Temporary Pool - College Assistant Hispanic Serving Institution/STEM

Description

Monterey Peninsula College's Enhancing Diversity in STEM through Magnified Resources, Completion support, and Career Preparation (E=MC2) HSI-STEM Grant is available for the use to increase enrollment, success, and completion rates, STEM work-based experiences, and STEM outreach for traditionally underserved communities in the peninsula. As a result, temporary employees are occasionally needed for the various HSI-STEM programming that is associated with the EMC^2 grant. Temporary employment can include but is not limited to these roles: support with the outreach team, support the STEM department with student completion and success initiatives, and administrative duties with STEM work-based experiences.

Example of Duties

Under the leadership of the MESA Program Director and the Associate Dean of Instruction-STEM, the HSI-STEM College Assistant is responsible for supporting HSI-STEM programmatic initiatives, including Student Development, Outreach, and Community Engagement. The College Assistant will coordinate community engagement, and lead student development alongside all branches of the STEM department.

Qualifications

Ability to

• Work effectively with a wide variety of environments
• Demonstrate skills associated with the job in the assigned subject area, community engagement and student development
• Communicate satisfactorily in both oral and written form;
• Establish and maintain effective work relationships

Knowledge of:

• Education or work experience in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) fields
• Experience working with community engagement events
• Experience in Student Development, which includes academic support and mentoring
• Skilled in oral and written communication

Minimum Qualifications:

• High School Degree or equivalent
• Employment experience in Higher Education in areas supporting student success in STEM disciplines.
• Demonstrated experience working with diverse populations.
• Strong communication, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to maintain strict confidence in confidential information and perform a wide range of duties that require tact, sensitivity, independent judgment, diplomacy, flexibility, and discretion.
• Organizational Ability to successfully track and follow up on a wide variety of tasks
• Customer Service Skills - provide a positive and welcoming environment;
• Responds promptly to needs; solicits feedback to improve service; responds to requests for service and assistance; meets commitments.

Desired Qualifications (not required)

• Bachelor's degree in related disciplines in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics.
• Experience in student development not limited to mentoring students and academic support to empower impactful student success indicators in and outside the classroom.
• Experience in Outreach and Community Engagement, including, but not limited to, community tabling events, awareness campaigns, and fostering collaborative programming.
• Working in an academic setting, College, K-12 institutions

Work Schedule / Supplemental Information

Work Schedule This position is designated as a short-term, non-continuous employee

Up to 29 hours per week/maximum of 180 days per fiscal year

Assigned Shift Monday - Sunday
9:00 am - 4:00 pm (up to 29 hours/week)

Weekends - included when outreach is needed
Management reserves the right to change schedules as needed

Salary $20 per hour base salary for minimum experience

Base salary will increase upon review of background and specialization.