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Academic Counselor
Bureau of Indian Education · Posted 70 days ago
On-site Contract Albuquerque, NM $75K – $98K Apply by Aug 7, 2026 Education Services ENFJESFJINFJISFJ
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This position is part of the Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute, Bureau of Indian Education (BIE), Department of the Interior (DOI). As a Guidance Counselor (Academic) you will be responsible for providing academic support services and resources to students.
What You'll Do
- →As a Guidance Counselor (Academics)/Academic Counselor, GS-1740-11, your typical work assignments may include the following under supervision: Serve as an advisor and counselor to first-year students, returning and continuing students, and students with disabilities.
- →Provide direct and indirect academic support to help students navigate college systems, access student services, and utilize available on and off campus resources as students begin and continue their education with emphasis of cultural integration in areas supportive co-curricular activities.
- →Administer career assessments to evaluate students' interests, needs, and career goals and build upon specific educational plans appropriate to degree or certificate program.
- →Provide individual and group academic counseling services to all student with a strong emphasis on adult learners and students on probation or suspension.
- →Gather, organize, and analyze student data to support effective academic counseling and non academic assessment program objectives and criteria.
- →Maintain accurate and complete student records as required by laws, policies, and administrative regulations.
- →Contribute to SIPI's strategic and academic initiatives by supporting integrated advisement with faculty/advisors, strengthens guided pathways towards workforce development and student transitioning, assist with student learning in retention, persistence, and degree completion efforts aligned with program assessment, strategic planning, and continuous improvement requirements.
- →Strengthen internal and external partnerships with tribal, state, and federal government workforces and higher educational institutional pathways for student internships and graduate students.
- →Support Guide Pathways model for integrated advisement.
Requirements
- ✓EDUCATION: Transcripts MUST be uploaded and electronically linked from USAJOBS at the time you apply and MUST include identifying information to include School Name, Student Name, credit hours, major, and grade-point average or class ranking, degree and date awarded.
- ✓All academic degrees and coursework must be completed at a college or university that has obtained accreditation or pre-accreditation status from an accrediting body recognized by the U.S.
- ✓Department of Education (DOE).
- ✓Applicants are responsible for providing documentation that the educational requirements have been met.
- ✓To qualify based on education you must submit a legible copy of your transcripts.
- ✓Official transcripts are required upon selection if you qualified based on education.
- ✓Education must have been obtained from an accredited or pre-accredited institution recognized by the U.S.
- ✓DOE (click here) in order for it to be credited towards qualifications.
- ✓Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet the above requirements if you can show that the foreign education is comparable to that received in an accredited educational institution in the U.S.
- ✓(click here).
Personality Fit
Job ID: 7370a774-e36c-4c2b-a9ab-70fad99e0ac9
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