Project Achieve Counselor/Advisor

🇺🇸 Omaha, NE 🕑 Full-Time 💰 $46K 💻 Other 🗓️ May 7th, 2026

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University of Nebraska Omaha is hiring a Project Achieve Counselor/Advisor to support program participants with personal and academic development. The role involves providing individual and group instruction, mentoring, academic advising, and maintaining student data for reporting, while collaborating with faculty and program staff to enhance participant success.

Highlights

Provide academic advising and conduct individual and group instructional sessions to prepare students for university course requirements.
Assist students with personal and life skills issues, goal setting, and preparation for placement exams.
Plan and conduct approximately 12 student workshops annually and organize the Annual Honors Luncheon for about 200 attendees.
Manage hiring, scheduling, and supervision of about 20 tutors per semester.
Maintain records and data according to federal guidelines for program evaluation and reporting.
Collaborate with the Project Achieve Director to identify, select, and monitor student progress and assist students in crisis situations.
Required education: Master's degree in counseling or a related field.
Required experience: At least three years working with TRIO, college readiness, advising, counseling, mentoring, or student affairs programs.
Pay is $46,000 annually with a full-time (1.0 FTE) appointment over 10 months (does not work in June/July).
Department: Project Achieve within the Division of Student Life and Wellbeing, College of Learning Communities.