Mentor

Oasis Center • Nashville, TN

11h • $37,000 - $40,000

About The Position

JOB OBJECTIVE: Manage college, financial aid, and scholarship activities for students and their families in order to impart hope, build confidence, communicate the importance of education, and bring students and colleges together. Provide guidance and counseling to students and families regarding college choice and transitions from high school to higher education. Essential Functions: Counsel a minimum of 100 students and families for 5 hours or more on goals and college choice options. Ensure students are exposed to a variety of college options through online exploration, and on occasion, group college visits. Provide admissions application assistance including application reviews, transcript submission, essay assistance, recommendations. Assist students and families with filing FAFSA and support through the verification process, as necessary. Advocate and communicate for students with postsecondary institutions. Verify new and continuing college attendance. Maintain data weekly on student matriculation, enrollment, and retention. Maintain visibility at assigned locations. Assist in coordinating and facilitating ACT prep classes. Support community-based efforts occurring at satellite positions. Hold weekly office hours at YOC and help provide drop-in center coverage. Support Oasis Resource Center Staff onsite at Nashville State Community College locations. Collaborate with other Oasis programs to offer individualized, college and career exploration workshops Assist with summer programming which includes leading Power Youth students through OCC’s college knowledge curriculum. Marketing and Community Relations Essential Functions: Represent the organization to the community in conjunction with the Director and other staff members Assist in the coordination of marketing efforts internal and external to the organization Administration Essential Functions: Provide regular reports to the Program Director as required. Attend organization staff and departmental meetings as assigned. Requirements Minimal Requirements / Performance Standards: Bachelor’s degree required Experience in counseling, admissions, and/or financial aid a plus Knowledge of college choice options, admissions, financial aid, scholarships Understanding of racial and gender inequities and other forms of discrimination and willingness to operate from an anti-oppression model. Public speaking experience. Ability to effectively collect, organize, and retrieve data. Knowledge of higher education and barriers to higher education for low-income and first-generation college bound students. Knowledge and ability to utilize office equipment and computer software. Exceptional oral and written communication skills. Ability to work cooperatively with staff, students, and the community. A valid driver’s license and transportation PHYSICAL DEMANDS The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The physical demands of this position may be reasonably accommodated for individuals with disabilities on a case-by-case basis. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to stand and walk. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, and distance vision. The above job description is meant to describe the general nature and level of work being performed; it is not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required for the position. Oasis Center is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer and is operated in accordance with a policy which does not permit discrimination because of race, color, sex, age, handicap, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree required
• Experience in counseling, admissions, and/or financial aid a plus
• Knowledge of college choice options, admissions, financial aid, scholarships
• Understanding of racial and gender inequities and other forms of discrimination and willingness to operate from an anti-oppression model.
• Public speaking experience.
• Ability to effectively collect, organize, and retrieve data.
• Knowledge of higher education and barriers to higher education for low-income and first-generation college bound students.
• Knowledge and ability to utilize office equipment and computer software.
• Exceptional oral and written communication skills.
• Ability to work cooperatively with staff, students, and the community.
• A valid driver’s license and transportation

Responsibilities

• Counsel a minimum of 100 students and families for 5 hours or more on goals and college choice options.
• Ensure students are exposed to a variety of college options through online exploration, and on occasion, group college visits.
• Provide admissions application assistance including application reviews, transcript submission, essay assistance, recommendations.
• Assist students and families with filing FAFSA and support through the verification process, as necessary.
• Advocate and communicate for students with postsecondary institutions.
• Verify new and continuing college attendance.
• Maintain data weekly on student matriculation, enrollment, and retention.
• Maintain visibility at assigned locations.
• Assist in coordinating and facilitating ACT prep classes.
• Support community-based efforts occurring at satellite positions.
• Hold weekly office hours at YOC and help provide drop-in center coverage.
• Support Oasis Resource Center Staff onsite at Nashville State Community College locations.
• Collaborate with other Oasis programs to offer individualized, college and career exploration workshops
• Assist with summer programming which includes leading Power Youth students through OCC’s college knowledge curriculum.
• Represent the organization to the community in conjunction with the Director and other staff members
• Assist in the coordination of marketing efforts internal and external to the organization
• Provide regular reports to the Program Director as required.
• Attend organization staff and departmental meetings as assigned.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level