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Career Coach - Westside School District

Employer
Arkansas State University-Beebe
Location
ASU Heber Springs
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Employment Type
Full Time
Institution Type
Four-Year Institution
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Job Details

Position Type:

Non Classified

Job Title:

Career Coach - Westside School District

Classification Title:

Project Program Specialist

Campus Location:

ASU Heber Springs

Job Description:

GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF POSITION

The position of Career Coach will be responsible for providing middle/high school students with information about career opportunities in Arkansas and the level of education and skills required in order to be successful in various career fields and encourage individuals to learn about, prepare for, and finance a postsecondary education.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

  1. Providing early outreach to low-income students and their parents with information about the importance of postsecondary education, as well as accurate information on how to prepare, apply, and pay for it. This duty is performed daily.
  2. Providing interest inventories and skills assessments to assist individuals in making informed career decisions. This duty is performed monthly.
  3. Facilitating the development of individual career plans and portfolios. This duty is performed annually.
  4. Assisting students with enrolling in education or training programs. This duty is performed irregularly.
  5. Providing information on careers, career pathways, and educational requirements. This duty is performed daily.
  6. Providing opportunities for job shadowing, mentoring, internships, visits to business and industry, and other career awareness activities. This duty is performed irregularly.
  7. Providing or connecting low-income students to support services that will ease the transition to postsecondary education. This duty is performed monthly.
  8. Connecting educationally disadvantaged youth and adults to “bridge programs” that teach basic academic skills in the context of training for advancement to better jobs and postsecondary education. This duty is performed irregularly.
  9. Connecting students to academic enrichment activities such as study groups, tutoring, and workshops on study skills. This duty is performed monthly.
  10. Connecting high school students to early college programs, Advanced Placement classes, and academic and career and technical education (CTE) and concurrent-credit enrollment. This duty is performed irregularly.
  11. Providing a continuum of career guidance to ease the transition of students from middle school to high school to postsecondary education or training and ultimately to the workplace. This duty is performed daily.

Perform any other related duties as required or assigned.


Required Qualifications:

Minimum requirements of a Bachelor\’s degree and either be CRDF certified or commit to obtaining the CDF credential within a year after the hire date.


Minimum Salary or Salary Range:

$34,500

Stand:

occasionally

Walk:

occasionally

Sit:

frequently

Use hand to finger, handle, or feel:

occasionally

Reach with hands and arms:

occasionally

Climb or balance:

occasionally

Stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl:

occasionally

Talk or Hear:

continuously

Up to 10 pounds:

occasionally

Does this position have any special vision requirements? Check all that apply.:

Close vision, Distance vision, Color vision, Peripheral vision, Depth perception, Ability to adjust focus

Background Check Statement:

This position will be subject to a pre-employment criminal, sex-offender registry background check. In cases where pre-determined, an additional financial/credit history/ background check may be required as well. Convictions that have been sealed or legally eradicated and misdemeanor convictions for which probation was completed and the case was dismissed, will be excluded. Disclosure does not constitute an automatic bar to employment. Factors such as dates of the offense, seriousness and nature of the violation, rehabilitation and position applied for will be taken into account.

Background Check Requirements:

Both

ASU Beebe EEO Statement :

Arkansas State University-Beebe shall provide equal opportunity for employment to all persons regardless of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, age, or veteran status, and shall strive to achieve full and equal employment opportunity throughout our campuses for faculty and staff. Our goal is to foster a workplace community where individuals are valued for their diverse backgrounds and differences.

Posting Number:

NC2402014

Open Date:

07/03/2024

Special Instructions to Applicants:

NOTE: If you are a veteran, disabled veteran, or spouse of a deceased veteran and would like Veteran’s Preference, we will need to see proof of status in order to grant that. Please see Veteran’s Preference section of the application for specific proof.

Applicants for this position with ASU-Beebe must have work authorization that does not now or in the future require sponsorship of a visa for employment authorization in the United States and with ASU-Beebe such as H1-B, F-1 (CPT/OPT), TN or any other status.

U.S. Department of Labor



Organization

Working at Arkansas State University-Beebe

Arkansas State University-Beebe is an operationally separate, two-year institution of the Arkansas State University System.  With campuses located in Beebe, Heber Springs, Searcy, and Little Rock Air Force Base, we offer associate degrees, certificates, and non-credit training for business and industry.  The Beebe campus also collaborates with Arkansas State, a four-year university in Jonesboro, to offer baccalaureate and graduate degrees on the Beebe campus.  Courses are also offered at additional locations within our service area, and many courses are taught in locations convenient to business and industry. 

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