Career Advising Coordinator

Job Title: Career Advising Coordinator Monthly Pay: $4,220 - $5,731 USD per month Summary: Clear career plans, timely advising appointments, and useful next steps help participants move forward with confidence. As a temporary Career Advising Coordinator, you organize the flow of career advising requests, support advisor preparation, and help participants access relevant career resources. This role sits within a career advising team and works under a career advising team lead. You work closely with career advisors, participants, program partners, and internal resource specialists to keep guidance organized and responsive. This fully remote, work from home position is based in Kansas, United States. The role requires a 40-hour weekly commitment. Working days and shift times may vary. Job Responsibilities: Receive participant questions and advising requests through a shared queue, email, phone messages, and online forms, then sort each request by topic and urgency. Review submitted background details, career goals, and stated interests to identify the appropriate advisor, resource, or next action. Coordinate advising appointments using a scheduling and calendar such as Google Calendar, confirming availability and sharing meeting details with participants and advisors. Maintain clear participant profiles, appointment status updates, and interaction notes in a project management system such as Trello. Prepare advisors with concise summaries of participant goals, prior contacts, requested topics, and relevant resource links before scheduled sessions. Share approved career exploration materials, job search resources, interview guidance, and professional development options that align with participant needs. Follow up after appointments to confirm that participants received next steps, identify unanswered questions, and route additional support requests. Escalate urgent participant concerns, repeated scheduling barriers, or requests needing specialized guidance to the career advising team lead or designated advisor. Use a survey such as Qualtrics to organize participant feedback and summarize recurring themes for the team. Meet quality expectations through accurate routing, timely turnaround, complete notes, reliable follow-up, and respectful participant interactions. Qualifications: High school diploma or equivalent. About 1-2 years of experience in career services, education support, workforce programs, advising coordination, or a related setting preferred. Working knowledge of career planning concepts, job search resources, professional development pathways, and common participant questions preferred. Familiarity with a scheduling and calendar such as Google Calendar and a project management system such as Trello preferred. Familiarity with a survey such as Qualtrics and the ability to summarize feedback themes clearly preferred. Ability to organize multiple participant requests while maintaining clear priorities, dependable follow-up, and accurate status updates. Strong written and verbal communication skills for explaining next steps, confirming appointments, and collaborating with advisors. Reliable computer, high-speed internet, and quiet private workspace, with availability for the 40-hour weekly commitment and agreed working days and shift times. Authorization to work in the United States. Perks & Benefits: Fully remote work from home in Kansas, United States. Structured onboarding and training on Google Calendar, Trello, Qualtrics, advising workflows, and participant resource practices. Regular check-ins with the career advising team lead to review priorities, questions, and workflow updates. Opportunity to build career coaching, career planning, participant guidance, resource coordination, and feedback summarization skills. Health coverage, paid leave, a 401(k), maternity leave, and stipends.