At Central Carolina Community College, we create transformative lifelong learning opportunities! We expect all employees to find ways to remove barriers to student success and provide all students a pathway to achievable dreams. Our employees are charged to recognize the challenges we face and to respond to them with empathy, understanding, and a willingness to help.   

The Veterans Upward Bound (VUB) TRiO Program at CCCC serves 125 veterans annually from Chatham, Harnett, Johnston, Lee, and Wake Counties. The program is designed to motivate and assist veterans in the development of academic and other requisite skills necessary for acceptance and success in a program of postsecondary education. It provides assessment and enhancement of basic skills through counseling, mentoring, tutoring and academic instruction in the core subject areas. The primary goal of the program is to increase the rate at which participants enroll in and complete postsecondary education programs. Veterans Upward Bound is housed primarily on CCCC's Sanford Main Campus, but has partner offices at Johnston Community College and Wake Technical Community College. For more information, please visit www.cccc.edu/vub.

Although the program's main office is on the Sanford main campus, primary job responsibilities will be completed in Wake County. Please note, this position will be based at Wake Technical Community College’s Scott Northern Wake Campus (6600 Louisburg Road Raleigh, NC) and the Sothern Wake Campus (9101 Fayetteville Rd, Raleigh, NC).

The VUB Program Assistant provides outreach and programmatic support for Veterans Upward Bound with the main mission of recruiting veterans to the program, and to provide program support. The Program Assistant reports to the Director of Veterans Upward Bound and works closely with the Assistance Director and part-time Program Coordinator.

Diversity Policy:  Central Carolina Community College believes the college experience is greatly enriched through diversity; therefore, the college encourages diversity of thought within the student body and staff. Furthermore, the college seeks to promote awareness of diversity and the respect for all individuals, and the college pledges to adhere to this mission in its relationship with the community.   

Essential Duties

• Conducting outreach to and building networks for recruitment among local veteran-serving organization;
• Attending local community and veteran events for recruitment;
• Hosting VUB information sessions;
• Ensuring that the program recruits and retains at least 125 program participants from the five VUB counties (Lee, Harnett, Chatham, Wake, Johnston) each year;
• Holding office hours at Wake Technical Community College
• Assisting program staff with communicating with participants via mail, email, and phone;
• Assisting TRiO Programs staff and Veterans Upward Bound staff with planning and facilitating academic instruction, workshops, and special events;
• Documenting services in electronic database and participant files;
• Attending (in person or via conference call) VUB's weekly staff meeting;
• Preparing and submitting a weekly report;
• Engaging with other TRiO staff members to provide formative assessment and continuous improvement of program delivery; and
• Other duties as assigned.

• Recognizing and respecting the variety of experiences and contributions represented by all of our students, employees, and community, the Veterans Upward Bound Program Coordinator  will encourage a learning environment where everyone is supported and valued for their unique perspectives and experiences and will foster and promote the participation of all members of our diverse communities.