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Student Employment Specialist
Job Description
The Student Employment Specialist provides educational, professional, and career development to students to inspire and empower them to achieve their career goals. This position is responsible for working with students to provide Campus and College-Wide Career Services. This includes one-on-one coaching and guiding students in developing career and/or employment goals. The specialist is responsible for supporting specific Career Technical programs which include work-based learning by providing a link between the College and business, industry, the public and employers.
In addition, the Student Employment Specialist develops and fosters professional work relationships with college faculty and academic advisors to ensure department services meet student and college needs. Services could include coordinating events such as job fairs, conducting workshops and classroom presentations for students on subjects such as job readiness, career development, current economic and employment conditions, job search skills, portfolio development, interviewing and networking. Incumbents in this job classification make independent decisions regarding how to provide these services based on student and program needs.
The Student Employment Specialist will need to have a working knowledge of current labor market trends, Equal Employment Opportunity laws, and other local, state, and federal laws pertaining to employment. Specialists develop and foster professional working relationships with employers, temporary services, employment agencies and industry representatives to ensure consistent contact for job leads within the community. Because of this, Employment Specialists will be expected to make public presentations in variable group settings.
These qualifications, skills and abilities are critical for success in this position.
Throughout the screening process, you will be evaluated based on the demonstration of these qualifications.
Demonstrates practical application of career theories to provide multiple approaches to support the differences of individual student experiences, race, gender, and linguistic diversity, and socioeconomic status
- . Demonstrates understanding of privilege and structural inequalities and how it influences practice, perception, and values with the impact to students and individuals in the career exploration and developmental process
- . Remains current on technologies focused on career development and improving access to student-centered support
- . Ability to support programming that creates economic mobility in career advancement for students and/or communities
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Minimum Qualifications
To be considered, your application must demonstrate these minimum qualifications. (Experience is calculated based on the start and end dates you provide multiplied by the number of hours per week worked).
Bachelor’s degree in Education, Business Administration, Human Resource Management, Communications or related field. Experience performing the duties of this job may substitute for the degree requirement on a year-for-year basis
- . Demonstrated experience in an educational setting working with or instructing/advising students or experience in a business setting performing employment, selection, placement or related function
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PCC offers a comprehensive benefit package designed to provide employees and their families, including domestic partners, with access to a broad range of benefit options. Includes Health, Dental, and Vision options, Group Life, Long-term Disability, Long-term Care, and Auto and Home Insurance programs.
Additionally, PCC provides a tuition waiver for you, your spouse/domestic partner, and dependent children under 24 years of age, as well as partial tuition reimbursement for full-time employees at other accredited institutions.
Paid Leave: (Pro-rated by FTE for Part-Time Employees)
- Starts at 13.33 hours of vacation leave per month (additional vacation hours with years of services)
- 1 day of sick leave per month
- 12 holidays
- 3 additional personal leave days per year
View a complete list of PCC benefits.
Portland Community College complies with the Oregon Veterans' Preference in Public Employment law which provides qualifying veterans and disabled veterans with preference in employment. You will be given instructions during the application process to claim Veterans' Preference in the recruitment of this position, and to provide the documents required for verification of eligibility. Please do not send your documentation to the hiring manager directly. For verification of eligibility, please submit the following documentation:
- Veterans: DD214
- Disabled Veterans: DD214 and Letter from the Department of VA
Portland Community College is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or any other protected class.
Notice of the Availability of the Annual Security Report:
Pursuant to the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act (Clery Act), you may view Portland Community College’s (PCC) most recent Annual Security Report (ASR) on the Department of Public Safety website. The ASR contains current security and safety-related policy disclosure statements, emergency preparedness and evacuation information, crime prevention and sexual assault prevention information and resources, and drug and alcohol prevention programming. The ASR also contains crime statistics for Clery Act crimes which occurred on PCC properties for the last three calendar years. Paper copies of the ASR are available upon request at all Department of Public Safety offices.
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