Job Details

Classification Title: Assistant Director, Perth Amboy Center

Salary: $73,466.00 Annually

Department: Perth Amboy Center

Pay Grade: ADM5

Reports To: Director, Perth Amboy Center

FLSA Status: Exempt

Unit: Administrative

Opening Date: 8/28/2025

Closing Date: 9/21/2025 11:59 p.m.

General Statement of Job

The Assistant Director, Perth Amboy Center performs managerial, professional work assisting with the development of the academic class schedule for the Center and coordinating student and enrollment services for students.

Specific Duties and Responsibilities

Essential Functions:

Supervises evening staff and serves as administrator-in-charge for evening operations.
Functions as the Principal Academic Advisor for the Center, assisting both ESL and non-ESL Students.
Serves as lead Center administrator/supervisor in the absence of the Director.
Assists with the development of the academic class schedule for the Center by tracking students’ needs.
Serves as the Professor liaison for the Center.
Provides individual and group consultation and advisement to students in areas such as course selection, financial aid, career exploration, job placement and other referrals.
Assists students with arrangements for Basic Skills/ESL placement testing, interprets test results for students, and provides guidance regarding remediation.
Facilitates orientation sessions for ESL students.
Coordinates student support services with appropriate campus staff to assure consistency and to ease transition to the main campus; Assists the Center staff with processing forms for credit and non-credit registrations.
Oversees the creation and implementation of co-curricular activities.
Assists with the coordination of recruitment and retention efforts.
Assists with building management and concerns.
Assists in generating publicity and promotional materials in support of Center operations; Visits High Schools and centers to recruit students.
Serves on community and campus committees.
Collects data and prepares reports as assigned.
Maintains current knowledge of Financial Aid Academic Compliance rules and SAP processing. Assists students with SAP calculator and creating an academic plan.
Performs other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor's degree;
Three (3) years of relevant administrative experience;
Ability to deal effectively with a multicultural client base;
Strong computer skills with knowledge of Microsoft Office; and
Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills;

Preferred Qualifications

Master's degree;
Previous advising and financial aid experience; and
Bilingual Spanish/English.

Physical Requirements

The work is sedentary work which requires exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or negligible amount of force frequently or constantly. Additionally, the following physical abilities are required:

Hearing 1: Perceiving the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction. Ability to receive detailed information through oral communication, and to make the discrimination in sound.
Hearing 2: Ability to receive detailed information through oral communication, and to make the discrimination in sound.
Mental Acuity: Ability to make rational decisions through sound logic and deductive processes.
Repetitive Motion: Substantial movements (motions) of the wrist, hands, and/or fingers.
Speaking: Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word including the ability to convey detailed or important spoken instructions to other workers accurately and concisely.
Talking 1: Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word including those activities in which they must convey detailed or important spoken instructions to other workers accurately, loudly, or quickly.
Visual Acuity 1: Have close visual acuity to perform an activity such as: preparing and analyzing data and figures; transcribing; viewing a computer terminal; and/or extensive reading.

Supplemental Information

Schedule: Monday - Friday, 11:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. May require occasional travel. Retirement: Pension Eligible NJ First Act Any Middlesex College employee hired after September 1, 2011 will have to meet the New Jersey residency law requirement. Equal Opportunity Employer Middlesex College is an equal opportunity employer and prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, age, gender, marital status, familial status, religion, affectional or sexual orientation, atypical hereditary cellular or blood trait, genetic information, liability for service in the armed forces of the United States, or disability. Affirmative Action and Compliance Statement Middlesex College is firmly committed to a policy of Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action. The College will implement this policy to assure that the educational programs, activities, services, benefits and employment opportunities offered by the College are available to all persons regardless of sex, race, creed, national origin, ancestry, nationality, color, marital status, civil union or domestic partnership status, affectional or sexual orientation, gender identity, age, handicap (and/or disability), service in the armed forces, atypical hereditary cellular or blood trait, genetic information, refusal to submit to genetic tests, or refusal to make available results of genetic tests, in accordance with State and Federal laws. All employees and students are expected to accept these principles and to reflect their spirit in everyday relationships with fellow employees and students. Inquiries regarding compliance may be directed to the Affirmative Action Officer, Middlesex College, Chambers Hall, 2600 Woodbridge Avenue, Edison, New Jersey 08818-3050.

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