Occupational Summary

 

College Advising Corps (CAC) seeks recent college graduates to serve as full-time DCAC Members in low-income high schools. As a DCAC member part of a national access movement, they will help students in underserved communities realize their dream of attending college. DCAC Members will be expected to tailor programs and activities to meet the specific needs of their assigned schools and perform the following primary essential functions:

 

Provide one-on-one admissions and financial aid advice to any student or family seeking assistance.
• Encourage each student to consider a broad range of appropriate college choices
• Develop for each student a comprehensive college timeline, including application deadlines for admission and financial aid
• Help each student complete and submit admissions and financial aid applications
• Assist each student in interpreting correspondence from colleges, including offers of admission and financial aid

 

Organize group events that encourage students and their families to consider, plan for, and apply to colleges and universities.
• Visit classrooms, assemblies, and club meetings to offer CAC services and emphasize the importance of college
• Work with local community groups—churches, boys’ and girls’ clubs, social service providers—to offer group events outside the school setting and hours

 

Establish productive working relationships with principals, counselors, and teachers in each assigned high school.
• Assess, in consultation with the CAC program director and school personnel, the needs of each school, and adapt programs and activities to meet these needs
• Actively seek the advice and counsel of the on-site supervisor at each partner high school

 

Assist in the assessment and long-term sustainability of the program.
• Assist the program director and evaluation staff in identifying, collecting, and interpreting key progress and outcome variables to evaluate the effectiveness of the CAC program
• Submit monthly progress reports to the program director documenting progress and outcome data
• Meet, as appropriate, with evaluators
• Represent CAC, as requested by the program director, to potential supporters and to other interested parties

 

Maintain expertise in admissions and financial aid advising.
• Participate fully in training
• In consultation with the program director, seek out and participate in other opportunities for professional development

 

Required Qualifications
• Applicants must have earned or will earn a bachelor’s degree by the start of employment in the position.

 

Preferred Qualifications
• An interest in equity and access to education.
• Experience working with students through tutoring, volunteering, and/or mentoring.
• Experience with organization and/or planning events.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.

 

The following activities are non-essential functions to assist in the efforts of other AmeriCorps college adviser(s) within the service area:
• Regularly visit other high schools in their assigned service area during school days
• Help organize, provide support for, and attend evening and weekend events organized by other DCAC Member

 

DCAC Members will report to the DCAC Program Director, Program Coordinator, and an on-site liaison in the schools they will serve. DCAC Members are encouraged to live within their service areas and to involve themselves in the surrounding communities. DCAC Members must consent to a criminal history check as they will have recurring access to high school students, age 17 or younger, considered by the Corporation for National and Community Service to be a vulnerable population. The required background checks include a National Sex Offender check, a North Carolina criminal check, and an FBI check. Appointments will be for one year, with an option for a second year, if mutually agreed upon by the program director and the DCAC Member.

Segal Education Award
Upon successful completion of the DCAC Member’s term of service, a full-time DCAC Member is eligible to receive an education award of up to $7,395.00 from the National Service Trust. The education award amount is based on previous terms of service as outlined by the Corporation for National and Community Service. Prorated benefits may be paid only if a participant is released for a compelling personal circumstance after serving no less than fifteen percent (15%)
of the contracted time. The DCAC Member will receive a virtual voucher which may be used toward future educational costs or toward repayment of qualified student loans as defined by the Trust and/or the Corporation. A DCAC Member will have seven (7) years after the completion of service to use the education benefit. The education award is taxable in the year that it is used. The DCAC Member understands that his/her failure to disclose to the program any history of having been released for cause from an AmeriCorps program will render the DCAC Member ineligible to receive the education award.

 

Living Stipend
• Total living allowance for the term of service equals $37,400.
• Living allowances are disbursed in equal monthly amounts throughout the term of service and will total no more than $37,400. Living allowance payments will be made by direct deposit according to the Duke University 2024-2025 payment schedule: (7/25, 8/23, 9/25, 10/25, 11/25, 12/23, 1/24, 2/25, 3/25, 4/25, 5/23, 6/25).
• The partner university will reimburse DCAC Members for travel from the service site to mandatory events, training, and professional development sessions using the approved University per-mile rate.

 

Health Insurance
AmeriCorps programs must provide, or make available, healthcare insurance to those members serving a 1,700-hour full-time term who are not otherwise covered by a healthcare policy at the time the member begins his/her term of service. The recipient must also provide, or make available, healthcare insurance to members serving a 1,700-hour full-time term who lose coverage during their term of service because of service or through no deliberate act of their own. CNCS will not cover healthcare costs for dependent coverage.

 

Childcare support
If a DCAC Member qualifies, the corporation’s designated childcare administrator will provide a childcare allowance directly to the AmeriCorps member’s childcare provider. As of April 2012, the Corporation’s designated Childcare Administrator is Gap Solutions, Inc.

 

As outlined in § 2522.250. an AmeriCorps member is eligible for childcare benefits if he or she:
• Is a full-time member or a half-time member serving in a full-time capacity;
• Is the parent or custodian of a dependent under 13 years of age who resides with him/her;
• Needs childcare to participate;
• Is not receiving childcare from another available source at the time of acceptance into the program; and
• Has a family income that does not exceed the state’s income eligibility guidelines.

 

Applications and other forms related to AmeriCorps childcare benefits may be downloaded at http://www.americorpschildcare.com/Forms.aspx

 

Minimum Qualifications

 

 

Education

Bachelor's degree earned by date of hire.

 

Experience

 

Preferred work or volunteer service experience in educational outreach to youth and families from diverse backgrounds, near peer advising and counseling to adolescents, or event planning.

 

Duke is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer committed to providing employment opportunity without regard to an individual's age, color, disability, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, or veteran status.

 

Duke aspires to create a community built on collaboration, innovation, creativity, and belonging. Our collective success depends on the robust exchange of ideas—an exchange that is best when the rich diversity of our perspectives, backgrounds, and experiences flourishes. To achieve this exchange, it is essential that all members of the community feel secure and welcome, that the contributions of all individuals are respected, and that all voices are heard. All members of our community have a responsibility to uphold these values.

 

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