Educational Advisor

Mercer University•Macon, GA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Mercer University TRIO Programs is seeking an Educational Advisor for the Educational Opportunity Center on its Macon, Georgia campus. The role provides academic, career, and personal guidance to eligible first-generation, low-income high school students to support success in secondary school and postsecondary enrollment. The advisor plans, implements, and evaluates services that promote academic achievement, personal development, and college readiness, coordinating advising, tutoring, peer mentoring, workshops, and field trips in accordance with grant requirements. The advisor provides primary participant advisement, teaches grade-level seminar classes, leads workshops, supervises student peer mentors, and coordinates recruitment and outreach at target schools. The role also provides additional support for a summer residential program, which may include overnight responsibilities. This is an in-person position with a scheduled 40-hour workweek. Employment is contingent on external funding and depends on continuation of that funding. Occasional morning, evening, weekend, and overnight assignments are required, as is travel on university business.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university.
Prior professional experience in tutoring, instruction, academic advising, student support, or a related educational setting.
Experience monitoring participants' academic progress and career development and providing instruction or support responsive to various learning styles.
Valid driver's license and ability to be insured by the university's insurance carrier.
Proficiency with basic computer applications, including Microsoft Office and Google Workspace.
Ability to establish and maintain cooperative working relationships with participants, university faculty and staff, families, and other stakeholders.
Effective oral and written communication skills and experience working with people from different backgrounds and lived experiences.
Ability to learn and use student information systems, learning management systems, TRIO databases, communication platforms, and other technologies for advising, documentation, and program administration.
Proficiency in data entry, recordkeeping, and basic computer applications.
Knowledge of, or ability to learn and apply, effective instructional, advising, mentoring, and student-support strategies for students with varying learning styles and educational needs.
Ability to create and deliver engaging presentations, workshops, individual advising sessions, and group activities.
Ability to learn and clearly disseminate detailed information, follow policies and procedures, exercise appropriate judgment, and attend closely to detail.
Strong organizational and time-management skills, including the ability to manage an assigned participant caseload and meet documentation and service requirements.
Ability to maintain confidentiality of student information and accurate program records.
Willingness and ability to work occasional mornings, evenings, weekends, and overnight assignments and to travel on university business.
Must pass a criminal background check and an approved driver's history check.

Responsibilities

Provide academic, career, and personal guidance to eligible first-generation, low-income high school students.
Plan, implement, and evaluate services supporting student academic achievement, personal development, and college readiness.
Coordinate participant advising, tutoring, peer mentoring, workshops, and field trips in accordance with grant requirements.
Provide primary advisement to program participants.
Teach grade-level seminar classes and lead participant workshops.
Supervise student peer mentors.
Coordinate recruitment and outreach of prospective participants at target schools.
Provide additional support for the summer residential program, which may require overnight responsibilities.
Monitor participant academic progress and career development and maintain accurate program documentation and records.
Travel on university business as needed.