Pathways Adviser (Staff Wage)
- Employer
- University of Virginia
- Location
- Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America
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- Employment Type
- Full Time
- Institution Type
- Four-Year Institution
Job Details
Pathways advisers advance their leadership, work, and life skills as they interact with K-12, higher education, and community-based organizations, developing knowledge and forging connections that will benefit them in their next step.
Responsibilities: Advisers serve in-person in their assigned high school daily with monthly opportunities for tele-service available. Advisers are expected to tailor activities to meet the specific needs of their assigned school to support its postsecondary planning efforts through the following primary functions:
1. Provide one-on-one admissions and financial aid advice to any student or family from your assigned school:
- Encourage students to consider a broad range of postsecondary choices, emphasizing concepts of match and fit.
- Discuss a comprehensive college timeline, including application deadlines for admission and financial aid
- Work with students to complete and submit admissions applications to higher education institutions, apprenticeship and licensure programs, and other postsecondary opportunities.
- Guide students through the financial aid process including FAFSA submission, interpreting correspondence and financial aid packages and applying for scholarships.
2. Organize group events that encourage students and their families to consider, plan for, and apply to various postsecondary opportunities:
- Visit classrooms, assemblies, and club meetings to offer AdviseVA services and explain various aspects of the college-going process.
- Hold group workshops and presentations regarding the importance of postsecondary education.
- Partner with local community groups—churches, non-profits, social-service providers—to provide postsecondary planning information to the community and host events outside school setting and hours.
3. Establish productive working relationships with principals, counselors, and teachers in each assigned school:
- Assess, in consultation with program staff and school personnel, the particular needs of each school, and adapt programs and activities to meet these needs.
- Actively seek the advice and counsel of the on-site supervisor and other personnel at each partner school.
- Participate in extra-curricular activities of your school site which empower students, build relationships, and contribute to the postsecondary planning efforts.
4. Represent the AmeriCorps program:
- Provide direct service at your service-site, and log hours accurately in the OnCorps online reporting system.
- Adhere to all guidelines of AmeriCorps and the Corporation for National and Community Service.
- Display AmeriCorps logo at service site.
5. Effectively utilize tools and resources in pursuit of continuous improvement and outstanding service to students:
- Regularly report and interpret key progress indicators in online system to successfully manage student caseload.
- With program staff and site supervisor, systematically evaluate student needs and use data-informed approaches to meet those needs.
- Share relevant information regarding activities, accomplishments, and challenges with program staff via regular reporting and/or meetings.
6. Maintain expertise in postsecondary planning, including 2- and 4-year colleges, trade and technical options, workforce, military and other opportunities:
- Actively participate in pre-service and in-service training, held in both virtual and in-person settings.
- In consultation with program staff, seek out and participate in other opportunities for professional development.
Requirements:
- A bachelor's degree obtained between 2023 and 2026
- Ability and willingness to relocate to various locations across the Commonwealth
- Ability and willingness to work hours that coincide with a typical school day for educators, as well as some night and weekend hours
Annual Compensation:
- Bi-weekly pay of $1,560 - $1,640 ($39,000 – 41,000 annual rate, pending final budget approvals)
- $7,395 Segal Education Award (approximate)
- $5,169 Health Insurance included (approximate)
$51,564 – 53,564 Total compensation package*
*Total compensation package is determined by the start date. Pathways advisers who begin on the scheduled start date in July will receive 25 bi-weekly payments totaling $39,000 - $41,000. Pathways advisers who begin later in the program year will receive bi-weekly payments of the same amount over fewer pay periods, respectively.
Pathways advisers also benefit from professional development opportunities including:
- Ongoing professional development and training throughout service commitment
- Fully funded state conference
- A large network of AdviseVA and AmeriCorps alumni and partner institutions
- Specialized curriculum designed to assist advisers with the next steps of their career and/or education journey
For additional information:
Contact Assistant Director Ashmore Hyndman III at ah7wj@virginia.edu or visit our website: https://adviseva.virginia.edu/become-pathways-adviser
To Apply:
Please visit UVA job board https://jobs.virginia.edu, search for ''R0079428". Complete an application online and attach a cover letter, resume, and contact information for three references.
Internal applicants may search and apply for jobs on the UVA Internal Careers website.
Applications will be accepted until all pathways adviser positions are filled.
The University will perform background checks on all new hires prior to employment.
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS
Education: A Bachelor’s Degree obtained between 2023 and 2026
Skills/Abilities:
- Ability and willingness to relocate to various locations across the Commonwealth
- Ability and willingness to work hours that coincide with a typical school day, as well as some night and weekend hours
Experience: None.
Licensure: None.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS
This role is primarily sedentary and involves extensive use of desktop computers for prolonged periods. Occasional travel may be required to attend meetings, programs, or events. Some travel may include campus tours or similar activities that involve moderate walking.
We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this position. If you require accommodations during the application or interview process, please contact the Chief Accessibility Officer and University ADA Coordinator via email adacoordinator@virginia.edu or call (434) 924-3295.
The University of Virginia is an equal opportunity employer. All interested persons are encouraged to apply, including veterans and individuals with disabilities. Learn more about UVA’s commitment to non-discrimination and equal opportunity employment.
Organization
In 1819, the University of Virginia established a new model for intellectual exchange and cross-disciplinary collaboration in higher education. Two hundred years later, as a major research institution, we continue to challenge conventions, lead with ingenuity and advance knowledge for the common good.
What began as an innovative idea has become one of the nation’s leading public research universities, with over 21,000 undergraduate, graduate and professional students. UVA also has over 3,000 full-time faculty offering more than 400 degrees.
Each of the University’s eleven schools has its own distinctive mission, working together to garner consistently high rankings—including #2 Best Value Public College (Princeton Review, 2016), #3 Public University in the Nation (U.S. News & World Report, 2016), and #3 Best Value Among Public Colleges (Kiplinger’s, 2016).
As we invest in and strengthen our research capabilities, UVA seeks new faculty ready to uncover new insights, rewrite old rules and collaborate on intellectual discoveries.
RESEARCH COLLABORATIONS THAT CROSS DISCIPLINES
As an R1 institution, the University’s research centers, consortia and laboratories are on the leading edge of discovery and technology, offering collaborative spaces for students and faculty to solve global problems.
Our professors are recognized members of major national scholarly and professional organizations, including the National Academy of Sciences and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Our faculty’s engagement in interdisciplinary research is being facilitated by new research institutes specializing in everything from big data to brain functioning, and by cluster hires across schools.
NATIONALLY RANKED HEALTH SYSTEM
UVA is also home to a nationally renowned academic medical center and the UVA Health System, which serves a three-part mission to treat patients, conduct translational research and train medical practitioners in a wide variety of disciplines.
Established as the nation’s 10th medical school in 1825, the institution has since grown to include a 612-bed hospital and a Level I trauma center, nationally recognized cancer and heart centers, a Children’s Hospital, and primary and specialty clinics throughout Central Virginia.
The UVA Medical Center is consistently ranked among the nation’s best hospitals by the U.S. News & World Report magazine and has been named among the top 25 percent in seven specialties.
INSPIRING STUDENTS, INSPIRED TEACHING
The vast majority of UVA students come from the top 10% of their high school class, as well as from all 50 states, over 142 countries and a variety of socioeconomic backgrounds. Despite their diversity, all UVA students share a love of learning and a drive to achieve.
One of the reasons students choose Virginia is our unique residential culture. At UVA, the community of students, faculty and staff personifies the Jeffersonian idea that living and learning are connected. The Academical Village was constructed to support a unique residential experience, with faculty living in the Pavilions, students occupying Lawn rooms and the world-famous Rotunda at its heart. The University’s residential culture continues to support this experience today—strengthened by students, faculty and staff rich in backgrounds, ideas and perspectives. Our unique culture is also paying dividends in innovation: UVA’s faculty have generated more than 130 patents since 2010.
Perhaps most importantly, faculty come to UVA knowing that instruction is as important as research, and they pride themselves on their many teaching awards. Our best professors look for ways to encourage, mentor and develop tomorrow’s leaders inside and outside the classroom.
LIFE IN CHARLOTTESVILLE
Living in Charlottesville you’ll find sophisticated restaurants, world-renowned wineries and breweries, cosmopolitan arts and music, friendly urban and suburban neighborhoods and a Piedmont landscape that has lured adventurous souls for centuries. No wonder the U.S. National Bureau of Economic Research named Charlottesville the “happiest city in America” in 2014.
In addition to UVA and its health system, several major employers have facilities in Charlottesville, including State Farm, Northrop Grumman, the U.S. Department of Defense, GE and others. Charlottesville is also becoming a center for innovative start-up businesses. The University also actively helps spouses and partners of faculty members build their networks and pursue employment opportunities with a wide variety of area employers.
The University of Virginia is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All interested persons are encouraged to apply including veterans and individuals with disabilities.
- Telephone
- 434-985-4532
- Location
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2420 Old Ivy
Charlottesvle
Virginia
22911-7433
United States
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