Student Support Specialist

Title: Student Support Specialist

Salary Range: $37,944.00

Contract Term Length: 12 Months

Standard Hours: 37.5

Work Location: On-Site

FLSA Status: Non-Exempt

College: Maysville Community & Technical College

Campus Location: Maysville and Cynthiana Campus

Department: TRiO Student Support Services

Total Rewards

Maysville Community & Technical College offers a competitive benefits package and an attractive work environment that supports excellence, innovation, and creativity, including:

• Exceptional health care, vision, and dental coverage for you and your family
• Tuition reimbursement/waiver for you, your spouse, and dependents
• 403(b) retirement plan: a 5% employee contribution receives a 10% employer match
• Vacation/Sick Time
• Work-Life Balance
• 9.5 Paid Holidays
• 2 Weeks Institutional Closing Pay (Last 2 weeks of December) for qualifying positions
• Employee Assistance Program

Job Summary

Maysville Community and Technical College seeks a Student Support Specialist to work within the Student Support Services (SSS) TRiO grant. SSS supports first-generation, low-income, and/or disabled students to retain, succeed, and graduate. This position will be at the Maysville and Licking Valley Campus.

This is a full-time, 12-month, TRIO Grant-funded position, and reports to the Director of Student Support Services. The Counselor is responsible for serving students on multiple campuses and will work regularly with students for the purpose of career, personal, and academic advising.

Job Duties:

Coordinate participant assessments.
Develop Student Success Plan with participants and advise a caseload of participants.
Collect and analyze participant data to support project evaluation.
Coordinate success workshops.
Coordinate transfer advising services and college transfer visits.
Assist with financial literacy services.
Work with staff/faculty to coordinate disability services.
Provide career services.
Oversee project academic tutoring, coordinating, training, supervising, and evaluating Peer Tutors.
Develop and improve the academic and career guidance and counseling plan for a college.
Lead transfer advising services and coordinate college transfer trips.
Work with civic, professional and business groups as appropriate, represents college and KCTCS educational opportunities.

Minimum Qualifications:

Bachelor’s or higher in Education, Counseling, or related field
Two years’ experience in instruction and/or student services in higher education
Demonstrated understanding of high-need students’ academic barriers
Excellent communication skills
Strong technology skills 

Preferred Qualifications:

Master’s

Additional Skills Requested:

Experience in career and financial literacy education
Experience in transfer advising and academic support service
Background similar to students

Employee Rights - Employee Polygraph Protection Act

Equal Opportunity Employer - The Kentucky Community and Technical College System is an equal educational and employment opportunity institution.