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About the Role

AmeriCorps*Texas Volunteers are sought to serve as College Access/Success Coaches, empowering youth and fostering a passion for higher education. This role involves strategic planning, goal monitoring, and achieving organizational objectives.

Responsibilities

• Teach college preparatory classes for 40 or more underserved high school students.
• Host occasional student workshops outside of regular school hours.
• Ensure students receive high-quality services and meet program goals.
• Gain and maintain knowledge of students' interests, needs, and backgrounds.
• Perform follow-up parent/student phone calls.
• Collect, organize, and maintain student and program documents.
• Implement strategies to engage prospective students through presentations and events.
• Organize and conduct student recruitment efforts, including interviewing prospective students.
• Update the database and spreadsheet files weekly; maintain student records and statistics.
• Provide mid-year and end-of-year progress reports for all students.
• Conduct research on higher education norms and trends in Texas.
• Grade and provide feedback on classroom assignments, including ACT/SAT diagnostic tests.
• Chaperone students on events such as college visits and the Summer Tour of Colleges.
• Coordinate with the College Success Team to provide college transition services.
• Submit weekly timesheets, periodic reports, and other required documentation.
• Attend required programmatic and community service events.
• Serve on project teams for program events, student communications, financial aid, recruitment, parent services, curriculum revision, and community service.
• Adhere to program and organizational calendars for task completion.
• Coordinate with the supervisor to order, maintain, and inventory program supplies.
• Maintain excellent working relationships with supervisors, fellow AmeriCorps Volunteers, school personnel, students, families, volunteers, donors, and the community.

Requirements

• Must possess a sincere interest in empowering youth and a passion for higher education.
• Ability to carefully and strategically plan individual work goals.
• Ability to closely monitor progress towards goals and take appropriate remedial action.
• Must be leaders with strong organizational and interpersonal skills.
• Must serve a minimum of 1200 hours of service.
• Must complete a full contractual term of 10 months.
• Mandatory in-person AmeriCorps training required.
• Must submit to and pass a comprehensive criminal background check.
• Must have mobility throughout the office and frequently drive or ride up to 30 miles to service locations.
• May infrequently be required to drive or ride distances of up to 250 miles, with occasional air travel necessary.
• Must be emotionally mature and able to handle difficult situations.
• Must demonstrate an ability to solve practical problems and deal with changing variables.
• Must demonstrate strong interpersonal and coaching skills.
• Excellent writing and communication skills are essential.
• Must be able to read, analyze, and interpret educational and business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, and governmental regulations.
• Must exhibit an ability to professionally write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals.
• Must be able to interpret a variety of instructions.
• Must be able to effectively present information and respond to questions.
• Must demonstrate the ability to understand and apply standard, high school-level mathematical concepts.

Skills

• Organizational skills
• Interpersonal skills
• Coaching skills
• Writing skills
• Communication skills
• English/Spanish bilingualism (strongly preferred)

Location

• Austin

Work Type

• Hybrid
• Full-time

Experience Level

• Minimum of one year related experience

Education Level

• Baccalaureate degree from an accredited, academically-recognized four-year college or university

Salary/Compensations

• Bi-weekly living stipend totaling $20,900 for the service term

Benefits

• Eli Segal Education Award ($5,176.50)
• Free medical and low-cost dental and vision insurance
• Opportunity to forbear qualified student loans during service

About the Company

• College Possible Texas is a dynamic, progressive and youth-focused working environment.

Equal Opportunity

• College Possible Texas provides equal employment opportunities to all team members and/or applicants for employment or service, without regard to race, color, class, religion/creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, weight, height, disability, political affiliation, marital or familial status, partnership status, citizenship status (except as required by law), veteran status, or status in any group protected by federal law, state law, or local ordinance.
• We provide reasonable accommodations upon request in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act.
• We encourage and support diversity and tolerance in our workplace.