Assistant, Student Life Equity & Inclusion

Austin Community College is a public two-year institution that serves a diverse population of approximately 41,000 credit students each Fall and Spring semester. We embrace our identity as a community college as reflected in our mission statement. We promote student success and community development by providing affordable access, through traditional and distance learning modes, to higher education and workforce training, including appropriate applied baccalaureate degrees, in our service area.

As a community college committed to our mission, we seek to recruit and retain a workforce that:

• Reflects the diversity of our community
• Values intellectual curiosity and innovative teaching
• Is attracted by the college mission to promote equitable access to educational opportunities
• Cares about student success and collaborates on strategies to facilitate success for under-represented populations
• Welcomes difference and models respectful interaction with others
• Engages with the community both within and outside of ACC

Commitment to Equity and Inclusion

ACC is committed to the ongoing systemic changes needed to ensure the increased recruitment, inclusion, retention, and completion of historically underserved and under represented populations. Through continual strategic community engagement and professional development of administrators, faculty, staff, and students, the college demonstrates its dedication to fostering a culture and climate for equitable outcomes.

As an open access and low-cost institution, ACC is proud to serve a diverse student body. Dedicated faculty members are excellent professors who help students achieve their educational goals and are sensitive to the diverse cultures and socio-economic backgrounds of our students. In 2017 our faculty adopted a Statement of ACC Faculty Values. This Statement affirms that ACC's faculty members value collaboration, service, agency, scholarship, inclusion, and teaching, all of which attest to our commitment to equity, diversity, and inclusion at the heart of our mission.

Job Posting Title:

Assistant, Student Life Equity & Inclusion

Job Description Summary:

Promote equity by ensuring fairness, impartiality, and justice to ensure an equal opportunity for all students to participate fully in the educational and nonacademic opportunities offered through Austin Community College. This position provides additional Student Life support and guidance for priority populations with the goal of strengthening equitable academic and co-curricular outcomes.

Job Description:

Description of Duties and Tasks

1) Under the guidance of the Student Life Supervisor, develop and deliver effective equity-oriented Student Life programming.
2) Develop individualized success planning sessions in-person or through remote working methods as appropriate to meet the needs of priority population students and to help them thrive in the college environment. Assist with monitoring progress and outcomes.
3) Develop, facilitate, and oversee peer-to-peer and faculty/staff-to-student mentorship programming.
4) Maintain knowledge of college and community resources sufficiently to make appropriate referrals in support of assigned priority students’ needs.
5) Collaborate with colleagues to ensure priority students have awareness of, and access to, existing college resources that empower them to thrive. Specifically address areas associated with elevating persistence and ensuring equitable goal attainment (graduation, employment/career preparation, university transfer, leadership development, mental and physical health, etc.).
6) Respond timely to questions and inquiries via various methods such as telephone, email, in person, web-based conference application, digital or social media, etc.
7) Connect students to campus and community leadership opportunities to build professional skills and social capital.
8) Promote events and services through social media and text campaigns, email, telephone, and/or print graphics.
9) Write, publish, and communicate monthly newsletter in collaboration with the Student Life Coordinators and Student Affairs Communications team.

10) Develop, manage and curate material for Student Life webpage.

11) Collect efficacy and impact studies data pertaining to activities and events; gather, enter, track, data and maintain/update student information database.

12) May oversee the work of temporary hourly employees or work study students whose duties align with the assigned priority population(s) programming.

13) Schedule students for Student Life events and activities.1

Knowledge

* Community Resources
* Student Development Theory
* Office procedures and practices
* Planning and organizing events

* Customer service techniques and practices

Skills

* Establish and maintain effective working relationships.
* Effective interpersonal and public communications skills, inclusive of presentation skills.
* Effective organizational and planning skills.
* Perform basic clerical tasks.
* Maintain confidentiality of work-related information and materials.
* Ability to establish rapport and effectively work with a diverse student, staff, and community population.
* Ability to exercise tact, discretion, and diplomacy.

Technology Skills

* Use a variety of spreadsheet, word processing, database, and presentation software.

* Use of web based conferencing applications

* Use social media, desktop publishing software, and update webpages.

* Maintain an established, yet variable, work schedule, including frequent evenings and weekends. work schedule.

Required Work Experience

* One year related work experience which may include paid or unpaid internships. Related work experience less than 6 months in duration or 15 hours/week may also be counted.

Required Education

* Associate degree.

Four years of related work experience may substitute for this education requirement. Applicants who substitute work experience to meet the education requirement must use additional related work experience to meet the years of "Required Work Experience" for this position. Please note that the college reserves the right to amend these terms of substitution at any time.

Special Requirements

* Valid Texas Driver's License and reliable transportation needed for local Austin area travel.

Physical Requirements

* Work is performed in a standard office or similar environment.
* Subject to standing, walking, sitting, bending, reaching, pushing, and pulling.
* Occasional lifting of objects up to 10 pounds.

Safety

* Work safely and follow safety rules. Report unsafe working conditions and behavior. Take reasonable and prudent actions to prevent others from engaging in unsafe practices.

Number of Openings:

1

Job Posting Close Date:

June 3, 2022

ACC Benefits Overview

Full-time faculty and staffing table employees who work in full-time and/or part-time positions at the college are eligible for ACC medical benefits effective the first of the month after their first 60 days of employment. Benefits include medical, dental, life insurance, short- and long-term disability, retirement plans and AD&D.

ACC does not participate in Social Security. ACC participates in the Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS) and the Optional Retirement Program (ORP-Faculty and Administrators Only). Part-time and Hourly employees participate in the ACC Money Purchase Plan (ACCMPP) as a retirement program required by federal law.

EEO Statement

The Austin Community College District is an Equal Opportunity Employer advancing inclusive excellence. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, protected veteran status, political affiliation or other protected categories.

Clery Act

As required by the US Department of Education, employees are required to report violations under the Title IX and, under the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Crime Statistics Act (Clery Act), select individuals are required to report crimes. If this position is identified as a Campus Security Authority (Clery Act), you will be notified, trained, and provided resources for reporting.

Disclaimer

The above description is an overview of the job. It is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of duties and responsibilities of the job, nor is it intended to be an all-inclusive list of the skills and abilities required to do the job. Duties and responsibilities may change with business needs. ACC reserves the right to add, change, amend, or delete portions of this job description at any time, with or without notice. Employees may be required to perform other duties as requested, directed, or assigned. In addition, reasonable accommodations may be made by ACC as its discretion to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

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