Career Center Assistant

Loudoun County Public Schools • Ashburn, VA

1d • Onsite

About The Position

The Career Center Assistant helps students use career and college materials available in the career center of the high school guidance office. The Career Center Assistant is responsible for maintaining the career center as a vital and user-friendly resource area for students, parents, teachers, and counselors.

Requirements

• High school diploma or GED
• Prior related experience
• Ability to plan and organize events.
• Ability to operate a computer, including word processing, creation and use of spreadsheets and data bases, and use of the Internet to obtain information.
• Ability to gather, compile, and classify information and maintain accurate records with detailed information.
• Working knowledge of standard English grammar, spelling, appropriate vocabulary, computation, office practices and procedures, and office equipment.
• Ability to compose routine correspondence and memoranda from general instruction.
• Good organizational, human relations, and communication skills.

Nice To Haves

• Equivalent combinations of education and experience are also acceptable.

Responsibilities

• Makes arrangements for various career and college-related events
• Works with students referred by counselors, teachers, and students themselves and directs all counseling concerns to the counselors
• Ensures that materials are presented in a timely manner so students are able to avail themselves of school and scholarship opportunities vital to further education and the world of work
• Works collaboratively with all counselors in the department, freeing counselors to spend time working directly with students.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED