What are the responsibilities and job description for the Advisor, Concurrent Enrollment Advising Coordinator position at Salt Lake Community College?
The primary purpose of the Salt Lake Community College (SLCC) Concurrent Enrollment (CE) Program is to partner with high schools to deliver a college experience that prepares high school students with the skills and courses they need to navigate the challenges of higher education and complete a meaningful degree or certificate.
The SLCC CE Advising Coordinator is a new position developed to increase our existing efforts to help more students develop academic plans that lead toward meaningful degrees and careers. The goal of the SLCC CE Advising Program is to see that all CE students develop an academic plan that focuses them on taking only those CE classes that help move them toward their academic and career goals. This is done in collaboration with high school counselors, instructors, and coordinators.
The SLCC CE Advising Coordinator will collaborate on a regular basis with high school counselors, CE instructors, and CE coordinators to brainstorm and execute ideas and processes for getting more students to develop and follow through on their academic plans. Additionally, the CE Advising Coordinator, may assist high school counselors and students with academic planning, helping students to build out their academic plans in our MyCE system and DegreeWorks. The CE Advising Coordinator will also be responsible for building out and maintaining CE pathways within the MyCE system.
This new position is an exciting opportunity for an entrepreneurial-minded individual, who is passionate about making a difference in students’ lives and loves a good challenge. An opportunity to build out a powerful new program to help students achieve their academic and career goals.
Essential Responsibilities and Duties
- Visit each assigned high school every other week to discuss ways to improve the advising program at each high school, and to collaborate with high school counselors and CE coordinators to provide group and individual advising services.
- Follow up with students and parents after each advising session to ensure they follow through.
- Review academic plans submitted by students in MyCE and follow up with students and counselors with any questions or concerns.
- Proactively identifying eligible students at each high school you are assigned to, and then find ways help them develop an academic plan in collaboration with counselors and CE coordinators.
- Build and maintain degree pathways and course data in the MyCE academic planning tool.
- Attend HS counselor meetings and/or district-wide counselor in-service meetings at least once per quarter to establish connections, provide updates, and gather feedback.
- Attend SLCC academic advising meetings and Admissions CE Advising/Recruitment meetings to collaborate, provide occasional updates, and understand tools, resources, and trends in academic advising, CE advising and recruitment.
- Establish relationship and understand advising processes in order to help students transition to SLCC.
- Present concurrent enrollment information to large groups of students and parents as requested by the high school.
- Other duties as assigned.
- Bachelor’s degree in a related field.
- One (1) year of direct, full-time, paid work experience.
Trade off 1:1 in experience/education requirement.
Experience work with concurrent enrollment and with high school counselors.
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
- Ability to listen to the needs, concerns, challenges, and goals of others and collaborate with them to accomplish great things.
- Ability to understand college and state policy surrounding concurrent enrollment and degree requirements and then clearly communicate that to students and high school partners.
- Ability to deliver engaging presentations in front of large groups of varied populations.
- A high level of comfort with more complex software systems such as database systems, the full Microsoft suite, building out functions and formulas in Excel, etc.
- A willingness to discover and experiment with new ideas.
- A high level of comfort tracking and being measured against key performance metrics.
- Ability to engage in difficult conversations.
- Organizational and file management skills.
- Excellent time-management skills.
- Ability to work well under pressure and independently.
- Learn quickly and adapt to a flexible schedule that includes some evenings.
- Ability to work ethically with confidential information.
- Ability to creatively solve problems within the current academic planning model and come up with new out-of-the-box solutions.
- Ability to communicate effectively with a broad range of people with a variety of abilities and backgrounds, to maintain good working relationships across the College.
- Ability to work with all groups from a variety of academic, socioeconomic, cultural, and ethnic backgrounds, and with community college students, faculty, and staff, including those with disabilities.
- This posting may hire for multiple positions.
- Full consideration will be given to applicants who apply on or before the priority review date indicated above.
- More information about Salt Lake Community College benefits: https://i.slcc.edu/culture/benefits/index.aspx
Salt Lake Community College is Utah’s largest open-access college with the most diverse student body in the state. We proudly educate 45,000 students pursuing degrees in 100 programs across 8 areas of study, and Utah’s fastest growing industries and four-year baccalaureate programs consistently welcome SLCC graduates. Every SLCC employee has a hand in transforming students’ lives to strengthen its surrounding communities. SLCC employees work at 11 locations across the valley and capital city of Salt Lake with easy access to the beautiful Wasatch Mountains, world-class outdoor recreation, sporting events, museums, history, and arts and entertainment.
Salt Lake Community College seeks and values contributions from each community member and welcomes new and diverse perspectives. A respectful work environment is its top priority; academic excellence and lasting transformation come about when diverse voices can speak and collaborate freely. As an emerging Hispanic Serving Institution, SLCC leads the state with the highest enrollment of students from the Latinx/a/o community. SLCC is committed to serving diverse students and being a model for inclusive and transformative education.
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Salt Lake Community College seeks and values contributions from each community member and welcomes new and diverse perspectives. A respectful work environment is its top priority; academic excellence and lasting transformation come about when diverse voices can speak and collaborate freely. As an emerging Hispanic Serving Institution, SLCC leads the state with the highest enrollment of students from the Latinx/a/o community. SLCC is committed to serving diverse students and being a model for inclusive and transformative education.
Salt Lake Community College (SLCC) is fully committed to policies of equal employment and nondiscrimination. The College does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, disability, religion, protected veteran status, expression of political or personal beliefs outside of the workplace, or any other status protected under applicable federal, state, or local law.
SLCC is a participating employer with Utah Retirement Systems (“URS”). In addition to URS, SLCC offers several other retirement account options.
This position is subject to a successful completion of a criminal background check.
SLCC is a participating employer with Utah Retirement Systems (“URS”). In addition to URS, SLCC offers several other retirement account options.
This position is subject to a successful completion of a criminal background check.
