Title:
Promise Program Scholar Advisor, Lead
Position Type:
Professional Tech Full time
College:
Pikes Peak State College
Location:
Colorado Springs
Salary Range:
$56,000 - $59,000 annual gross
Who We Are:
Pikes Peak State College is the largest and most diverse college in the Pikes Peak region, serving students with a wide range of goals, experiences, and responsibilities. Our students include recent high school graduates, working adults, military-affiliated students, parents, first-generation students, career changers, transfer students, and lifelong learners.
Our mission is to provide high-quality educational opportunities to all, with a focus on student success and community needs. We fulfill that mission by creating affordable, flexible, and accessible pathways that help students transfer to four-year institutions, enter the workforce, advance their careers, and build better futures close to home.
As the needs of our students, employers, and communities continue to evolve, so do we. PPSC embraces innovation that is human-centered, ethical, and focused on student learning. Through strong workforce partnerships and the thoughtful integration of emerging technologies, including artificial intelligence, we prepare students not only for today's opportunities, but for what's next.
We're looking for people who are passionate about access, collaboration, innovation, and student success. Whether you work in the classroom or behind the scenes, your contributions help create opportunities that change lives.
At PPSC, our vision is simple: Students Succeed at PPSC.
Job Summary:
This is a NON-CLASSIFIED employment opportunity and is exempt from the State Classified Personnel System. Visit the State of Colorado for Classified employment opportunities.
The Promise Program Scholar Advisor, Lead position supports the strategic growth and operational management of Promise Programs. This role provides direct supervision to Promise Coaches, maintains an active coaching caseload, and serves as a primary liaison to school district partners. This position ensures that information pertinent to Promise Programs stakeholders is collected, catalogued, and communicated efficiently and effectively. The Promise Program Scholar Advisor, Lead serves all Promise Program students at all Pikes Peak State College campuses and maintains effective, professional relationships with all Promise Program partners. We have two openings for this position.
Reports to: Director of Promise Programs
Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree from a regionally accredited institution.
- Demonstrated experience working with students from diverse backgrounds and/or underserved populations.
- Two years of professional experience in academic advising, counseling, social services, secondary or post-secondary student success coaching, teaching or student services.
Professional level experience is defined by the Colorado Division of Human Resources: A position that involves the exercise of discretion, analytical skill, judgment, personal accountability, and responsibility for creating, developing, integrating, applying, or sharing an organized body of knowledge. Colorado revised statute (C.R.S. 24-50-135(1) allows colleges to exempt positions from the State Personnel Classified System that are determined to be professional level work.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Master's Degree from a regionally accredited institution.
- Experience working in a higher education setting with college students.
- Demonstrated experience in public speaking, teaching, facilitating workshops, or small group facilitation.
- Demonstrated small team leadership and supervisory experience.
- Ability to read, write, and speak fluent Spanish
Duties & Responsibilities:
- Supports the Director of Promise Programs with the implementation, development, and delivery of the academic advising and success coaching model for the Promise Scholars Program
- Maintains an active caseload of Program Scholars and follows caseload management protocols
- Directly supervises and mentors Promise Program success advisors/coaches and their respective student engagement protocols
- Supports the onboarding and training for all Program success advisors/coaches
- Holds regular team and individual meetings with direct reports
- Serves on committees and workgroups as required or assigned by the Director of Promise Programs
- Identifies and coordinates professional development opportunities for direct reports
- Helps to maintain and collect data as well as all other required and/or requested reports
- Supports the Promise Team in planning and delivering institution wide programming, including campus activities, workshops, seminars, and orientations that support the Program
- At the direction of the Director prepares and presents reports to partner institutions, foundations, institutional leadership, and funders when required
- Markets program specifics and benefits to internal and external institutional stakeholders
- Develops and maintains collaborative working relationships with institutional partners like Advising & Testing, Enrollment Services, Tutoring, and Career Services as well as with the other departments and divisions within the institution
- Represents PPSC at the Colorado Community College System level at the discretion of the Director
- Helps to ensure that the Promise Scholars Program webpages are up to date and accurate
- Serve when requested on institutional and community committees concerned with institutional success and the specific success of the Promise Scholars Program initiative
- Assists the Director of Promise Programs with personnel matters, departmental and employee training and assessment, change management, and goal implementation
- At the direction of the Director develops and maintains a workable schedule for all full and part-time direct reports to meet the demands of the academic year, special events, staff meetings, and student needs
- Oversees day to day workload assignments, monitoring and approving leave, directing, controlling, planning and organizing the work activities of the assigned team members
- Works collaboratively with partner departments and relevant secondary institutions to achieve program recruitment and retention goals
- Facilitates informational workshops and classroom presentations as requested and needed
- Partners with the Academic Resources Leadership Team as a resource for division events and activities.
Competencies/KSAs:
- Cultural competence and demonstrated evidence, understanding, and commitment to the concepts of diversity, multiculturalism, and their application in the workplace.
- Ability to manage spaces for events and programming.
- Ability to prepare reports regarding work and impact.
- Knowledge of and ability to make proper referrals to students for college programming and support services.
- Supervise student and temp-hourly staff
- Build effective work schedules and approve time sheets and personal time off.
- Ability to work collaboratively and professionally with internal and external stakeholders.
- Apply strong interpersonal, oral, and written communication skills with students, staff, faculty, and community members.
- Understand and display the concepts of diversity and multiculturalism and their application in the workplace.
- Work collaboratively with other services to support student success.
- Employ efficient organizational skills and work under deadlines to achieve strategic goals.
- Aid in planning, development, coordination, facilitation, and evaluation of communication strategies regarding Library and Learning Commons services.
- Ability to navigate differences effectively and respectfully in the workplace.
- Demonstrated evidence and understanding of the concepts of diversity and multiculturalism and their application in the workplace and higher education.
- Experience utilizing technology to provide synchronous and asynchronous services to students.
- Experience with public speaking and group educational presentations.
- Experience developing traditional or web-based programming and materials for workshops, services, and special events.
- Excellent computer skills working with Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Access, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint).
- Ability to prepare effective written communications utilizing correct grammar and spelling.
- Skills in organization and accurate recordkeeping with strict attention to detail and student privacy issues.
- Ability to professionally and tactfully interact, communicate, establish rapport and work collaboratively with a wide variety of constituents, including students, faculty, staff, and community members and organizations.
- Ability to work independently and follow through on assignments with minimal direction.
- Position requires energetic, flexible team members willing to work occasional evenings and Saturdays to accommodate programming needs; travel between all campuses as needed.
- Ability to work evenings and Saturdays as needed, and travel to multiple campuses and off campus locations.
- Adhere to college policies and procedures.
Selection Process:
For full consideration, all application materials must be received by 4:00 p.m. on August 5th, 2026.
Pikes Peak State College reserves the right to close the job posting once a sufficient applicant pool has been obtained.
Must be a State of Colorado resident or able to relocate to Colorado prior to first date of employment.
Visa support is not available for this position.
Application Instructions:
Application must be submitted online. Incomplete applications may not receive full consideration. A complete application will include:
Cover letter - Address the minimum and preferred qualifications in the order listed on the job announcement.
Resume - Reflect experience, education, knowledge, skills, and abilities.
Unofficial Transcripts - Unofficial transcripts for all degrees conferred. Official transcripts are required if hired for the position.
Professional References - Provide names and contact information for three recent professional references who can address your expertise and background for this position.
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