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Student Engagement Manager

Employer
Metropolitan Community College-Kansas City
Location
Longview, MO, MO
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Employment Type
Full Time
Institution Type
Community College
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About MCC

Metropolitan Community College is the oldest public institution of higher learning in Kansas City, Missouri, founded in 1915 as the Kansas City Polytechnic Institute. The Junior College of Kansas City, as it was known starting in 1919, was one of the first schools in the country to award an associate degree. Today, MCC offers 125 associate degree and certificate programs.

Metropolitan Community College comprises five campuses on the Missouri side of the Greater Kansas City area 47 major buildings and about 550 acres in all: MCC-Blue River, located in Independence, Missouri; MCC-Longview located in Lee's Summit, Missouri, MCC-Maple Woods located in the Northland of Kansas City, Missouri; MCC-Online and MCC-Penn Valley, located in Midtown Kansas City, Missouri.

MCC is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission. In addition, several programs have specific accreditations as well.

***MCC does not provide employer-paid sponsorships.

Job Summary

Incumbents provide direction and supervision of student engagement, campus life and leadership, and career services functions.

Essential Functions

  • Supervises staff to include prioritizing and assigning work; conducting performance evaluations; coordinating staff training; providing ongoing professional development for staff; and implementing hiring, discipline, and termination procedures.
  • Develops and monitors an assigned budget; work may involve monitoring expenditures, analyzing financial information to determine trends, and approving purchase and other financial requests; monitors fiscal records and processes to ensure compliance with budget and other applicable guidelines.
  • Prepares, maintains, reviews, updates, and/or coordinates the preparation and maintenance of records, reports, and other documentation; work may involve researching and analyzing data, making recommendations based on findings, and ensuring that reporting complies with applicable policies and procedures.
  • Coordinate components of a student engagement plan, working collaboratively with college stakeholders to reinforce a holistic approach to student success.
  • Coordinate retention and engagement initiatives for all students, plus specific student cohorts including military-affiliated students, students from diverse backgrounds, international students, scholarship recipients, at-risk students, honors students, student athletes, adult students and other targeted groups.
  • Assist with district co-curricular assessment by coordinating the campus deployment of assessment instruments and the analysis of the results.
  • Perform other duties as assigned
    • Qualifications, Knowledge, Skills, Abilities and Physical Requirements

    Minimum Qualifications:

  • Bachelor's degree
  • Three (3) years of experience in administrative management, student support services or related area
    • Preferred Qualifications:
  • Master's degree with related experience

    • Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
  • Knowledge of supervisory principles
  • Knowledge of applicable academic programs
  • Knowledge of program management principles and practices
  • Knowledge of research and statistical methods
  • Knowledge of budgeting principles
  • Knowledge of applicable Federal, State, and Local laws, rules, regulations, codes, and/or statutes
  • Knowledge of advanced principles and practices in assigned area of responsibility
  • Skilled in monitoring and evaluating subordinates
  • Skilled in delegating and prioritizing work
  • Skilled in developing, organizing, and implementing program plans
  • Skilled in preparing and maintaining records, reports, and related data
  • Skilled in conducting research
  • Skilled in analyzing complex data and providing recommendations to improve processes and operations, based on findings
  • Skilled in monitoring budgets
  • Skilled in interpreting and applying applicable standards, laws, rules, and regulations
  • Skilled in exercising independent judgment and discretion
  • Skilled in utilizing communication and interpersonal skills as applied to interaction with coworkers, supervisor, the general public, and others sufficient to exchange or convey information.

    • Physical Requirements
    Positions in this class typically require feeling, grasping, hearing, keyboarding, reaching, repetitive motion, standing, talking, visual acuity, and walking. The work is light work which requires exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 10 pounds of force to move objects. Incumbents may be exposed to environmental conditions, such as challenging behaviors, imminent danger, and threatening environments.Supplemental Information

    EEO Statement:
    Metropolitan Community College is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer that prohibits discrimination or harassment of any person based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, birth, ancestry, national origin, or disability. EOE/M/F/Vets/Disabled
    Accommodations:
    MCC is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, MCC will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided with reasonable accommodations in all aspects of employment, including the application process. To request an accommodation and/or a copy of the Americans with Disabilities Act applicant procedures, please contact the Office of Human Resources.

    Organization

    Long before Kansas City looked the way it does today, a group of people believed the region needed a place where anyone could get an education that led somewhere. That belief became Kansas City Polytechnic Institute in 1915, and a few years later, the Junior College of Kansas City, one of the first schools in the country to award an associate degree. Over a century later, that same idea still drives the institution known today as Metropolitan Community College.

    MCC is the oldest public institution of higher learning in Kansas City, Missouri, and that history isn't just a footnote. It's the foundation for a mission that hasn't changed: open doors, build skills, and help people move forward, whether that means a first degree, a career change, or a new trade learned close to home. Today, MCC offers 125 associate degree and certificate programs across five campuses on the Missouri side of the Kansas City area: Blue River, Longview, Maple Woods, Penn Valley, and MCC-Online, spanning 47 buildings and roughly 550 acres.

    But campuses and buildings only tell part of the story. What makes MCC matter is the people inside them, faculty who show up for students navigating school alongside jobs and families, staff who help someone find their footing, and colleagues who understand that this work changes the trajectory of a life. MCC is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission, and several of its programs carry additional specialized accreditation, a reflection of a place that takes its responsibility to students seriously without losing sight of why the work exists in the first place.

    For more than a hundred years, MCC has been part of how Kansas City grows and moves forward. The next chapter is being written now, by the people who choose to build their careers here. There's a place in that story for you.

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    8166041234
    Location
    3200 Broadway Blvd
     Kansas City
    MO
    64111
    United States
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