Schoolwide Postsecondary Programs: Student Advising and Program Coordinator

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Project & Program ManagementProgram Coordinator

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Key Responsibilities

Student Advising & Support Provide timely, high-quality academic advising and mentoring to an average caseload of 50-55 students.

Requirements Summary

Provides highly individualized support to ensure high school graduates who are college-bound remove typical barriers to enrollment (testing, financial aid, housing, etc.

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Project & Program ManagementProgram Coordinator

Breakthrough is the leading college access and success nonprofit in Central Texas. For more than 20 years, we have partnered with thousands of middle and high school students who aspire to be the first in their family to graduate with a degree or certificate. We make a radical, long-term commitment to students, to and through college, unlocking the power of education and a lifetime of opportunity. We support the whole student with personalized services, work closely with community partners, campuses, and employers, and advocate for our students with lawmakers. Breakthrough students attend 60+ public schools and persist at nearly 100 colleges and universities. The result is that 55% of Breakthrough students graduate from college, compared to 17% of low-income students in our region. Our work has resulted in more than 550 college graduates, with 4,000 on their way, positively impacting families for generations, our region’s educational access, and the Central Texas economy.

What We Offer

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The Student Advising & Program Coordinator leads critical advising services and programs for 11th- and 12th-grade high school students on their path to postsecondary success through matriculation at one of Breakthrough’s partner schools. The Student Advising & Program Coordinator provides critical support within Breakthrough’s school-based model, a new organizational strategy to increase postsecondary attainment rates among students in Central Texas. The school-based model will create impactful and sustainable results by blending direct service to students with capacity-building support for the high schools they attend. The primary responsibility is to provide high-quality academic advising and support, career and postsecondary pathway advising, and college access support to 11th- and 12th-grade students, ensuring they meet crucial college access milestones. In addition, the Student Advising & Program Coordinator designs and leads engaging school-based programs that provide students and their families with learning about the path to and through college, and is part of a high-performing team. The role includes both supervisory and team collaboration responsibilities. Specific responsibilities of the Student Advising & Program Coordinator include:

✓Competitive salary between $56,000-$74,000 depending on experience and qualifications

✓Health, dental and vision insurance(Breakthrough pays 100% of employee premiums)

✓Life insurance

✓Matching 401K retirement plan

✓Thirty days of PTO annually, with immediate accrual, recognizing that staff have lives outside of work

✓Additional leave benefits, including company holidays and FMLA eligibility (varies by year)

You are a strong candidate for the Student Advising and Program Coordinator role if, above all, you are a champion for closing the opportunity gap and increasing social and economic equity and mobility through educational attainment. You are a servant leader, and feel at your best in a deep relationship with the communities in which you serve. You are passionate about building authentic relationships with students, family members and caregivers, and educators. You bring content expertise in youth development, college access, supervision and team development, and in event or program operations. You will also bring experience or demonstrated capacity in the following competencies:

Requirements

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The Student Advising & Program Coordinator will report to the Associate Director of Schoolwide Postsecondary Advising Program of their advising site (Manor New Tech High School or Eastside Early College High School). Direct reports may include a year-round AmeriCorps Fellow.