Assistant/Associate Director of College Counseling
Company: Sewickley Academy
Location: Sewickley
Posted on: May 16, 2022
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Job Description:
Sewickley Academy is seeking to hire an Assistant/Associate
Director of College Counseling. This role supports the management
of the overall program, including planning and administering the
PSAT, Practice ACT, and AP Testing, and teaches a College Seminar
class. This is a 12 month position.
This position offers a competitive salary plus excellent benefits
and work/life balance programs including a premium-free health plan
option, an excellent retirement plan, generous leave time, and
tuition benefits programs. Are you searching for a workplace where
a diverse mix of talented people come together to serve our
students? If so, apply for this today!
Responsibilities:
--- Support a caseload of approximately 35 students and compose
original letters of recommendation for each student in their
caseload
--- View the college process as one providing each student with an
opportunity for significant personal learning and growth
--- Cultivate and maintain excellent relationships with college
admission officers and representatives to understand emerging
trends and to advocate on behalf of student applications through
phone conversations, email, and hosting college admission
representatives on campus
--- Understand and be able to articulate the current trends in
college admission to students and parents
--- Counsel students on course selection in conjunction with
planning for college
--- Handle highly sensitive material/information with
discretion
--- Hold a bachelor's degree
--- Possess technological competence including working with Scoir,
Naviance, or other search/college application process platforms and
Google Classroom
--- Experience with the FAFSA / CSS Profile preferred
--- Attention to detail while working in a fast-paced,
deadline-driven environment;
--- Be committed to a customer service orientation for the
Counseling Office in relation to its work with students and
parents
--- Have experience in independent school College Counseling, and
preferably experience in college admissions
--- Possess excellent interpersonal skills, including compassion,
empathy, sense of humor, warmth, and energy, and an ability to work
with faculty colleagues on behalf of students
ARE YOU READY TO JOIN OUR TEAM?
All interested applicants applying for this position should submit
their resume, cover letter, and salary requirements.
Sewickley Academy is committed to having an inclusive community
where all members are treated with dignity and respect. As an Equal
Opportunity Employer, the Academy does not discriminate in its
hiring or employment practices on the basis of
gender/gender-identity, sex, race or ethnicity, color, national
origin, religion, age, disability, veteran's status, genetic
information, family or marital status, sexual orientation, or any
other protected class.
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Keywords: Sewickley Academy, Pittsburgh , Assistant/Associate Director of College Counseling, Executive , Sewickley, Pennsylvania
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