of any particular position. Employees may be directed to perform job-related tasks other than those specifically presented in this description.
Duke University is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer committed to providing employment opportunity without regard to an individual's age, color, disability, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, or veteran status.
Duke aspires to create a community built on collaboration, innovation, creativity, and belonging. Our collective success depends on the robust exchange of ideas-an exchange that is best when the rich diversity of our perspectives, backgrounds, and experiences flourishes. To achieve this exchange, it is essential that all members of the community feel secure and welcome, that the contributions of all individuals are respected, and that all voices are heard. All members of our community have a responsibility to uphold these values.
Essential Physical Job Functions
Certain jobs at Duke University and Duke University Health System may include essential job functions that require specific physical and/or mental abilities. Additional information and provision for requests for reasonable accommodation will be provided by each hiring department.
