TRIO Program Coordinator- Part Time

Looking to Transform and Change Lives every day? Think about joining our Jackson College team and be a part of one of the elite League for Innovation Colleges. Located in the Midwest, with four beautiful seasons, miles of golf courses and beautiful lakes parks, trails, and active downtown. Jackson has an Amtrak stop, bus service, and we are an hour from an international airport. Our employees enjoy working on a beautiful campus complete with state-of-the art facilities, a fitness trail, disc golf, on site medical, dental, mental health care, and childcare. Jackson College offers competitive wages, a generous benefits package including dental, vision and MESSA medical insurance, along with tuition grants for employees and eligible dependents. While we offer many of the amenities of larger institutions, our students, and our Total Commitment to Student Success (TCS2), is our focus. We provide small class sizes, individual professional development opportunities and a family atmosphere.

This position will assist with the day-to-day operations of the TRIO project. The program coordinator will also manage project correspondence, facilitate communication, and inquirie about project information. The coordinator will plan and help implement academic/life skills workshops, classroom visits, cultural enrichment outings and four-year college visits.  

The coordinator will assist the Project Director with project operations and other key components including but not limited to, personal mentoring, daily student needs, referral system, community liaison, and other student support service needs

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following. Other duties may be assigned:

• Provide support services for TRIO by responding to student needs, request documentation, assist in recruiting students, provide follow-up for student inquiries, and maintain student files.
• Ability to assist with questions on Jet Stream when needed 
• Collaborate with the Center for Student Success director to better serve TRIO SSS students and provide them services. 
• Ensure that the environment of TRIO is welcoming, orderly, and conducive to the support of student learning.
• Ability to pull reports from JC data tools. Code, track, collect data to prepare statistical information on center programs/populations. 
• Assist with identifying and compiling information to assess the effectiveness of the department in meeting the goals and objectives of the College.
• Plan and help implement academic/life skills workshops, plan four-year college visits, plan cultural enrichment activities.  (May be in person, virtual, daytime, evenings and/or weekends).
• Make referrals to social workers as needed. 
• Responsible for understanding, supporting and actively demonstrating the College’s beliefs, values, mission and vision and being in agreement to be evaluated yearly.

CONTACTS AND PURPOSE OF CONTACTS 

Internal:           Daily contact with staff, faculty and campus departments.  Daily contact with new and returning students. 

External:          Contact with students and many community agencies. Communicate with other TRIO programs and work with four-year colleges.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Minimum Qualifications: 

• Excellent customer service. 
• Knowledge and understanding of managing confidential files and information required. 
• Experience working with personal computers including word processing including MS Office Suite, data base management, web development software.  
• Ability to manage multiple projects.  
• Ability to interface positively and effectively with a diverse population.

• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.  
• Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.   
• Ability to speak effectively before groups.

• Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, commissions, proportions, percentages, area, circumference, and volume.  
• Ability to apply concepts of basic algebra and geometry.

• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.  
• Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram or schedule form.

Background

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree 
• Experience in coordinating projects, supporting teams, and working with students with special needs preferred.  
• Preference will be given to individuals who have succeeded in overcoming barriers similar to those confronting the TRIO SSS program’s target population which include: first generation college, low income, disabled and/or academic need.    

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 is regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel and talk or hear.  The employee frequently is required to sit.  The employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, and reach with hands and arms.  The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 10 pounds.  Specific vision abilities required by this job include ability to adjust focus.

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 moderate in an open office environment.

This position does in person work and remote work as well as some nights and or weekends. 

“This description is intended to indicate the kinds of tasks and levels of work difficulty that will be required and shall not be construed as declaring the specific duties and responsibilities.  It is not intended to limit or in any way modify the right of any supervisor to assign, direct, and control the work of employees under his or her supervision. The use of a particular expression or illustration describing duties shall not be held to exclude other duties not mentioned that are of similar kind or level of difficulty.”

Jackson College only accepts on-line applications though this system. For assistance with this, please call 517-796-8468.

Please use your legal first and last names on your application.  If you are hired, you will have the opportunity to identify and utilize your preferred name.

The Jackson College Nepotism policy prohibits the hiring of direct relatives of current employees or members of the Board of Trustees including spouse, domestic partner, child, stepchild, parent, stepparent, aunt, uncle, niece/nephew, grandparent, grandchild.  This policy applies to all full and part-time employees except for student workers, tutors, temporary employees and adjunct faculty.

It is important that your application show all the relevant education and experience you possess (even if you are repeating it from your resume or cover letter). For instance, do not say, "See Resume or C/V." Your resume, cover letter, and if a degree is required an unofficial transcript must be attached to your application.  Applications will be rejected if incomplete.

When you apply for the position, you will get to the document upload area where you will be given an opportunity to attach your documents such as your vita, transcripts, etc.. Instructions will also be found there.

The College reserves the right to request proof of degree or certification at a later date if these documents are required as part of the qualifications for the position.  

Final candidates will be subject to a criminal background as part of the employment process.

If selected you will be required to complete the US Citizenship and Immigration Services, Employment Eligibility Verification form I-9 and provide documentation verifying identity and eligibility to work in the United States. Jackson College is NOT able to support Visa applications for employment at the college.  Applicants must already be eligible to work in the United States to be considered.

Applicants with disabilities may request accommodation to complete the application and interview process.  Please notify Human Resources at least three (3) working days prior to the date of need.

A copy of Jackson College's Annual Security Report and Annual Fire Safety Report is available on the JC Campus Safety & Security website.  The security report contains crime statistics for the previous three years for all of our campus locations and the annual fire safety report, which contains statistics for any reported fires in campus housing units and fire safety systems in these buildings.  Additionally, the report contains policies, available resources and information concerning personal safety, fire safety and reporting procedures for both crimes and fires.

Applicants have rights under Federal employment laws. Jackson College is an Equal Opportunity Employer that actively supports workforce diversity.