Career Center Assistant (SY 25-26)

Loudoun County Public Schools (Virginia)

Sterling, VA

Salary: $27.81 - $35.79

Country: Canada

Job Overview

The Career Center Assistant helps students use career and college materials available in the career center of the high school guidance office. The Career Center Assistant is responsible for maintaining the career center as a vital and user-friendly resource area for students, parents, teachers, and counselors.

Roles and Responsibilities

The following information is intended to describe the overall nature and scope of the work being performed. This is not a comprehensive listing of all responsibilities or tasks; work may differ and other work may be assigned when deemed appropriate.

Makes arrangements for various career and college-related events
Works with students referred by counselors, teachers, and students themselves and directs all counseling concerns to the counselors
Ensures that materials are presented in a timely manner so students are able to avail themselves of school and scholarship opportunities vital to further education and the world of work
Works collaboratively with all counselors in the department, freeing counselors to spend time working directly with students.

Qualifications

Below are the minimum qualifications for this job. Equivalent combinations of education and experience are also acceptable.

Education

High school diploma or GED

Experience

Prior related experience

Licenses and Certifications

NA

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

Ability to plan and organize events.
Ability to operate a computer, including word processing, creation and use of spreadsheets and data bases, and use of the Internet to obtain information.
Ability to gather, compile, and classify information and maintain accurate records with detailed information.
Working knowledge of standard English grammar, spelling, appropriate vocabulary, computation, office practices and procedures, and office equipment.
Ability to compose routine correspondence and memoranda from general instruction.
Good organizational, human relations, and communication skills.

Physical Requirements

The following provides a brief description of physical requirements for this job:

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly talking, expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word. The employee must convey detailed or important spoken instructions to other workers accurately, loudly, or quickly. The employee must possess normal cognitive abilities including the ability to learn, recall and apply certain practices and policies. Frequently sitting and/or remaining in a stationary position for long periods of time. Exerting up to 25 pounds of force occasionally and/or negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects.

Reports To: Principal

FLSA Status: Non-Exempt

Months/Days/Hours: 10 Months/ 190 Days/ 7 Hours Per Day

Salary Level: Level 8

Salary Scale:https://www.lcps.org/compensation

Salary Range:$27.81 - $35.79

About Loudoun County Public Schools (Virginia)

Loudoun County Public Schools (LCPS) fulfills its mission of “Empowering all students to make meaningful contributions to the world" through deeper learning experiences, demonstrating instructional leadership across the Commonwealth and nation as a member of the Virginia is for Lovers Network 4.0 and by being recognized by the Virginia Department of Education as a School Division of Innovation.

Loudoun's 98 public schools offer more than 82,000 students an educational program that ranks among the best in Virginia and the nation. As the fastest growing county in the Commonwealth of Virginia, Loudoun continues its proud tradition of quality public education, maintaining an outstanding record of student achievement despite the pressures of surging enrollment.

Loudoun County Public Schools is the third largest school division in the Commonwealth of Virginia and the 41st in the nation.

LCPS centers equity as one of its foundational core values. For our community, equity means being committed to providing a safe, supportive, inclusive, affirming, and respectful environment for each student and staff member that fosters success, growth, and academic rigor. The cultivation of this environment requires us to reject and condemn the use of hate speech, racial slurs, antisemitism, and any action or behavior that discriminates based on race, ethnicity, national origin, gender, orientation, gender expression, socio-economic status, religion, ability, or other cultural identities or expression. Such noninclusive speech, behavior, and actions do not reflect who we are as a learning community.

We embrace and value the unique identities, backgrounds, experiences, perspectives, and needs of each student and employee. Celebrating our diversity is important and helps define us as a school division.

Demonstrating the courage to address inequities and remove barriers represents an integral part of our collective effort towards excellence in education. Equity is the vehicle that leads to greater access, opportunity, and equality so that each student is empowered to make meaningful contributions to the world.

With rapid growth and expansion comes various jobs vacancies! We hope you will consider LCPS as you begin your career!

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