Outreach Counselor, Pre-Education & Training Services (Central/Northern Vermont)

Are you dedicated to supporting young people in achieving their dreams? Consider joining our VSAC team as the Pre-ETS Outreach Counselor! You’ll join a team of highly committed, collaborative, and supportive colleagues who are dedicated to student success.

The Vermont Student Assistance Corporation (VSAC) helps Vermonters of all ages prepare and plan for college and career training. This VSAC position is funded by a contract with HireAbility to develop and facilitate post-high school planning workshops to students with disabilities in central and Northern Vermont high schools.

VSAC Outreach counselors meet with students across the state who are from modest income backgrounds or first in their family to pursue education after high school. These staff hold a variety of roles, including staff who are embedded in middle and high schools, helping students to explore passions, identify education pathways to promising careers, and ensuring they have financial aid to support their goals. Outreach Counselors and this position utilize the VSAC Curriculum Map which outlines what VSAC believes students should know and be able to do by the time they graduate high school. The VSAC Curriculum Map is used to sequence and plan learning activities over the course of a school year to provide learning experiences that are targeted and grade appropriate.

The VSAC Pre-ETS Outreach Counselor will work with the following contracted school sites in the 2024-2025 school year: BFA St. Albans, Spaulding, CVU, Essex, Lamoille, and North Country high schools. This list of contracted schools is expected to expand after the 2024-2025 school year to more school sites in the region. We are looking for a Pre-ETS Outreach Counselor that lives in Central Vermont or Northern Vermont with a commute that would be less than 2 hours to any of the school sites listed. The Pre-ETS Outreach Counselor will deliver up to 7 workshops at each of the contracted school sites beginning in October through the end of the school year.

The successful VSAC Pre-ETS Outreach Counselor candidate will:

• Be a highly motivated individual who is excited to work with youth with disabilities to support them in planning for their futures.
• Be an experienced educator with a focus on accommodating learning activities to meet student needs and interests.
• Understand and excel at adapting learning activities and developing a sequence of learning activities where skills build upon each other.
• Enjoy building relationships with students, school partners, and stakeholders.
• Be an effective communicator, who is open to feedback, collaboration, and flexibility.

Salary range for this position is $43,000-$47,000. Note that the position has 9 weeks off in summer.

VSAC offers a comprehensive benefits package. Additional benefits include:

• Two options for Medical, Dental, & Prescription Drug Plans
• Employer contribution to either a Flexible Spending Account or Health Savings Account depending on your Medical plan selection
• Eligibility for annual salary increases and merit bonuses • Paid Time Off (PTO); 15 Vacation, 4 Personal, 12 Medical (Sick) Days, and 11 Paid Holidays pro-rated based on FTE
• Employer contribution of 10% of employee’s base salary rate to their 403(b)-retirement plan with no matching requirement.
• Tuition Assistance

VSAC values employees’ work-life balance, proven by its hybrid work model combining remote and in-office work. VSAC is also committed to staff well-being, demonstrated by its wellness offerings, onsite gym, and partnership with Marathon Health’s South Burlington clinic to provide opportunities for staff to improve and maintain their physical and behavioral health for free or low cost depending on the employee’s benefit plan.