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Job description
Career Navigator Opportunity
Tallahassee State College (TSC), recently recognized as one of the Most Promising Places to Work in Community Colleges (2025), one of the Nation's Best and Brightest Companies to Work For® (2025), and a Great Colleges to Work For® (2025), is excited to announce a grant-funded opening for the position of Career Navigator – P09102 with the Florida Department of Juvenile Justice (DJJ) – Florida Youth College. We are looking for someone who shares our commitment to fostering a vibrant workplace community.
What You'll Do The Career Navigator is independent, complex, and highly specialized clerical work. This is work directly related to the Florida Youth College grant between Tallahassee State College and the Department of Juvenile Justice.
Day-to-day, you'll be responsible for:
Providing comprehensive support and detailed information about Florida Youth College to youth's parents, the general public, and staff via in-person, phone, text, TDX tickets, and email. Maintaining an ongoing awareness of available youth resources that can be shared with project partners. Conducting required 5, 15, 30, 60, 90 and 180 day follow ups with assigned caseload. Maintaining a cumulative activity report.
Reviewing and processing referrals and other documents related to program youth. Assisting with the registration process and responding to inquiries about the admittance into a post-secondary institution. Processing changes in Workday. Working closely with Instructors and other program staff to ensure student success. Working with the student to determine program tracks. Reviewing documents for accuracy.
Making referrals, scheduling and coordinating with program partners and providing community resources to ensure student success and pathway to work-based learning or post-secondary education. Educating students on options and providing guidance and advisement. Developing and maintaining a relationship with assigned youth to ensure engagement and progress.
Developing a tailored success plan for each assigned youth. Working with the youth to identify the documentation required for enrollment into a post-secondary institution. Proactively working with securing work-based learning opportunities once they have transitioned from an institution.
Working with a team to coordinate services to youth in a comprehensive manner; maintaining and using the required database to maintain data. Assisting in the development of automated communications with students. Communicating and resolving process issues with enrollment, admissions coordination of resource referral, records. Serving as liaison to external stakeholders to include educational partners, WIOA partners and others. Advising students about academic requirements, reviewing and interpreting test scores, unofficial transcripts, and course prerequisites. Assisting with online college credit options and dual enrollment registration and advising.
Who We're Looking For We're seeking a candidate who brings not only technical expertise but also a passion for education and student success.
Minimum Requirements:
A bachelor's degree in counseling, education or a related area from an accredited college or university.
Two (2) years of related experience; or a Bachelor's degree in a related area from an accredited college or university and three (3) years of related experience.
Career counseling is a plus
What We Offer We offer more than just a competitive salary of $49,000.00 annually. When you join the team at TSC, you'll also enjoy:
Comprehensive State of Florida benefits, including retirement through the Florida Retirement System.
Opportunities for professional development.
A generous leave policy, including 11 federally paid holidays
Tuition waivers program for continuous learning.
Free access to TSC athletic, fine arts, and performing arts events.
A Little About Us
Established in 1966, Tallahassee State College is dedicated to providing high-quality educational opportunities for students from Leon, Gadsden, and Wakulla counties, as well as from throughout the state, nation, and abroad. TSC offers a wide range of academic and workforce training programs, including associate degrees, bachelor's degrees, and in-demand certifications. Consistently ranked as one of the top colleges in the nation, our vision is to be recognized as your College of Choice.
Worksite address
tallahassee, FL, 32318, US
Who can apply
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