Responsibilities
- Communicate regularly with students and their families to identify their needs, goals, and expectations for their college admissions journey
- Provide end-to-end counseling, including
- Regular 60-minute advising sessions via Zoom with each of your students
- Keeping track of deadlines for various applications and educational milestones
- Assigning relevant tasks between sessions to maximize student success
- Responding to student and parent inquiries
- Successfully and conscientiously manage a cohort of students at various grade levels (9-12, transfer, grad school, and gap year)
- Typical cohorts are between 5 to 10 students at a given time
- Support student progress by providing personalized advising tailored to each student’s geographic location, financial needs, academic and extracurricular goals, and long-term trajectory.
- Conduct research as needed to support your advising sessions, clarify inquiries, or present valuable information/resources to your students.
- Lead students in the exploration, research, and discernment of a balanced college list that reflects their academic, professional, and personal interests.
- Be forward-thinking and strategic in the advice and guidance provided to your students, ensuring that you are an expert and up-to-date on the admissions issues they are facing.
- Mentor students through the writing process for personal statements, supplemental essays, résumés, etc. by helping students identify their personal narrative and providing meaningful and actionable feedback on their materials.
- Advocate for students by providing feedback on student résumés, college essays and activities lists between and during individual advising sessions.
- Participate in biweekly meetings with 6-8 other Prepory coaches conducted by your Lead Coach mentor.
- Participate as an additional reader in our Committee Review.
- Maintain detailed communication with the Program Director and Director of Client Success to provide ongoing updates on student progress
Qualifications of our Ideal Candidate
- Graduated from or worked at a top 50 university or top 20 liberal arts college
- Former college admissions officer experience is preferred but not mandatory
- Detailed knowledge of the U.S. college admissions process, familiarity with universities and colleges, and willingness to stay current with changes in the college admission process
- Experience in an educational or academic support role (teaching, AmeriCorps, research, etc.)
- Ability to manage multiple priorities and students
- Availability during typical after-school hours and on weekends, and in some instances, availability to meet with students in international time zones
- Efficient time management, organizational skills and attention to detail
- Excellent written and interpersonal communication skills
- Ability to commit to work with students for one year or the end of the admission cycle
- Expected commitment: approximately 20 hours per week.
Compensation Range
$24.00/hr - $32.75/hr
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