Job Number 1710063


Specialist, Career & Transfer



This position is past the Close Date, no more applications will be accepted.
Position Information
Location Multiple Locations
Note: District-wide services delivered primarily within a designated region of the ACC District (north, central, or south)
Hours 40 hours/week Monday - Saturday as assigned, includes evening and weekends.
Salary Specialist 6/118 ($32,022.00 - $45,745.00)
FLSA Status Exempt
Reports To Executive Dean, Student Services or designee
Criminal Background Check
College Profile

Austin Community College (ACC) is a public two-year institution that serves a diverse 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 appropriately applied baccalaureate degrees, in our service area.
 
As a community college committed to our mission, we seek to recruit and retain a workforce that:
  • Reflects the diversity of our community.
  • Values intellectual curiosity and innovative teaching.
  • Is attracted by the college mission to promote equitable access to educational opportunities.
  • Cares about student success and collaborates on strategies to facilitate success for underrepresented populations.
  • Welcomes difference and models respectful interaction with others.
  • Engages with the community both within and outside of ACC.

Our Mission

The Austin Community College District promotes student success and community development by providing affordable access, through traditional and distance learning modes, to higher education and workforce training in its service area.
 
For more information, see http://www.austincc.edu/about-acc/mission-statement.

Commitment to Equity and Inclusion

ACC is committed to the ongoing systemic changes needed to ensure the increased recruitment, inclusion, retention, and completion of historically underserved and underrepresented populations. Through continual strategic community engagement and professional development of administrators, faculty, staff, and students, the college demonstrates its dedication to fostering a culture and climate for equitable outcomes.
 
As an open-access and low-cost institution, ACC is proud to serve a diverse student body. Dedicated faculty members are excellent professors who help students achieve their educational goals and are sensitive to the diverse cultures and socio-economic backgrounds of our students. The College values and is committed to equity, diversity, and inclusion throughout the College community.

General Statement of Job

Supports student persistence and completion by providing career and transfer services consistent with the Austin Community College (ACC) mission and goals. Working knowledge of the labor market, career and transfer resources, and ACC's programs are applied to support individuals in identifying academic/career pathways and implementing a plan to achieve identified goals.

Description of Duties and Tasks
Essential duties and responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

  1. Provides career- and transfer-related services with specialized strategies to help students, alumni, and entering student applicants select a career and/or a academic pathway and implement a plan to achieve their identified goals including graduation, transfer, and/or entering the workforce. Services are delivered by appointment and drop-in as well as to individuals or groups.
  2. Maintains expertise regarding course and ACC program/credential transferability, career and transfer resources, labor market information, special initiatives, and relevant services in order to support students, alumni, prospective students, faculty, and staff to make informed decisions regarding career pathways and corresponding educational options.
  3. Ability to train and support others in use of career and transfer-related technologies.
  4. Applies specialized career coaching expertise to meet the unique needs of identified populations such as veterans, students with disabilities, and individuals with background challenges (incarceration, felony, lengthy employment gaps, etc.), limited career-related awareness, and/or re-careering for various other reasons.
  5. Supports student acquisition of personal effectiveness competencies (soft skills) through individual coaching and workshops.
  6. Assists counselors, as appropriate, by providing students access to career assessment instruments.
  7. Trains and supports the college community in areas related to career and transfer including the use of labor market information, program maps, job-search tools, cover and application letters, networking, resume writing, portfolio development, social media, interviewing, and other applicable areas.
  8. Ensures districtwide consistency of front-line career and transfer services under the guidance of the Career and Transfer Resources directors and their executive dean.
  9. Creates, coordinates, and delivers workshops and presentations aimed at supporting students' career and transfer pathway exploration and attainment.
  10. Supports Career and Transfer Resources team with districtwide and local campus events. Serves as on-campus liaison hosting fairs (exploration, employment, and transfer), recruitment visitors (universities, colleges, employers, and special interest groups such as Chambers of Commerce and professional associations), and other initiatives such as academies (transfer, engineering, etc.).
  11. Supports career-related learning for students participating in volunteer work and various other student employment settings such as internships and student jobs acquired for college persistence purposes.
  12. Assists students with preparation for, and execution of, university transfer and job search.
  13. May help produce, support, maintain, and update webpages and calendar of events, social media, technologies, handouts, fliers, newsletters, brochures, manuals, or other documents and tools necessary to promote and engage others (both internal and external constituents) in career and transfer activities.
  14. Collects data and ensures proper tracking is in place for all initiatives, events, and activities, including data entry for future analysis and district service planning. Reviews evaluations/feedback and makes recommendations for continuous improvement in career and transfer services and resources.
  15. May represent career and/or transfer services on college committees and work groups as assigned by supervisor.

Knowledge
Must possess required knowledge and be able to explain and demonstrate, with or without reasonable accommodations, that the essential functions of the job can be performed.

Skills
Must possess required skills and be able to explain and demonstrate, with or without reasonable accommodations, that the essential functions of the job can be performed.

Technology Skills

Required Work Experience

Preferred Work Experience

Required Education

Special Requirements
Licenses/Certifications; Other

Other Preferred Qualifications

Physical Requirements

Safety

HR Use Only

Information for This Posting Only

ACC Benefits Overview

Disclaimer

The above description is an overview of the job. It is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of duties and responsibilities of the job, nor is it intended to be an all-inclusive list of the skills and abilities required to do the job. Duties and responsibilities may change with business needs. ACC reserves the right to add, change, amend, or delete portions of this job description at any time, with or without notice. Employees may be required to perform other duties as requested, directed, or assigned. In addition, reasonable accommodations may be made by ACC as its discretion to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Austin Community College provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics.

As required by the US Department of Education, employees are required to report violations under the Title IX and, under the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Crime Statistics Act (Clery Act), select individuals are required to report crimes. If this position is identified as a Campus Security Authority (Clery Act), you will be notified, trained, and provided resources for reporting.