Coordinator, Acc Grow - Round Rock, United States - Austin Community College

Austin Community College

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Round Rock, United States

2 weeks ago

Posted by:

Mark Lane

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Description

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Austin Community College is a public two-year institution that serves a multicultural 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:

Values intellectual curiosity and innovative teaching
Is attracted by the college's mission to promote equitable access to educational opportunities
Cares about student success and collaborates on strategies to facilitate success for populations including; first generation college students, low-income students, and students from underserved communities.
Focused on student academic achievement and postgraduate outcomes
Welcomes difference and models respectful interaction with others
Engages with the community both within and outside of ACC

Job Posting Title:
Coordinator, ACC GROW

Job Description Summary:

The ACC GROW Coordinator is responsible for helping close equity gaps by identifying and developing meaningful on-campus student employment possibilities, matching students with these opportunities, and facilitating students' successful program engagement.

The ACC GROW Coordinator may also develop student employment with external employer partners that ideally can be engaged in on campus when feasible.

In addition, the ACC GROW Coordinator provides specialized ongoing career development programming for student-employees and also provides training for ACC personnel supervising/employing ACC GROW students.

The ACC GROW Coordinator must demonstrate competency in working with students of multicultural backgrounds, particularly socioeconomically disadvantaged and historically under-employed populations, and will actively foster a sense of purpose and belonging among program participants.

Job Description:

Description of Duties and Tasks

Essential duties and responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.- Develops and places student-workers in meaningful employment, ideally on-campus. Facilitates onboarding through successful navigation of the Workday employment system for incoming ACC GROW students.

Partners with Human Resources personnel, Employer Relations, and Student Financial Aid Work Study to ensure proper oversight of necessary onboarding processes and ongoing student employment.- Applies specialized career-related coaching strategies with program participants in support of employment preparation, goal achievement, graduation, and ultimately entry into the chosen workforce.

Must possess specialized career coaching expertise to meet the varied and unique needs of our community college population which includes veterans, students with disabilities, individuals with background challenges (incarceration, felony, lengthy employment gaps, etc.), people with limited career-related awareness, and/or individuals re-careering for various other reasons.

Services are delivered in-person and virtually to individuals or groups.

Facilitates student acquisition of personal effectiveness competencies (soft skills) through individual coaching and workshops.- Develops, implements, and operationalizes district ACC GROW employment-related guidelines, ensuring alignment with College HR policies and practices.

Designs and provides ACC GROW employment training sessions or ACC GROW supervisors and student-employees.- Supervises & coaches student-employees while adhering to ACC GROW principles and organizational Human Resource policies and procedures as well as related employment laws.- Maintains and applies up-to-date knowledge of relevant employment legislation and professional best practices, inclusive of the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) standards associated with student career readiness.- Assists students directly, or through service coordination, with career exploration and planning, job search preparation, employment readiness, and enhanced acquisition of essential professional competencies.

Facilitates placement of students in positions related to their academic major, monitor students' on-site assignments, and develop support documentation for student applied learning experiences, academic credit, and/or college recognition.- Develops and maintains the ACC GROW Student Employment website and handbook.

Ensures student employment-related information, correspondence, and publications remain current, consistent, and compliant with federal and institutional regulations.- Engages in programmatic outreach activities i