Student Liaison, TRIO Student Support Services

SUMMARY

Provides personal, academic, and career advising to potential and current program participants/ students.  Conducts individual and group workshops.  Collaborates with faculty and staff to ensure optimum support.  Generates and coordinates outreach activities.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Provides academic, career, and personal advising to potential and current program participants/students
• Assists with identifying and selecting new participants
• Develops Educational Plans, monitors participants’ progress, refers participants to counseling as needed
• Assists students with completing financial aid and scholarship applications, writing essays, and forming attainable academic and career plans
• Maintains accurate and timely documentation of all necessary data to ensure compliance with the U.S. Department of Education
• Conducts individual and group program-engagement sessions
• Meets regularly with staff for participant and program evaluations
• Meets with faculty regarding participants’ progress and course content/material, as needed
• Works collaboratively with the Student Counseling department to ensure attentive and efficient student referrals when needed
• Assists with the development of the departmental newsletters and other correspondence as needed
• May attend College-wide meetings, workshops, and conferences as directed
• Assists with metric tracking and report preparation
• Performs other duties as assigned