Summary:

This part time, grant funded position will aid entering students as they navigate the first year. The position will focus primarily on students from underrepresented populations in order to increase student success in minoritized groups. 

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. 

• Assist newly enrolled students in navigating the collegiate processes including advising, financial aid, and registration of first-time students.
• Implement first year student outreach efforts across all communication platforms.
• Implement First Year Experience success programming for incoming new students.
• Support orientation programming 
• Provide additional support for first-year special populations and students with identified risk or need.
• Provide success programing for first-year special populations and students with identified risk or need.
• Meet regularly with students within special population cohorts
• Serves as the M.E.E. (Males Excel and Elevate) Program Specialist as outlined in the NC Community College Minority Male Success Initiative funded project.
• Assists in providing training for campus faculty and staff in order to increase recruitment and retention efforts
• Perform other duties as assigned.

 Supervisory Responsibilities: This job has no supervisory responsibilities.

Language Skills 

Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.  Ability to communicate effectively before groups of customers or employees of organization.

Mathematical Skills   

Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.    Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs. 

Reasoning Ability 

Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.     Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.

Computer Skills

To perform this job successfully, an individual should be proficient with Microsoft office, professional outreach texting, and social media marketing.

Physical Demands 

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. 

While performing the duties of this Job, the employee must be able to communicate effectively. The employee must be able to meet mobility requirements and be able to occasionally move materials of up to 10 pounds. Must be able to access print material and utilize the information effectively.

Work Environment 

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. 

The noise level in the work environment is usually quiet.