Student Success Specialist (TRiO Program)

Student Success Specialist (TRiO Program)

Salary: $30.85 - $40.25 Hourly
Job Type: Classified Regular
Job Number: 25-025
Closing: 12/17/2024 11:59 PM Pacific
Location: Imperial, CA
Division: Student Services

Representative Duties

BASIC FUNCTION:
Under the direction of the assigned supervisor, coordinates student success and support related programs, components and activities; assists in the planning, coordination and implementation of support programs and services associated with the college plans, including the college Student Success and Support Program (SSSP) and Student Equity plans; assists in planning and coordinating follow-up and retention activities for at-risk students including those on probation and dismissal.

DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTICS: Student Success Specialist performs responsible and varied work involved with planning, promoting and implementing the Student Success agenda. Work requires extensive interaction with participants/students, faculty, staff and others, well-developed organizational skills and specialized technical knowledge related to the provisions of student support services.

Student Success Specialist provides a variety of support services for students to assist them in achieving their goal of receiving their degree, certificate, or continuing their education at a four-year college or university.

TYPICAL DUTIES:
Manages student success and support program activities, including required steps for priority enrollment, follow-up and retention services. Provides high-level support in ensuring coordination and training for all the components of student success, and specifically those components outlined in the SSSP Plan.

May assist appropriate administrator/supervisor in budget development and coordination; prepares required state and district reports. Assists in conducting program review and strategic planning for the SSSP programs.

Provides leadership for student intervention programs. Participates in recommending, developing and monitoring systems to provide and track support services to new and continuing students. May train staff to provide student support related services, including but not limited to follow-up and retention activities.

Attends college, district, and departmental meetings in an effort to ensure coordination of support services, and follow-up activities. Assists in ensuring compliance with and implementation of student services related regulations, policies, and procedures. May assist in gathering and maintaining data and statistical information in an effort to ensure appropriate services are provided to students in compliance with district and state regulations, policies, and procedures. May provide daily training and supervision to students and temporary classified employees involved in student services activities.

Under the direction of the appropriate supervisor, may oversee college programs focused on student success, such as First Step, Summer Bridge, or other related programs. Provides extended orientation activities to connect First Time in College (FTIC) students to college programs and services. Participate in Senior Saturday events. Communicate with students to move them through the Steps to Success and core services of Assessment and educational planning. Assist with professional development activities for faculty and staff to support student success and SSSP. Provides transition workshops and activities for entering students coming directly from high school.

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Minimum Qualifications

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:
Bachelor's degree in psychology, sociology, counseling, education, or related fields from an accredited college or university. Two years of responsible experience in student services on a college campus or in a community agency that provides services to students, young adults, or diverse community members.

IMPORTANT: To be considered for the position applying for, applicants must submit the required items by the deadline, which include: online IVC application, current resume, and ALL unofficial transcripts (transcripts must show degree was awarded or conferred with a completion date). All attachments will be uploaded into the online application. Applications which do not include all of the required materials will not be forwarded to the screening committee for consideration. Materials submitted become property of the District and will not be returned, copied, or considered for other openings.

Supplemental Information


RANGE 21 ON THE CLASSIFIED SALARY SCHEDULE. Initial salary placement is normally at Step 1, no higher than Step 3. Please click here (Download PDF reader) to review current salary schedule.

A standard application consists of the following:

• Online District Application
• Professional Resume
• ALL Unofficial Academic Transcripts showing the date degree was awarded/conferred.
• Foreign Transcripts: Candidates who are applying for faculty and/or academic administrator positions and are submitting foreign transcripts must include a U.S. evaluation and translation from a NACES member organization. Please attach the documents to your online application.
• NOTE: Please note that no additional attachments or information beyond the required documents noted above will be considered as part of the application. We kindly request that you adhere to the specified requirements outlined in the application guidelines.

For Additional inquiries please contact:
Martha Gutierrez
HR Technician - Recruitment
Phone: 760-355-6212
Email: martha.gutierrez@imperial.edu

EEO Information

Imperial Community College District is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate any applicant for employment on the basis of race, religion, color, ancestry, national origin, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity and expression, marital status, age, physical or mental disability, pregnancy, medical condition, or covered veteran status. This prohibition against unlawful discrimination extends to any person who is perceived to have any of the above characteristics or who is associated with someone who has, or who is perceived to have, any of those characteristics.



COMMITMENT TO EQUITY AND DIVERSITY

With the goal of ensuring the equal educational opportunity of all students, Imperial Valley College embraces diversity among students, faculty, staff, and the communities we serve as an integral part of our history, a recognition of the complexity of our present state, and a call to action for a better future. Embracing diversity means that we must intentionally practice equity and respect toward one another, and understand that discrimination and prejudices create and sustain privileges for some while creating and sustaining barriers for others. In order to embrace diversity, we also acknowledge that institutional discrimination and implicit bias exist, and that our goal is to eradicate those vestiges from our system. Our commitment to diversity requires that we strive to eliminate those barriers to equity, and that we act deliberately to create a safe and positive environment where individual and group differences are valued and leveraged for our growth and understanding as an educational community.

To advance the goals of diversity, equity, inclusion, and social justice for the success of students and employees, we must honor that each individual is unique and that our individual differences contribute to the ability of the college to prepare students on their educational journeys. This requires that we develop and implement policies and procedures, encourage individual and systemic change, continually reflect on our efforts, and hold ourselves accountable for the results of our efforts in accomplishing our goals.

We are invested as a community in cultivating and maintaining a climate where equity and mutual respect are both intrinsic and explicit by valuing individuals and groups from all backgrounds, demographics, and experiences. Individual and group differences can include, but are not limited to the following dimensions: race, ethnicity, national origin or ancestry, citizenship, immigration status, sex, gender, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, registered domestic partner status, age, religion, creed, military or veteran status, socioeconomic status, and any other basis protected by federal, state or local law or ordinance or regulation. We acknowledge that the concept of inclusion and diversity is ever-evolving, thus we create space to allow our understanding to grow through the periodic review of this statement. In service of these goals, Imperial Valley College is committed to fostering an employment environment that offers equal employment opportunity for all and an educational environment that ensures the equal educational opportunity of all students.



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