Position Summary:

The Director of College Access will manage the operation of our college access program. This will include overseeing and assisting a team of College & Career Readiness Specialists in the facilitation of our college exploration curriculum, managing the Ronay Menschel Scholarship and partnerships for college access. This individual will also provide support and direction in all aspects of college access process, including but not limited to-application and financial aid assistance, parent workshops, and college tours.

Duties and Responsibilities:

Program Management

• Content Creation
• Collaborate with PN Leadership in the development of a College Access and Career Readiness implementation plan that utilizes the PN College Access Model Framework to provide services to students in PN Community Schools.

• • Work closely with Community School Director to build on the 4 pillars (Integrated Student Supports, Collaborative Leadership, Expanded Learning Opportunities, Family Engagement)
  • Alignment with Workforce and Career Readiness supports. Work closely with the Workforce Ed. team and operations to create opportunities for referrals to PN Workforce and career pathway programs.

• Lead a team of College & Career Readiness Specialists in the development of engaging and meaningful plan to support a cohort of high school students through their college and financial aid application process.
• Design a recruitment and retention strategy to ensure program meets target enrollment (including Ronay Menschel scholarship and Bottom Line).
• Review current PN workshop materials and create standardized content/ lesson plans/ scopes and sequences

• Case Management & Facilitation
• Might work individually with students to provide them with the tools/ information needed to research schools and complete college applications and the financial aid/ financial planning process.
• Might assist in the facilitation of the curriculum by providing direct service instruction to participants
• Establish a comfortable learning environment and implement clear, consistent age-appropriate expectations
• Model appropriate child development practices

• General
• Ensure progress-monitoring of College Access Model targets; ensure data is entered into Salesforce on a regular basis and accurate
• Handle additional responsibilities and functions as assigned by the Managing Director

Staffing and Talent Management

• Oversee recruitment, training, supervision and performance evaluations of College & Career Readiness Specialists with the support and guidance of the Human Resources Department

• Provide instructional support and guidance to the College & Career Readiness Specialists

• Provide direction and delegate responsibilities, promote professional growth and development
• Oversee weekly timesheets and payroll

Contract and Budget Management

• Collaborate with PN Leadership to inform funder reports
• Manage program performance and ensure the program complies with funder expectations
• Create and manage annual operating budget for College Access program
• Manage all related programmatic budget oversight including purchases, reporting and budget modifications with the support of the Finance Department.

Partnerships, Community and Stakeholder Engagement

• Document student progress; provide monthly updates via Salesforce
• Forge collaborations with leadership and instructional staff to ensure that programming meets the needs of a diverse population of learners, and meets contractual expectations and benchmarks
• Attend all relevant meetings, trainings, workshops, outside events and organization-wide activities

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree (minimum)
• Experience (2-4 years) in College Guidance and in supervision of staff
• Excellent oral and written communication skills and computer literacy
• Bilingual (Spanish speaking) preferred
• Strong knowledge of the social and academic needs of in-school youth
• Ability to participate as part of an interdisciplinary team
• Understanding of and ability to meet performance-based outcomes
• Ability to adapt quickly to change and work within a results-oriented environment
• Computer literacy
• Enthusiasm, creativity, initiative – and a sense of humor are a MUST!

Qualifications

Education

Required

Bachelors

Experience

Required

Behaviors

Preferred

Detail Oriented : Capable of carrying out a given task with all details necessary to get the task done well

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)