Career Center

Primary Duties and Responsibilities:

• Provides guidance, academic advisement, and mentorship for first-generation, low-income participants by:
  • Conducting workshops, weekly meetings, and one-on-one sessions in: secondary and post-secondary course selection, goal setting, ACT/SAT test application and preparation, college selection, financial aid applications, college admissions applications, scholarship applications, career planning, and all other postsecondary enrollment processes.
  • Working closely with guidance counselors, teachers, and key school staff to support participants. 
  • Collaborating with parents on student progress.
• Coordinates the Upward Bound tutoring program by:
  • Hiring, training, and supervising all part-time and student tutoring staff
  • Working with Upward Bound counseling staff to ensure advisees tutoring needs are met.
  • Providing tutoring to students in areas of academic competency and connecting students to other available resources.
• Collaborates with director to develop and implement program curriculum for 24 school visits, ten Saturday Sessions, and the six-week pre-college summer program.
• Designs and teaches the senior project and senior seminar courses.
• Tracks and maintains records of student progress by:
  • Working with school counselors to collect grades, test scores, transcripts, and other relevant academic data.
  • Maintaining a record of all student contacts and services provided.
  • Assisting director in annual performance report (APR).
• Ability to work occasional evenings and Saturdays.

*Revisions on 8-10-22

• Master's degree in counseling, education, student affairs, human services, core academic subject, or a related area.
• Experience working with disadvantaged (low-income, first-generation) students.
• Experience in an educational or agency setting and ability to develop academic resources and curriculum.
• Strong desire to promote educational achievement and opportunity. organizational, communication, and public relations skills
• Valid driver's license with good driving record

Salary:  $41,500

Kentucky state law requires all public institutions of postsecondary education to conduct pre-employment criminal background checks to determine suitability for employment.

Western Kentucky University (WKU) is committed to a policy and practice of providing equal employment and educational opportunities to all individuals. In accordance with Title VI and VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Title IX of the Educational Amendments of 1972, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, Revised 1992, and the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, no form of discrimination or harassment will be tolerated at WKU on the basis of race, color, ethnicity, national origin, creed, religion, political belief, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, marital status, age, uniformed services, veteran status, genetic information, pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions, or physical or mental disability in admission to career and technical education programs and/or activities, or employment practices.

Persons with disabilities, who need reasonable accommodations to participate in the application and/or selection process, should notify the office of Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action/University ADA Services (EEO). To request an accommodation, report/express a complaint, or ask questions regarding WKU's Discrimination and Harassment Policy (#0.2040), please contact Mr. Joshua Hayes, EEO Director/Title IX Investigator/University ADA Coordinator, via email at [email protected] or by phone at (270) 745-5121.

The University is also required to investigate complaints of sex and gender-based harassment, also a form of discrimination, and has designated the Title IX Coordinator as the individual responsible for coordinating the investigation and response to such complaints. The Title IX Coordinator for the University is Ms. Andrea Anderson, who can be contacted via email at [email protected] or by phone at (270) 745-5398. Additional information regarding Title IX is accessible via WKU's https://www.wku.edu/titleix/ website.

Information concerning educational programs offered by WKU are provided at: http://www.wku.edu/atwku/academics.php

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