Strategic College Consulting is the premier college consultation firm. Our focus is assisting and supporting families navigate the often confusing, daunting, and competitive college planning process. We are seeking a part-time Education Consultant to provide industry-leading and strategic consultation to students and their families at each stage of the college planning and admission process. Our Education Consultants are a friendly, trustworthy source for students navigating the college planning and application process by providing a guided path toward achieving their goals. This role will start at 2 to 5 hours per week and potentially grow into a full-time role!

This is a great opportunity for an individual who loves sharing and guiding others in the college admission experience and who welcomes the prospect of utilizing their amazing skills and knowledge, whether it is dipping a toe back into the workforce or fulfilling some spare time by providing students and their families with knowhow to achieve their goals.

Primary Responsibilities:

Game Plan

• Highlight all the areas of the college planning and application process
• Provide a detailed and strategic plan for the student to follow for preparing, applying, and being accepted to colleges
• Strategic plan for each year that students will utilize to stay on track for a competitive college

Relationship building

• Provide expert guidance, insight, and advice
• Become a trusted advisor to the students and families
• Provide unbiased feedback

Coach

• Coach students and families through the competitive college planning and admissions process
• Interviewing techniques and scenarios so they ace admission interviews
• Administer psychological/academic assessments to design a coaching plan

Admission essay editor

• Help student strategically write their essays from beginning to end
• Ensure students make an impression in their essays
• Proof-read and review essays before submittal

Attend conferences on college counseling

Other Duties as assigned – Research, blogging, projects, etc.

Knowledge Skills and Abilities:

• Bachelor’s Degree from a top college
• College admissions experience at a top college reviewing and making decisions on college applications
• 2-3+ years of college counseling experience
• Great customer service background
• G-Suite or iOS experience, Microsoft Office
• Personable with students and parents
• Excellent communication skills in writing, speaking and presenting
• Excellent command of the English language
• A positive “Can Do” attitude
• Coachable and willing to continue to learn and adapt as necessary
• Ability to handle highly sensitive and confidential situations with objectivity

Working Conditions: The work environment characteristics described here represent those an employee may encounter while performing this job's essential functions. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

• The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate
• Sufficient clarity of speech and hearing or other communication capabilities, with or without reasonable accommodation, which permits the employee to communicate effectively on the telephone and in person
• Sufficient manual dexterity with or without reasonable accommodation, which permits the employee to frequently operate a personal computer (estimated 80%-100% of the typical workday) and other office equipment
• Sufficient personal mobility and physical reflexes, with or without reasonable accommodation, which permits the employee to work in an office setting and at a computer workstation for an extended period, with the ability to move around the office considered to be approximately 100% of the workday