Educational Opportunity Center Advisor

POSITION DESCRIPTION

JOB TITLE: EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY CENTER ADVISOR

DEPARTMENT: EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY CENTER DIVISION: STUDENT AFFAIRS

SALARY RANGE: $45,059 (Grade 6)

FLSA: EXEMPT

IMMEDIATE SUPERVISOR: EOC PROJECT DIRECTOR

SCHEDULE DETAILS: FULL-TIME/11 MONTH POSITION/PUBLIC SCHOOL RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF MISSOURI

DATE OF LATEST REVIEW/REVISIONS: October 21, 2026

To Apply: Send Cover letter, Resume, Crowder Application, and copies of transcripts to HR@crowder.edu

Position Summary
Crowder College is looking for a people-centered person who will advise and advocate for residents in Barry, Barton,
Jasper, Lawrence, McDonald, Newton and Vernon counties who seek to improve the lives through education. The Advisor
is responsible for delivering services at the college and within the community, including advising, workshops, and career
development activities that expand education and workforce choices. The Advisor provides direct support with
postsecondary admission applications, financial aid forms, HiSet/GED guidance, career counseling, financial literacy
assistance, transfer advisement, scholarship help, and general information relating to the financial and academic
processes in education. When the Advisor is winning, residents who seek services from EOC have an exceptional
experience receiving all the support and guidance needed to meet their education and career goals.

Essential Job Duties

• Disseminate information to residents, agencies, schools, career and technical education programs, and businesses
• Assist with identification, recruitment, and selection of eligible participants
• Coordinate activities with colleges, career/technical education centers, and community agencies
• Establish and maintain close working relationships with community agency staff, high school staff and

administration, career/technical education staff, social service agencies, businesses, and postsecondary education
personnel

• Obtain EOC referrals and make referrals via community agency staff, high school staff and administration,

career/technical education, social service agencies, businesses, and college personnel

• Maintain complete and accurate confidential participant files (including the EOC application, income documents,

completed assessments, high school and/or college records, and all key services rendered)

• Facilitate workshops on academic issues, financial aid options, college selection and career pathways aligned with

regional labor market needs

• Advise participants in a group or one-to-one concerning academic and/or financial aid issues
• Provide information and workshops on college majors, short-term credential programs, and career guidance
• Support participants in navigating digital tools, including career exploration platforms and emerging LER and talent

Required Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Bachelor’s degree required in higher education, career and technical education, guidance, counseling or other

closely related field.

• Experience developing/administering programs or those that support workforce training/employment for

disadvantaged persons.

• Experience working with and sensitivity to students, adults, and/or disadvantaged populations.
• Excellent workshop facilitation, communication, and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work independently with no direct on-site supervision.
• Ability to plan, organize, and execute job duties effectively.
• Ability to establish and maintain positive working relationships with students, professionals, staff, and the public.
• Ability to drive an automobile and a clean driving record required.

Equipment/Software

• Information Technology abilities required:

o Ability to operate a computer using Windows environment.
o Ability to operate a computer within the Crowder College network environment.
o Ability to perform basic Microsoft Office 365 components.
o Ability to perform basic Learning Management System functions.

Positions Supervised
None

Working Environment

• Generally indoors in a normal office/classroom/clinical environment with minimal exposure to temperature

changes, noise, dust or chemicals.

• Normal college working hours but adjustment of hours involving evening and/or weekend work may be required.
• Travel to other office sites required as well as an occasional overnight trip.
• The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while

performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals
with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• A neat appearance and appropriate businesslike apparel are required.

Physical

• Input, access and distribute information using computers.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to handle

or feel; reach with hands and arms; stoop, kneel, or crouch; and talk or hear. Specific vision abilities required by this
job include close vision.

• May be required to walk long distances. May also be required to lift, carry, push or pull objects up to 50 lbs.

Creative and Analytical Skills

• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
• Ability to devise or modify methods or processes to solve specific problems.

Language/Communication Skills

• Ability to communicate effectively with a variety of people, including staff, students and the general public, in both

written and oral mediums.

• Ability to interact with a broad range of people both on and off campus in a positive manner.
• Bilingual capability preferred.

CROWDER COLLEGE RESERVES THE RIGHT TO MODIFY, INTERPRET, OR APPLY THIS POSITION DESCRIPTION IN ANY WAY
THE INSTITUTION DESIRES. THIS POSITION DESCRIPTION IN NO WAY IMPLIES THAT THESE ARE THE ONLY DUTIES,
INCLUDING ESSENTIAL JOB DUTIES, TO BE PERFORMED BY THE EMPLOYEE OCCUPYING THIS POSITION. THIS POSITION
DESCRIPTION IS NOT AN EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT, IMPLIED OR OTHERWISE. THE EMPLOYMENT RELATIONSHIP REMAINS
“AT-WILL.” THE AFOREMENTIONED POSITION REQUIREMENTS ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE TO REASONABLY
ACCOMMODATE QUALIFIED INDIVIDUALS WITH A DISABILITY.