TRiO Programs Support Specialist

Rappahannock Community College (RCC), founded in 1970, provides high-quality educational and training opportunities throughout a 12-county service region an hour east of Richmond on the beautiful western shore of the Chesapeake Bay with access to fresh local seafood and water activities. RCC delivers accessible and affordable educational opportunities, including for-credit transfer and career technical programs, robust distance education coursework, quality dual enrollment courses, and award-winning workforce training and credentialing programs. RCC’s annualized enrollment of 3,259 credit students and over 1,000 workforce and community development students are supported by over 120 full-time employees and 200 part-time/adjunct employees across two main campuses and four satellite sites.
RCC serves a rural and diverse 12-county area in the Chesapeake Bay region of Virginia, whose mission is to provide inclusive access to exceptional training and educational opportunities meeting the community’s needs and preparing individuals for success as learners, employees, and citizens.
Student Support Services (SSS) and Upward Bound (UB) Programs are federal TRiO Programs funded through the U. S. Department of Education to provide academic, career, and financial counseling to eligible high school students (UB) and to encourage them to graduate from high school and college students (SSS) to pursue their post-secondary education. The Student Support Services (SSS) Program services college students who are first generation and meet the income eligibility guidelines. The Upward Bound (UB) Program serves 9th – 12th grade students in three target schools who are first generation students and meet the income eligibility guidelines.
Once selected, program participants receive a variety of opportunities and resources, including free tutoring services during the academic year, college and university campus tours, academic workshops, SAT/ACT prep courses, financial aid & literacy workshops, cultural enrichment activities and assistance learning about and applying to college.
The College is seeking a TRiO Programs Support Specialist who performs a broad range of administrative support duties for Student Support Services and Upward Bound programs to ensure efficient operations. This is a full-time, restricted, grant-funded position. Continuation of the position is dependent upon grant funding. The anticipated salary range is $38,000 to $44,000, commensurate with experience.
The College desires candidates with a commitment to the community college mission and experience working with a diverse student population, including adult learners and first-generation students. The successful candidate will be committed to academic excellence, continuous improvement through professional development, and creating a collegial environment of civility, collaboration and open communication.
Reporting to the Director of TRiO Programs, the TRIO Programs Support Specialist performs the following duties for the TRiO Programs, including:

• General correspondence
• Scheduling student appointments with appropriate staff
• Identifying potential program participants and answering general and detailed questions about RCC, Student Support Services and Upward Bound/TRiO programs
• Monitoring, balancing, processing, recording, and reporting all monthly expenditures for both grant budgets. This includes completing purchasing tasks and developing purchase orders for expenditures
• Database and student record maintenance and retention
• Report preparation
• Assisting in coordinating and carrying out workshops, events and activities
• Supervising work study students.

May be required to perform other duties as assigned. May be required to assist the agency or state government generally in the event of an emergency declaration by the Governor.

• Experience with Microsoft Office Suite
• Attention to detail and a high degree of accuracy in performing tasks
• Ability to supervise and delegate work assignments to work-study students
• Strong oral and written communication skills
• Ability to quickly problem solve, time management skills and ability to multi-task
• Demonstrated ability to work as a team player
• Ability to maintain confidentiality of records and information.
• Required to work occasional evenings and weekends; may be required to go on short and overnight trips with students.
• Light lifting required.

• Knowledge of database management
• Excellent word processing skills, with a strong knowledge base of various computer software; openness to new technologies
• The ability to complete and maintain student and fiscal records with a high level of accuracy
• Ability to conduct research and produce reports
• Previous experience working in an office environment.

The selected candidate’s offer is contingent upon the successful completion of a criminal background investigation, which may include: fingerprint checks, local agency checks, employment verification, verification of education, credit checks (relevant to employment). Additionally, selected candidates may be required to complete the Commonwealth’s Statement of Economic Interest. For more information, please follow this link:  http://ethics.dls.virginia.gov/

The Virginia Community College System, an EEO employer, welcomes applications from people of all backgrounds and recognizes the benefits of a diverse workforce. Therefore, the VCCS is committed to providing a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. Employment decisions are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications. We prohibit discrimination and harassment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, mental or physical disabilities, political affiliation, veteran status, gender identity, or other non-merit factors.

The VCCS is an EOE and Affirmative Action Employer. In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Acts (ADA and ADAAA), VCCS will provide, if requested, reasonable accommodation to applicants in need of access to the application, interviewing and selection processes.

VCCS uses E-Verify to check employee eligibility to work in the United States. You will be required to complete an I-9 form and provide documentation of your identity for employment purposes.