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Position Number: 2799154
Location: DeKalb, IL
Position Type: Disability Services

Counselor/Coordinator

Primary Function:
The Program Adviser conducts orientation sessions with middle and high school students, screens and evaluates new student applicants, and implements academic year off campus class instruction, tutoring, and counseling sessions. The Program Adviser has primary responsibility for scheduling and conducting field trips for educational and cultural activities, arranging transportation for students in the summer program, and conducting academic counseling sessions.

Duties and Responsibilities:

Assists with the overall formulation and development of all appropriate program proposals, continuation applications and reports.

Assumes primary responsibility for the development and compilation of relevant student performance data and statistics for the purposes of student placement as well as for use in proposal and report development.

Assists in the preparation of all required evaluation and performance reports.

Administers and compiles student needs assessments.

Assumes primary responsibility for the placement of students in classes, matching students with tutors and mentors, and referrals to special assistance personnel. Responsible for the specific design, development, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of the Academic Guidance, Personal Counseling, Career Planning, and College Placement program components, particularly the Bridge/Transition components in both the residential summer and the academic year sessions.

Assists in the design and monitoring of the academic curriculum.

Conducts the orientation and training for summer residential staff.

Assist in the supervision of summer residential staff, tutors, and the academic year and summer session instructors.

Assumes major role in the identification, recruitment, selection, and orientation of students.

Conducts exit interviews with all graduates and students who leave the program prior to graduation; and writes final summary reports for all students.

Provides students with comprehensive personal and academic guidance and counseling, pre-college counseling, transition preparation, college placement, financial aid counseling, alumni follow-up, and related activities.

Conducts appropriate workshops for parents.

Conducts the programs alumni follow-up and monitoring component; maintains contact with colleges and universities where students have been placed; and compiles appropriate reports and studies regarding program alumni.

Assumes key share of responsibility for the overall administration of the Upward Bound Program, and performs other duties as required by the Executive Director.

Minimum Required Qualifications:
1. A bachelors degree in education.
2. Three (3) years of full-time professional experience as an elementary or secondary instructor, including one (1) year in academic counseling performing student needs assessment or college preparation and placement.
3. Demonstrated work experience that relates directly to providing services to culturally and academically diverse high school students.

Education and Experience Preferred:
- Masters in education
- Bilingual (Spanish/English)
- Min of one (1) six-week summer residential experience working with students and staff
- Professional work experience within TRIO or similar programs;
- Background similar to student population to be served including from low-income family or first in immediate family to attend college.

Working Hours: 10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m., including weekends & evenings, and summer residential
Hiring Rate/Range:
Posting Date: 01/22/2022
Closing Date: 2/6/2022
Priority Review Date:
Open Until Filled:

Special Instructions to Applicants:

This position requires 100% on-campus or in the community, this is NOT a remote role.
Fully complete the Education and Work History sections of the application. Be specific on your entire work history, including employment dates and duties for all positions held. Applicable part-time work experience will be considered toward qualifying for this position, however, it will be converted to a full-time equivalency to determine combined length of experience.
If you have education and/or training in excess of what is required, we encourage you to upload your unofficial transcripts.
As part of your application materials, please include a 1-page professional writing sample of your choice.
After the posting has closed, your submission will be reviewed to determine if you meet the minimum qualifications for the classification, including any specialty factors associated with this particular position.
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The Civil Service examination for this classification is a Credentials Assessment, and is based on your application materials as submitted for this posting. If you meet the minimum required qualifications for this position, you will receive a score based on your education and experience, and your name will be placed on the active employment register. After the application deadline, the names within the top three scores will be referred to the hiring department for interview.
Once this position has been filled, all names will be removed from the employment register in accordance with State Universities Civil Service System rule 250.60(h)(10).
If eligible for Veterans Preference Points, DD214/DD215/NGB22/DD256 paperwork reflecting an Honorable Discharge MUST be uploaded to this application in order to receive the maximum eligible points on the Civil Service examination.
Click on Program Adviser for more information including salary ranges, typical duties, minimum acceptable qualifications, and testing requirements.
Please click Human Resource Services - Benefits for detailed information about Northern Illinois Universitys benefits package.
Employment is contingent upon your passing a criminal background investigation. You may not begin work until the criminal background investigation results have been received and cleared by Human Resources.

To apply, visit https://employment.niu.edu/postings/61402

In accordance with applicable statutes and regulations, NIU is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, religion, age, physical and mental disability, marital status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, political affiliation, or any other factor unrelated to professional qualifications, and will comply with all applicable federal and state statutes, regulations and orders pertaining to nondiscrimination, equal opportunity and affirmative action.

The following person has been designated to handle inquiries regarding the non-discrimination policies:

Ethics and Compliance Officer, Title IX Coordinator
Health Services 230
TitleIXCoordinator@niu.edu
815-753-5560