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Hudson County Community College
Student Success Coordinator, Incarcerated Students (PT Grant-Funded)
Posting date: 03/03/2023
College Overview
Hudson County Community College (HCCC) is an award-winning, comprehensive urban college serving one of the most historic and ethnically diverse areas of the United States. HCCC students were born in 119 countries and speak 29 different languages. The diversity and the multitude of our community’s cultures, life experiences, skills, and aspirations, are the very values and traits that empower us to be productive and caring members of our society.
HCCC embodies an unwavering commitment to student success and an intentional focus on diversity, equity, and inclusion. In 2019, the President’s Advisory Council on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (PACDEI) was instituted to develop new levels of understanding and access and advance the College’s commitment to transparency and inclusion. We are proud of the differences we share, which are the foundation for the life-changing and transformational education we offer and the social mobility we provide to the communities we serve.
HCCC has three campuses located just minutes from Manhattan: The Journal Square campus in Jersey City and North Hudson Campus in Union City are adjacent to vital transportation hubs; the Secaucus Center has abundant parking. Fully accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education, the College offers courses and classes in a wide variety of disciplines to the people and businesses of Hudson County, one of the most ethnically diverse areas of the United States. The College was recently recognized with the 2021 Association of Community College Trustees (ACCT) Northeast Regional Equity Award and the 2021 INSIGHT Into Diversity’s Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) Award. In 2016 the Gabert Library was one of three academic libraries in the United States to receive the Excellence in Academic Libraries Award from the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL), and in 2019 the HCCC Tutoring Center received the Frank L. Christ Outstanding Learning Center Award for Two-Year Institutions. In 2019, the College joined Achieving the Dream, a network of high-achieving community colleges, as part of its expanding effort toward continuous improvement in student success.
HCCC has partnerships with every major four-year college and university in the greater New Jersey-New York area and beyond, accommodating seamless transfer of credits for further undergraduate and graduate education. Hudson County Community College is proud of its culture of care and invites applications from those wishing to join a community dedicated to promoting student success in all forms.
Department/Division Introduction
Continuing Education & Workforce Development
Position Summary/Job Description
The Division of Continuing Education and Workforce Development is an exciting and entrepreneurial office within the College, which offers a wide variety of non-credit classes, courses, seminars and training sessions for the community. These offerings are focused on revitalizing careers, upgrading skills and credentials, growing businesses, and pursuing pastimes and passions. Additionally, the HCCC Center for Business & Industry (CBI) is the area leader in developing and delivering educational classes and programs for Hudson County’s businesses, organizations and individuals. Join a winning team focused on serving the educational training needs of the Hudson County business community.
The Student Success Coordinator, reporting directly to the Director of Continuing Education and Workforce Development, works collaboratively with the Hudson County Department of Housing and Community Reintegration, Hudson County Department of Corrections, academic, workforce, and student services departments, students and faculty to successfully implement the Academic and Workforce Pathway Program (AWPP).
POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Understand business sectors in Hudson County and employer needs; able to translate into educational services for incarcerated students.
- Ensure that training activities are occurring for the participants as outlined in the training proposal.
- Create training schedules for all programs, track and create reports on all training outcomes, and maintain training records on participants.
- Communicate effectively with all internal and external program partners to ensure continuous improvement and success of the program.
- Assist in monitoring/managing the College’s agreement with the Hudson County Department of Housing and Community Reintegration.
- Attend seminars and meetings to learn new training methods and techniques and use the knowledge to prepare and coordinate future training sessions.
- Develop information sessions for recruitment to enroll eligible participants for AWPP.
- Manage the enrollment process for academic and workforce programs.
- Coordinate the workforce training courses.
- Become a subject matter expert on college programs, products, processes, sales, and operations, and remain up to date on industry programs for incarcerated and reentry students.
- Connect students with academic and non-academic services.
- Maintain in-house training equipment and inventory and manage the budget set for training.
- Ensure compliance with all program requirements.
- Participate in all aspects of evaluation.
- Monitor the program budget.
- Perform other related duties as delegated or assigned by the Director, of Continuing Education, and Workforce Development.
Required/Minimum Qualifications
- Demonstrated ability to interact with a culturally diverse population and to effectively and respectfully function and communicate within the context of varying beliefs, behaviors, orientations, identities, and cultural backgrounds.
- Minimum associate degree or three years of experience in coordinating workforce training activities, preferably working with individuals who were justice-involved or higher education.
- Candidate must demonstrate outstanding organizational, leadership, and interpersonal skills.
- This position requires some travel throughout the County.
- Proficiency with various computer software programs including Microsoft Office suite, specifically Word & Excel.
Preferred Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree preferred.
- Experience with Ellucian (formerly Datatel) colleagues or similar higher education platforms.
Applications
For full consideration please send your resume, cover letter, salary expectations, and a list of three professional references to Lilian Martinez, lmartinez@hccc.edu.
As a New Jersey First Act Employer, new employees must establish a primary residence in New Jersey within one year unless an exemption applies.
HCCC is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. We are committed to ensuring a diverse and inclusive learning and working environment. Decisions on employment are made on the basis of the qualifications of an individual for the particular position being filled. Women, veterans, and minorities are encouraged to apply.
