Director College Access

The organization is seeking a Director of College Access will manage the operation of our college access program. This will include overseeing and assisting a team of College & Career Readiness Specialists in the facilitation of our college exploration curriculum, managing the Ronay Menschel Scholarship and partnerships for college access.

Duties and Responsibilities

Content Creation

• Collaborate with PN Leadership in the development of a College Access

• Work closely with Community School Director to build on the 4 pillars
• Alignment with Workforce and Career Readiness supports.
• Work closely with the Workforce Ed. team and operations to create opportunities for referrals to PN Workforce and career pathway programs

• Lead a team of College & Career yo engage and meaningful plan to support a cohort of high school students through their college and financial aid application process.
• Design a recruitment and retention strategy to ensure program meets target enrollment
• Review current PN workshop materials and create standardized content/ lesson plans/ scopes and sequences

Case Management & Facilitation

• Might work individually with students to provide them with the tools/ information needed to research schools
• Complete college applications and the financial aid/ financial planning process.
• Might assist in the facilitation of the curriculum by providing direct service instruction to participants
• Establish a comfortable learning environment and implement clear, consistent age-appropriate expectations
• Model appropriate child development practices

General

• Ensure progress-monitoring of College Access Model targets; ensure data is entered into Salesforce on a regular basis and accurate
• Handle additional responsibilities and functions as assigned by the Managing Director

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree (minimum)
• Experience  (2-4 years) in College Guidance and in supervision of staff
• Excellent oral and written communication skills and computer literacy
• Bilingual (Spanish speaking) preferred
• Strong knowledge of the social and academic needs of in-school youth
• Ability to participate as part of an interdisciplinary team
• Understanding of and ability to meet performance-based outcomes
• Ability to adapt quickly to change and work within a results-oriented environment
• Computer literacy
• Enthusiasm, creativity, initiative – and a sense of humor are a MUST!

Salary

$70,000 USD per year