TRIO Advisor, Student Support Services

Title: TRIO Advisor, Student Support Services

Employee Classification: Professional F/T 52 Wks Unit

Department: VP, Student Affairs' Office

Salary Range: $43,930

Who we are:

We are not-for-profit: St. Louis Community college (STLCC) is a non-profit institution dedicated to empowering students, expanding minds, and changing lives. Employees are committed to strengthening the St. Louis community with inclusive and transformative education.

We are a respected employer: For 60 years, STLCC has served the St. Louis community, expanding to 4 main campuses, 2 education centers, 2 workforce training centers, and 5 centers of excellence. More than one-half of the households in St. Louis have at least one member who has taken classes at STLCC.

We make an impact in the community: Through credit courses, continuing education, and workforce development programs, STLCC annually serves nearly 69,000 students. More than 80% of career and technical graduates employed in their fields or continue their education at four-year institutions within six months of graduation. STLCC sends more transfer students to Missouri’s four-year colleges/universities than anyone else.

We value Diversity, equity & inclusion: STLCC is committed to fostering an atmosphere of appreciation for all people, regardless of race, color, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, national origin, ancestry, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, or class.

What you get:

Benefits package [for full-time employees]: STLCC offers one of the best benefit packages in the St. Louis area. As a STLCC employee you will have access to a 100% match on your contribution to retirement, two health insurance plans options that are no cost to the employee - including an HSA option, low-cost life insurance with a 3x salary benefit, and other low-cost benefits including dental, vision, AD&D, ST LT disability insurance.

Opportunity to grow: Over half of our employees have served the college for more than 12 years, exploring different career paths and advancing to higher level positions.

Education & training opportunities: STLCC offers tuition waivers for employees [full-time and part-time] + their dependents. Full-time employees can take advantage of tuition reimbursement for other institutions after just 6 months of service, and an annual professional development allotment.

Work/life balance: Full-time STLCC employees have access to a generous time off package, including holidays, vacation, personal days, medical leave, and other leave options. Our holiday schedule even includes a paid winter holiday at the end of the calendar year.

Commitment to wellness: STLCC HR boasts a dedicated health and wellness specialist who is enthusiastic about creating a culture of wellness throughout the College. With access to college wellness vendors, employees are educated, motivated, and rewarded for healthy behaviors. STLCC employees and anyone living in their household also have access to an employee assistance program (EAP) that can help them with virtually any life need.

The basics of this position:

Serves students in the TRIO Student Support Services program, a federally funded grant designed to support first-generation, limited income, and students with documented disabilities in reaching their academic goals. TRIO Advisors assist in course selection and registration, help students apply for federal financial aid and scholarships, and assist students in identifying and applying to four-year transfer institutions. Advisors also plan and implement cultural enrichment activities, college tours, workshops, and other programming that increases student retention, graduation and success.

What you'll do:

• • Assists students with post-secondary course selection, academic planning, financial aid counseling, career exploration, financial literacy and transfer advising.
  • Develops and updates student success plans and graduation plans for students.
  • Assists students in applying for federal financial aid such as completing the FAFSA.
  • Assist students in identifying and applying for scholarships.
  • Assists with new student recruitment efforts, including facilitating orientations, meeting with
  students to conduct intake interviews, and facilitating presentations to various stakeholders.
  • Maintains student files, tracks contacts, maintains student records, and completes reports.
  • Maintains a caseload of students, monitors academic progress, and implements mid-semester
  evaluations.
  • Develops programming to improve student retention.
  • Train and supervise student workers, serves on committees related to academic advising and/or retention, monitors services and prepares reports as needed.
  • Assists with the completion of overall TRIO Student Support Services grant goals and objectives.
  • Builds and maintains cooperative working relationships with students, STLCC staff, faculty and transfer institutions.
  • Plans, implements and facilitates personal, academic and career development workshops.
  • Plans and implements cultural enrichment activities, and college tours.
  • Performs other duties as assigned.

Education, experience, and other requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in relevant field. Two years’ experience preferred in advising, counseling,
coaching, documentation, case management, training, and development.
• Applicant must also possess strong communication, organizational, public speaking, and
interpersonal skills.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master’s degree in education, counseling or related field is preferred
• Experience with retention, program development and student success initiatives
• Experience in overcoming barriers similar to those confronting students served by the project
• Previous experience working for TRIO Student Support Services or other TRIO programs