9th Grade Scholars Advisor

Title: 9th Grade Scholars Advisor 

Department: SEO Scholars Miami  

Reporting to: Executive Director, SEO Scholars Miami   

Compensation: $58,656 - $65,700 (Annually)  

FLSA: Full-Time Exempt  

Location/Hours: Miami, Florida (Hybrid – 3 days/week in person) 

• This is an event-heavy position - managing sessions, workshops and special events with external partners is a near-daily responsibility in addition to 1:1 student and family meetings as needed. 
• Work requires traveling to different physical locations for recruitment in the fall and Saturday programming in the spring. 

 All candidates must be within commutable distance of central Miami upon hire.  

 Weekly Schedule: 

• Fall Term: Monday through Friday (about 2-3 Saturday and evening events)
• Spring Term: Tuesday through Saturday (~ 3 months); Monday through Friday, some weeks
• Summer Term: Monday through Friday 

ABOUT SEO

For more than 60 years, SEO has created a more equitable society by closing the educational and career opportunity gap for ambitious Black, Hispanic/Latinx, and Native American young people. All are welcome to apply to our programs. 

About SEO Scholars Miami  

SEO Scholars provides motivated, low-income public high school students with a rigorous out-of-school supplemental academic curriculum, college guidance, and the leadership development necessary to gain admission to, and succeed at, competitive colleges and universities. SEO Scholars Miami is the newest expansion region for this program and aims to replicate for Miami-Dade area students the stellar outcomes that the program has delivered in New York City, San Francisco, and North Carolina. (Learn more here: SEO Scholars) 

 

POSITION OVERVIEW

The 9th Grade Scholar Advisor plays two essential roles: 1) introducing potential Scholars, families, and partners to SEO Scholars, and 2) onboarding incoming Scholars to the program their first semester. Accordingly, this position has a mix of student-facing and strategic responsibilities. As a Scholar Advisor you will help implement the Recruitment & Admissions strategy; help develop special initiatives that support operations, marketing, communications, partnerships, and outreach; manage the Scholar admissions process; and work directly with incoming Scholars to provide individualized guidance and support and implement quality advisory programming with effective intervention strategies to successfully meet student outcomes.  

As key players in the onboarding process for incoming Scholars, the 9th Grade Scholar Advisor sets the foundation for critical habits, knowledge, and mindsets that allow Scholars to effectively leverage the opportunities offered at SEO Scholars. 

An ideal candidate will enjoy working one-on-one with students, enjoy and excel at public speaking, and thrive in the areas of marketing, partnership development, and project management.

Responsibilities include:  

Recruitment and Admissions (50%)

• Supports Senior Manager of Student Recruitment and Retention for Miami on executing the admissions strategy and the successful selection of a competitive incoming class. Including, helping to review incoming applications and make recommendations for advancement in the admissions process, participating in interviews for prospective Scholars, and contributing to deliberation sessions with the team to select the final class.
• Liaise with school and community stakeholders to facilitate recruitment presentations and application workshops and provide individual support to prospective applicants and their families. This may include managing a portfolio of M-DCPS public high schools.

• Partner with peers and colleagues throughout the Scholars team to support the admissions strategy and timeline, ensuring timely execution of key milestones, documentation of processes and data, and the successful selection of a competitive incoming 9th grade cohort. 
• Develop content, coordinate across teams, and facilitate engaging and informative orientation sessions to ensure successful execution of Orientation for families and students.
• Help facilitate interviews for prospective Scholars, deliberation sessions, and partner with Senior team members to coordinate the selection process. 
• Review incoming applications and make recommendations for advancement in the admissions process.

Program and Student Management (50%)

• Successfully onboard incoming Scholars 9th gr