Academic Skills Specialist, West Region

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At specific target schools, provide direct service delivery to 265 ETS participants in grades 6-12. Services include academic advising, tutoring, financial literacy, career, college and financial aid information and assistance to participants with the college admission and financial aid process. Advisors are responsible for meeting project objectives within their target area.

Duties/Responsibilities

Coordinate with target School Counselors to provide project services to participants. Specific services include:

• Clarifying career interests and providing career information

• Assisting with school course selection

• Providing SAT/ACT preparation

• Providing information on colleges and the college admissions process

• Providing information on federal financial aid programs and scholarships

• Assisting participants with the college admissions and financial aid process

• Providing connections to financial literacy

• Providing connections to tutoring

• Providing mentoring for all students

Minimum Qualifications

Requirements:

• Speak effectively with the public (individual, group or presentations).

• Understand the socio-economic and academic needs of the participants served through the University of New Hampshire ETS project.

• Enthusiastically like high school and middle school students.

• It is superbly organized and is task-and-project oriented.

• Can work independently.

• Is willing to travel up to 1,200 miles per month.

• Can unflappably cope with the unexpected.

• Must have knowledge of NH postsecondary programs and their admissions requirements.

• Must have accurate knowledge of federal financial aid programs and scholarships.
  

Applicant Instructions:

Applicants should be prepared to upload the following documents when applying online within the My Experience: Resume/CV section of the application: (Maximum of 5 Documents)

• Resume/CV

• Cover Letter

• Contact Information for 3 Professional References

Compensation Pay Range:

$31.34 per hour

Salaried, Part Time Salaried, or Hourly Position

Please be advised that this position is supported by external sponsor funding. As such, continued employment in this role is contingent upon the availability of those external funds. If, for any reason, the sponsor funding is reduced or discontinued, employment may be subject to modification or termination in accordance with applicable policies and procedures.

The University of New Hampshire is an R1 Carnegie classification research institution providing comprehensive, high-quality undergraduate and graduate programs of distinction. UNH is located in Durham on a 188-acre campus, 60 miles north of Boston and 8 miles from the Atlantic coast and is convenient to New Hampshire’s lakes and mountains. There is a student enrollment of 13,000 students, with a full-time faculty of over 600, offering 90 undergraduate and more than 70 graduate programs. The University actively promotes a dynamic learning environment in which qualified individuals of differing perspectives, life experiences, and cultural backgrounds pursue academic goals with mutual respect and shared inquiry.

EEO Statement

The University System of New Hampshire is an Equal Opportunity/Equal Access employer. The University System is committed to creating an environment that values and supports diversity and inclusiveness across our campus communities and encourages applications from qualified individuals who will help us achieve this mission. The University System prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, genetic information, veteran status, or marital status.

The pay range for this position is listed above. Actual offer will be based on skills, qualifications, experience, and internal equity, in addition to relevant business considerations. More information on benefits can be found here: USNH Employee Benefits | Human Resources

Location:

Durham

Salary Grade:

Adjunct Hourly Staff 00