Manager, Post-Verto Planning - Prague

🌍 Manager, Post-Verto Planning - Prague

📍 On-site - Prague | Verto Education
🔗 Learn more about us:
https://vertoeducation.org

🌍 About Verto

Verto is on a mission to provide the best possible start to college. We make travel and experiential education a core part of the first year, enabling students to begin their academic journey overseas before transferring to one of 70+ partner universities in the United States.

We are building a more accessible, more impactful model of higher education. We are a fast-growing, mission-driven organisation creating transformational global experiences.

✨About the Role

At Verto Education, The Manager, Post-Verto Planning (PVP) is a specialized, onsite role dedicated 100% to empowering students to confidently navigate their next steps after Verto through individualized guidance, strategic planning, and dedicated support —equipping them to pursue their goals with clarity and purpose. This position focuses exclusively on the Post-Verto Strategy (individualized guidance) and the Post-Verto Plan (the final pathway).

Reporting to the Academic Director/Manager, this position will own the execution of PVP programming in Prague, ensuring every student—whether Channel or Traditional—leaves Verto with a clear, documented, and achievable next step.

🚀 What You’ll Be Doing

Strategic Individualized Advising

• Case Management: Act as the primary owner for the location’s PVP caseload, specifically managing students interested in applying to Direct Transfer partners.
• Strategy Implementation: Lead Post-Verto strategy conversations for all students, focusing on their Channel requirements, Direct Transfer goals, or support of independent college applications.
• 1:1 Support: Conduct high-level 1:1 sessions to provide Direct Transfer partner recommendations, career interest exploration, and major alignment.
• Verto Continuation Support: Associate’s Abroad Global Pathway advising. Robust semester close-out support to maintain engagement for multi-semester students and support their transition to their next Verto location.
• Academic Support: Support schedule auditing for Channel students, approval of Channel add/drop requests. Coordinate local tutoring and advising including, "off track” students, international students, and those in the Low GPA Pathway.

Application & Pipeline Management

• Direct Transfer (DT) Oversight: Accountable for the movement of Verto DT Applications through the pipeline, including initial vetting for eligibility and completeness.
• Documentation: Ensure 100% accuracy in Salesforce for student strategies and final Post-Verto Plans to meet global KPI targets.

Programming & Group Engagement

• Workshops & Events: Host Discovery Sessions, DT Application workshops, and Channel-specific advising sessions.
• Partner Engagement: Coordinate partner site visits and facilitate student participation in pre-departure and onsite webinars to increase partner-to-student interaction.
• Peer Learning: Develop and moderate onsite "Channel Communities" to encourage best-practice sharing and community engagement among students.

Leadership & Collaboration

• SSA Mentorship: Train Student Success Advisors (SSAs) on initial PVP 1:1 facilitation, course audit support, and Salesforce documentation.
• Cross-Functional Coordination: Collaborate with University Partnerships (UP) HQ on programming development and Account Managers to ensure partner expectations are met.
• Operational Efficiency: Support "Melt" tracking by identifying students who cancel additional semesters and streamlining end-of-semester plans.
• Role Coverage Support: Provide hybrid coverage for a complementary role as needed.

🧠 What We’re Looking For

Qualifications:

• 3-5 years in student success, academic advising, or an understanding of the United States college admission landscape.
• Bachelor’s degree from an institution in the United States required; Master’s in Higher Education, Counseling, or Student Affairs preferred.
• Proficiency in Salesforce (logging cases, reporting), Google Suite, and a willingness to adopt emerging AI advising tools.
• Exceptional empathy, "sounding board" capabilities, and the ability to navigate high-pressure application deadlines.
• Fluency in English
• Ability to work on-site in an office environment
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills; the ability to provide verbal and written information, and provide instructions
• Excellent problem-solving skills; ability to investigate and analyze information and draw conclusions
• Comfortable managing multiple priorities in a dynamic environment
• Ability to work independently and adapt quickly

🌱 Why Join Verto?

• 🌍 Be part of a mission-driven organisation reimagining higher education
• ✈️ Work in a globally-minded, international environment
• 📚 Exposure to cross-functional teams (academics, operations, student life)
• 🚀 Opportunity to grow in a fast-moving, impact-driven organisation

Even if you don’t meet 100% of the above qualifications, you should still seriously consider applying. Studies show that you can still be considered for a role if you meet just 50% of the role’s requirements.

⚖️ Right to Work

You must have the legal right to work in the Czech Republic. Verto Education is unable to sponsor visas for this role.

♿ Accessibility & Accommodations

Verto is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to candidates with disabilities. If you require support during the recruitment process, please let us know.

🔐 Data Privacy

By applying for this role, you acknowledge that Verto Education will process your personal data for recruitment purposes. This includes assessing your application, communicating with you, and managing the hiring process. Your data will be handled in accordance with applicable data protection laws, including the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) where applicable.

🌈 Equal Opportunity Employer

Verto Education is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to building an inclusive and diverse workplace and welcome applications from all qualified candidates. We do not discriminate on the basis of any protected characteristic, including race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.