PT High School Career Coach
Employer
Job Location
Central Haywood High School, Haywood County, North Carolina
Salary/Grade
Benefits
Job Category
- Technical/Paraprofessional
Application Period
Closes: Tuesday, July 26, 2022
Target Start Date
Expected Work Hours
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Employment Type
Minimum Qualifications
Bachelor's degree in counseling, business, education or a related field. Excellent human relations and communication skills. Must be proficient in utilizing MS Office Products, making public presentations, analyzing, summarizing, and reporting student success data to multiple stake holders. Must be able to pass a criminal background check.
Preferred Qualifications
Master’s degree in counseling, business, education or a related field, experience in teaching at the high school and/or secondary level, experience serving as a career coach, guidance counselor, or academic advisor.
Position Description
PRIMARY PURPOSE OF POSITION
The Career Coach will assist Central Haywood High School students with determining career goals and identifying community college programs that would enable them to achieve academic and career success. Located in a rural area of North Carolina, this small alternative high school – 114 students and 9 teachers –serves a diverse and high need student body. Community Eligibility Percentage (CEP) is 98.44% but 100% of these students are situationally disadvantaged.
** This is a time-limited, grant-funded position that works up to 20 hours per week at Central Haywood High School **
ESSENTIAL JOB DUTIES
- Provide on-site student centric career and academic advising to Central Haywood High School Students
- Assists students in identifying personal goals
- Assists students in identifying career choices based on intrinsic interests and current employment data
- Assists students in aligning interests with allied community college programs of study.
- Encourages students to participate in extracurricular career activities i.e., Skills USA, healthcare or government volunteer, etc.
- Tracks all interactions with students for state reporting purposes
- Pursues professional development opportunities to promote student success
- Integrates career and academic advising into the operating context and physical location of Central Haywood High School
- Presents annually to HCC Program Advisory Boards
- Prudently follows up on all communication and inquiries with stakeholders
- Promotes communication concerning career and college coaching between non-student stakeholders including parents, guardians, teachers, staff, and local employers
- Promote Community College opportunities to students
- Follows all necessary guidelines at both Haywood County Schools and Haywood Community College
- Makes frequent public presentations concerning NC Works Career Coach services
- Travels within Haywood County to meet with stakeholders on a regular basis
- Collaborates with Public Information Office to produce Career Coach service promotional materials.
- Meets with program Faculty advisors and Dean’s on a semester basis to stay current with program changes and recommendations.
- Works with IPG Coach and HCC Office of Institutional Research to prepare annual reports for the NC Innovative Partnership Grant
- Keeps detailed case management records for students seeking career coaching
- Follows all student record privacy rules and regulations
- Refers students in need of additional non-academic assistance to appropriate Student Service’s Staff.
- Participates in all mandatory advising training.
- Pursues membership in local, regional, and national professional career counseling organizations.
- Provides annual report on activities to HCC President, HCC Executive Council, and Haywood County School Superintendents.
- Participate in college governance including hiring committees, instructional affairs meetings, student services meetings, etc. as requested.
How to Apply
The following is necessary for consideration:
- Official Haywood Community College employment application online found at our jobs page: https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/haywoodedu. Please call Beverly Balliot with any questions or if you are unable to complete the online application for any reason.
- The application must be complete for consideration - do not reference resume. A resume is suggested but does not take the place of any questions or details that you need to provide in order to be qualified for the position. Unofficial transcripts must be included for the application process. Most unofficial transcripts can be downloaded from college/university websites. Official transcripts of all secondary education must be submitted to Human Resources within 10 days of any offer of employment.
- References may not be a current HCC employee. Candidates must provide three professional references with email addresses. At least one reference must be a current or previous supervisor.
- College screening committee is responsible for application review, interviews, and recommends the candidate to HR. Upon completion of the hire process in HR, President approval is required in the hire of a candidate.
- HCC is a tobacco free campus
Haywood Community College provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, disability, genetic information, political affiliation or status as a covered veteran in accordance with all applicable federal, state and local laws. Upon request, the College will make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities so that they may be able to perform the essential functions of their job unless doing so would result in an undue burden for the College.
Haywood Community College (HCC) is part of the North Carolina Community College System and is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges & Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC). Founded in 1965, it is an open-door institution with the mission to foster an environment that meets the educational needs of the communities it serves, promotes student success in higher education and in the workplace, and facilitates economic development. This includes programs for Haywood County high school students through Career and College Promise and Haywood Early College. The college campus, a designated arboretum, boasts one of the most beautiful college campuses in the state with an iconic mill pond, a productive greenhouse, dahlia gardens, an orchard garden and a rhododendron garden.