- This position provides inaugural leadership for Advise NC. Advise NC is a statewide network with a bold aim: ensuring every student in North Carolina's economically distressed
- communities has a trained adviser guiding them to a strong postsecondary next step. The right candidate will approach
- the role with an innovative mindset to shape the systems and trajectory of the program by bringing the latest
- approaches to the work and continuously improving delivery. Advise NC has grown out of the successful College
- Advising Corps model that has refined its approach for over 20 years, and now serves more postsecondary pathways in
- NC through Advise NC.
- This position will serve as a member of the Outreach and Communications division, reporting to the Director for
- Outreach and Communications. The primary purpose of this position is to lead statewide alignment of the Advise NC
- program, a program that currently places near peer advisers (150) in high schools throughout the state in economically
- distressed communities. These advisers work 1:1 with high schoolers on completing a career development plan (CDP),
- exploring their postsecondary options and understanding the steps of their chosen 'E' - enrolling in college, enlisting in
- the military or other service organization or employment in the workforce.
- The position will be responsible for ensuring strong strategic partnerships with program host institutions (currently five
- universities), program directors, education system partners, postsecondary advising partners and funders. Diplomacy,
- problem solving, and innovation are key competencies needed for this role.
- The associate director will support the annual training of Next Step advisers, leveraging expertise among sectors to
- bring the latest and most effective postsecondary advising practices to the training while operationalizing a learning
- roadmap for the onboarding of new advisers. This training will build expertise among advisers in the college-going
- process, FAFSA completion, and career planning, while also growing advisers professionally as they conduct themselves
- within a school setting that positions advisers as strong candidates for their next professional assignment.
- A key focus area is to bring innovative thinking to sustainable funding for the program, combining state, federal and
- philanthropic resources that ensure long term fiscal health of postsecondary advising. Innovative thinking is also
- needed in program design and delivery, leveraging learnings from the larger postsecondary advising field to enhance
- the program structure and ensure it utilizes the most effective method for guiding students.
- Finally, this role will provide accountability that the advising model is delivering successful student outcomes through
- data systems that track lead and lag measures that will be used in grant reporting, evaluation, partner presentations,
- and inform further program enhancements.
Job description provided by University of North Carolina System.
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