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Job Opportunity: Title V Student Services Specialist (ExCEL):Union County CollegeJob description:Title V Student Services Specialist (ExCEL)Below you will find the job description for the position including the requirements and any additional documentation and questions you should review before applying for the opening. To apply for the position, please click the Apply for this Job link/button. If you would like to bookmark this position for later review, click on the Bookmark link. If you would like to print a copy of this position for your records, click on the Print Preview link.
Job AnnouncementPosition InformationPosition Title: Title V Student Services Specialist (ExCEL) Campus: Cranford Department: Title V (ExCEL) Full-time, Part-time, Adjunct: Full Time Exempt or Non-Exempt: Exempt Regular,Temporary, or Grant: Grant General Description: The ExCEL Student Services Specialist provides guidance, resources, and support to students in the ExCEL program. Student advisement responsibilities include the development of academic, career, and transfer plans, use of an early warning process, and biweekly class visits to ExCEL classes to encourage student engagement and ensure academic progress. The Student Services Specialist researches, coordinates, and facilitates transfer and career workshops, coordinates weekly meetings with ExCEL faculty to review student progress, organizes grant engagement activities and educational field trips/conferences for ExCEL students, and teaches the ExCEL section of the UCC 101: College Success course. In collaboration with the Title V Project Director, the Student Services Specialist supports the implementation of the grant project and the achievement of grant objectives. Characteristics, tasks, and Job responsibilities: • Researches, develops, and implements strategies to meet ExCEL grant objectives related to, but not limited to experiential learning, student retention and engagement, transfer, career planning, and advisement for students in Education, Business and Graphic Design courses. • Advises ExCEL students on academic, transfer, and career goals through a proactive advising model that includes weekly outreach to students and coordination with ExCEL faculty. • Utilizes virtual advising and retention tools to promote ExCEL student success. • Teaches the ExCEL section of the UCC 101: College Success course. • Coordinates and facilitates ExCEL student engagement activities including educational field trips and local conferences and educational workshops. • Assists Title V ExCEL Project Director with the supervision of ExCEL Leaders. • Coordinates and conducts training for ExCEL Leaders. • Collects data and assesses results of student development initiatives, as assigned. Recommends modifications to existing services located on data-informed decision-making. • Prepares and submits reports to the Title V ExCEL Project Director, as required. • Collaborates with the ExCEL Project Staff, ExCEL faculty, and ExCEL Program Advisory committee on student success and retention initiatives. • Performs additional related tasks as assigned. Education Requirements: • Master's degree in a related field required. practice: • Title V Grant, EOF, or related cohort-located program practice working directly with students is preferred. • Bilingual (Spanish/English), preferred. • Familiarity with Ellucian Colleague, Business Objects, Canvas, and project management tools, preferred. Competencies and expertise Required: • Strong interpersonal and communication expertise, both written and oral. • Understands and is sensitive to the needs of a diverse student population. • Works independently and collaborates within a team. • Takes initiative and is self-motivated. • Efficient project and time management expertise. • Professional and ethical decision-making expertise. • Strong critical thinking and problem-solving expertise. Physical Demands and Work Environment: • This position's tasks are normally performed in a typical interior/residence work environment, located on the activity scheduled. • Some physical effort required; however, the employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. • No or very limited exposure to physical risk. • Some travel required. income: $53,000 Additional Information : UCNJ Union College of Union County, NJ does not discriminate and prohibits discrimination, as required by state and/or federal law, in all programs and activities, including employment and access to its career and technical programs. UCNJ Union College of Union County, NJ is an EEO/AAP Employer/Protected Veteran/Disabled ============== Disclaimer: This job description outlines the general nature and key features performed by various positions that share the same job classification. Information technology is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all tasks and qualifications required of all employees assigned to the job. Nothing in this job description restricts management's right to assign or re-assign tasks to this job at any time due to reasonable accommodations or other business reasons. ============== We offer a comprehensive benefits package for full-time faculty and staff which includes Medical, Dental and Vision Benefits. We also offer twenty vacation days, ten paid holidays, and a ten-week summer work schedule which allows the college to close on Fridays. Other additional benefits include gym privileges, tuition remission for credit and non-credit courses at UCNJ Union College of Union County, NJ, and tuition reimbursement for an approved degree program at an accredited college or university. Terms of Employment: Full-time grant funded position (Title V Grant-Developing Hispanic Serving Institutions). Flexible schedule to meet department needs. Some evening, weekends, and extended hours will be required. capability and availability to travel on short notice to all on and off-campus sites, as needed. Employee must establish primary residency in New Jersey within one year of appointment unless an exemption applies. Grant Positions: Position will be terminated upon expiration of grant funding. Posting Detail Information Open Date: 06/11/2024 Close Date: Open Until Filled: Yes Supplemental QuestionsRequired fields are indicated with an asterisk (*).* How did you hear about this employment opportunity? » Public Job Posting on UCC.edu » Internal Job Posting (Paper Posting) » Personal Referral » Agency Referral » Print Advertisement/Publication (IE: Sunday Star Ledger) » Linked-in » NJ.com » HigherEdJobs.com » HERC.org » Other Website Not Listed » Other Source Not Listed * If you heard of this employment opportunity from a print advertisement/publication, please indicate where you heard of this employment opportunity. If you have chosen a specific answer to question number one, please put ?N/A? in the answer field. (Open Ended Question) * Describe a situation when you tried to deal with a problem with ideas and methods that had not been tried before. What was the result? 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