Educational Advisor, Middlebury (Hybrid Work, 3 Days Onsite)

• Are you passionate about helping students overcome barriers, and about personalized learning as a key to success?
• Do you have strong case management or counseling experience, with impeccable organizational skills?
• Have just the right touch for connecting with students 1:1 and maybe even existing relationships with area high schools?

About the job:

Vermont Adult Learning is hiring an educational advisor to work with adult students (16+) as they build skills and pursue their high school diploma through an innovative and personalized learning approach.

This hybrid role requires 3 days/wk at our Middlebury learning center and 1-2 days/work-from-home for a total of 36-40 hrs/wk. It involves meeting with students regularly to co-design their personalized education plan, advise them through the inevitable challenges and successes along the path to their diploma, and to ensure they have the transferable skills necessary upon graduation.

About you:

The ideal candidate will be a motivated self-starter who can learn from existing staff members but is also willing to roll up their sleeves, creating partnerships with community schools and agencies, asking for help when needed, and managing multiple priorities and program changes with patience and resilience.

If you have experience working with youth or adult learners, being an adult learner yourself, coaching or counseling, or other independent case management roles, you might be a great fit!

We're looking for curiosity, enthusiasm, patience, resilience, and a lifelong learner mindset. The most important attributes are an ability to connect 1:1 with students, and excellent organizational skills.

An enthusiasm to work with at-promise students and LGBTQ+ youth is a requirement of the role.

Google Workspace, video conference, database skills, and an excitement to work with LGBTQ+ students are required.

About the Company:

Vermont Adult Learning offers

• generous paid time off in addition to 11 paid holidays per year
• medical, dental, vision, flexible spending plan and life insurance
• 403b retirement plan with up to 4% employer match after 6mos
• a statewide organization with room for professional growth
• professional development opportunities
• organizational commitment to work-life balance and positive work culture

Job Requirements:

• Strong technology skills required with the ability to leverage these to enhance student learning
• Strong interpersonal, oral, and written English communication skills
• Excellent organizational skills including planning and goal-setting
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team
• Candidates should be excited to work with diverse student populations
• Professional confidentiality is required
• Experience with alternative educational systems, and/or teaching/advising adult students, and/or students with learning challenges is preferred
• Experience as an adult education student is desirable
• Bachelor's degree is desirable; relevant experience or education will be considered
• Experience with English Language Learning students is desirable
• Successful national criminal background check and Vermont's Manadated Reporter Law training

What Next?

Pay rate $22.67/hr.Full job description at vtadultlearning.org/about-us/#careers.

If this is the job for you, send cover letter and resume to Talent@vtadultlearning.org.