College Success Coordinator – Alliance College Ready Public Schools – Los Angeles, CA

The College Success Coordinator is responsible for supporting students through their transition to college, leading to improved summer melt (students who commit to enrolling at a in a college but do not enroll in any institution), college persistence, and graduation rates. As a result, this position’s responsibilities fall into three domains: 1) high school support, 2) the Alliance Mentorship Program (AMP) and 3) alumni tracking and support.

The Alliance Mentorship Program is a one-year peer mentor college transition program that provides Alliance College freshmen with the support necessary to decrease summer melt rates and increase persistence rates. The College Success Coordinator will be responsible for the implementation, evaluation, and revision of AMP for five high school sites and four to five colleges. The College Success Coordinator will also play an integral role in implementing the alumni outreach and support strategy of the College Success Team.

ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES:

High School Support

Develop and execute a plan that supports counselors and school administrators at five school sites, ensuring that high school seniors successfully transition to college.
Prepare and disseminate information regarding admissions, applications, financial aid, testing and matriculation processes to students, parents, and community members through group presentations and individual meetings.
Provide guidance relating to college major and course selection, career aspirations, academic goals, and college choice.
Analyze high school-specific data to make recommendations to school administrators that lead to higher college persistence rates such as making adjustments to curricula and expanding or re-focusing college supports provided to students.
Collaborate with High School Counselors to plan and execute community wide variety of transition supports for seniors including: college campus visits, managing student’s completion of the college matriculation process, completion of financial aid applications, and one-on-one guidance to ensure students understand financial aid packages.

Alliance Mentorship Program (AMP)

Lead the mentor (successful Alliance Alumni who have completed at least one year at a target college) recruitment and selection process for targeted colleges.
Work with school-site staff to identify and recruit potential mentees.
Manage and train up to 40 mentors.
Revise and implement the AMP mentor professional development curriculum to train mentors in leadership, communication, data tracking, and group facilitation skills monthly.
Collaborate with the College Success Team in planning and executing the “AMP College Prep Summit”.
Oversee group mentor-mentee meetings to check for quality and content of exchanges
Evaluate AMP success through the collection and analysis of survey, transcript, testing, persistence, and other data.
Cultivate relationships with college/university admissions, outreach, and financial aid offices to ensure transition success for our students.
Research scholarship, job, and internship opportunities for graduates and promote through communication channels.
Build relationships with colleges to ensure Alliance alumni are receiving the support needed to persist and graduate.

Alumni Tracking and Support

Support school-site alumni trackers/transitions coordinators to assist in meeting yearly alumni tracking and data collection goals.
Develop and support alumni outreach strategies at all Alliance high schools with graduates and manage the collection of data pertaining to college transitions, persistence and degree completion.
Provide direct support to Alliance graduates through individual advisement regarding 
college enrollment, accessing resources and career readiness.
Other duties as assigned by the Manager of College Success.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college/university is required.
Experience or interest in supporting first generation college students and/or higher education
Excellent project management and organizational skills – ability to set priorities and manage multiple projects simultaneously
Proven ability to work with minimal direction and flexibility to adapt to constantly changing environments
Excellent interpersonal skills, capable of interacting with professionals in a variety of industries, school administrators, students, parents, and other stakeholders
Ability to analyze data to identify trends and evaluate program effectiveness
Desire to work under pressure occasionally, outside of normal workdays and office hours to meet the needs of our students
Ability to travel as the position generally splits time between home office, school sites, and colleges

COMPENSATION:

Alliance College-Ready Public Schools prides itself in offering its employees a competitive salary and a rich group benefits package that includes medical, dental and vision coverage for the employee and her/his eligible dependents. Retirement benefits are also offered and include a generous employer match/contribution.

How to apply

APPLICATION PROCESS:

Interested candidates should send their resume and cover letter to jmorris@laalliance.org. Only candidates who are selected for an interview will be contacted.

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