Specialist, Advising (Recruiting)

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Austin Community College 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 appropriate 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’s mission to promote
  equitable access to educational opportunities
• Cares about student success and collaborates on strategies to facilitate success for
  under-represented populations
• Welcomes difference and models respectful interaction with others
• Engages with the community
  both within and outside of ACC

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.

ACC is proud to serve a diverse
student body as an open-access and low-cost institution. Dedicated faculty members are excellent professors who help students achieve their
educational goals and are sensitive to our students’ diverse cultures and socio-economic backgrounds. In 2017 our faculty adopted a
Statement of ACC Faculty Values. This Statement affirms that ACC’s faculty members value collaboration, service, agency, scholarship,
inclusion, and teaching, all of which attest to our commitment to equity, diversity, and inclusion at the heart of our
mission.

Job Posting Title:

Specialist, Advising (Recruiting)

Job Description Summary:

To provide
recruitment and academic advising services to prospective students.

Job Description:

Description of Duties and
Tasks

1) Makes presentations and recruiting visits to provide information to prospective students on options and programs
available. This includes assisting in completing admissions applications, financial aid applications, collecting/assessing transcripts,
assessment and testing, orientation, advising, and registration.
2) Conducts office hours at assigned high schools in the Austin
Community College (ACC) service area.
3) Attends college fairs, conducts tours, and participates in other special events to recruit
prospective students to the college.
4) Advises students; explains degree plans, admissions and registration procedures, provides
assessment and financial aid information, and other requirements necessary for enrollment.
5) Establishes and maintains an active role in
the community in order to recruit prospective students.
6) Assists in developing recruitment and advising materials.
7) Maintains and
updates records and files and submits recruiting reports as appropriate.

Knowledge
* College admission and financial
aid procedures.
* Sales and marketing strategies and techniques.

Skills
* Maintaining an established work
schedule, which may include evenings and weekends.
* Effectively using interpersonal and communications skills, including the use of tact
and diplomacy.
* Effectively using organizational and planning skills.
* Making individual and group presentations.
* Interacting
with persons of diverse backgrounds.
* Maintaining confidentiality of work-related information and materials.

Technology
Skills
* Use a variety of spreadsheet, word processing, database, and presentation software.

Required Work
Experience
* Two years related work experience.

Required Education
* Bachelor’s
degree

Physical Requirements
* Work is performed in a standard office or similar environment.
* Subject to
standing, walking, sitting, bending, reaching, pushing, and pulling.
* Occasional lifting of objects up to 10
pounds.

Safety

* Work safely and follow safety rules. Report unsafe working conditions and behavior. Take
reasonable and prudent actions to prevent others from engaging in unsafe practices.

Salary Range

$41,600 –
$51,045

Number of Openings:

1

Job Posting Close Date:

July 12, 2023Clery
Act

As required by the US Department of Education, employees are required to report violations under 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.

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 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 at its discretion to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential
functions of the job.