Job Title: Senior Counselor
Role Type: Full Time
Start Date: Sept. 1, 2025
Reports to: Director of Senior Counseling
Supported by: Director of Advising
Peers: Senior Counselors, In-School Advisors, Community Engagement Manager, Learning Managers
Overview
The senior counselor (SC) is an uncommonly hardworking, resourceful individual who’s passionate about helping BRYC’s Senior Fellows (12th-graders) pursue best-fit post-secondary pathways. Strong candidates have experience guiding students and families through strategic intentional plans, including college admissions, trade school applications, apprenticeship programs, military service opportunities, gap year planning, workforce entry, and financial aid processes. The SC also supports students through transition and matriculation into their chosen pathways. Above all, the SC understands that students from low-socioeconomic backgrounds face disproportionate barriers in accessing quality postsecondary opportunities, and therefore they are relentless in breaking these barriers so BRYC Fellows can maximize their potential through diverse educational and career pathways that align with their individual goals, interests, and circumstances.
Duties
- Plan & facilitate electric programs
Two to three evenings per week, from 4:30–7:30pm, the SC will facilitate Senior Workshop, a program in which BRYC’s seniors complete postsecondary process work alongside designated mentors. The SC will manage a cohort of ~30 seniors, which includes making individualized postsecondary plans and recommendations. - Provide robust support outside of program
The SC will closely monitor the progress of Fellows in their cohort, identifying and responding effectively to Fellows’ academic and socioemotional needs, and communicating proactively with guardians, mentors, and BRYC team members. - Build strong BRYC culture
The SC will be the heartbeat of our Senior Fellow community, building connections with Fellows, mentors, and guardians to foster a culture in which there is shared pride and purpose around the college process and BRYC experience as a whole. - Coordinate Special Initiatives
The SC will help plan and lead special initiatives like the senior retreat, college tours, college information panels, and college process-specific events (e.g., FAFSA night).
Hours
At BRYC, we believe in fostering a culture of productivity and achievement. While our standard workweek is based on a 40-hour schedule, we operate as an objective-driven organization. This means that our team members’ hours are centered around the core functions of their primary roles and the objectives, key results, and actions (OKRAs) they are tasked with accomplishing. By aligning our work hours with specific objectives and outcomes, we ensure that each team member’s time is utilized efficiently and effectively, ultimately contributing to the overall success of our mission.
Qualifications
- Education: Bachelor’s minimum
- Teaching: 2 years minimum
- Ideal: Experience counseling students on post-high school opportunities or in a higher education setting
Skills & Qualities
- Strong fit with BRYC’s culture, as defined by our Trust Statements and Culture Code
- Proficiency in Google Suite
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to engage diverse groups of stakeholders
- Ethic: whatever it takes
- Spirit: entrepreneurial
- Heart: compassionate
- Mind: creative, strategic
Workplace Benefits
- Best workplace culture you’ll ever experience
- Opportunities for advancement
- Remote work flexibility, following three month trial and when not teaching in school
- Four-day work weeks in the summer
- Access to discounted insurance and services (e.g., pet insurance, renter’s insurance, home warranty)
- BRYC is a Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) employer, providing eligible employees the opportunity to have their federal student loans forgiven after 10 years of qualifying employment and loan payments.
Employment Status
All full-time BRYC team members are exempt, at-will employees. The executive director would confer this position, and either party can terminate it at any time, with or without cause or notice. The “at will” nature of your employment cannot be changed except in a document signed by you, the executive director, and a BRYC officer.
Apply
Please email your cover letter, résumé, and the names/contact information for 3-5 references to [email protected]. Include the position title in the subject line. Strong candidates will participate in two interview rounds.
