Project Achieve Specialist/Counselor

🇺🇸 Omaha, NE 🕑 Full-Time 💰 $46K 💻 Academic Advising 🗓️ April 28th, 2026

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The University of Nebraska Omaha is hiring a Project Achieve Specialist/Counselor. The role involves assisting program participants with personal counseling and enhancing academic development through individual and group instruction, mentoring, advising, and monitoring student progress. The specialist manages records, organizes workshops, oversees tutors, and collaborates with faculty and staff to support students' successful completion of university requirements.

Highlights

Provide individual and group academic advising and counseling to program participants.
Conduct small group instructional sessions and assist students in preparation for placement exams.
Plan and deliver approximately 12 workshops annually and organize the Annual Honors Luncheon.
Manage a caseload of about 60 students, supporting goal setting and graduate school preparation.
Assist the Project Achieve Director with student selection and crisis assessment.
Maintain and organize student data and records for institutional and federal reporting.
Hire, interview, schedule, and supervise approximately 20 tutors per semester.
Requires a Bachelor’s degree and at least three years of experience with programs related to student counseling, advising, or mentoring; Master’s degree preferred.
Position is full-time (1.0 FTE), exempt, with an annual salary of $46,000, and operates primarily Monday through Friday with occasional evenings or weekends.
The role does not offer remote or telecommuting options and is a 10-month appointment excluding summer months.