ECA Career Coach

Title: ECA Career Coach

Agency: J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College

Location: Richmond (City) - 760

FLSA: Nonexempt

Hiring Range: Up to $25/hour depending on experience

Full Time or Part Time: Part Time

Additional Detail

Job Description:

Reynolds is one of the largest community colleges in Virginia and serves Virginia's capital city and five nearby counties. Annually, our four campus sites serve approximately 13,000 credit students and provide training for 7,400 students through the Community College Workforce Alliance. Reynolds is committed to hiring and retaining a racially diverse, culturally competent staff at all levels of the organization who reflect the demographics of our students. We also believe in providing an ongoing investment in our faculty and staff to deepen their skills and competencies to serve the full range of our student population.

1. The ECA Career Coach will serve the students in the ECA Program by providing support services to the student to include career and transfer assistance.
2. The ECA Career Coach will complete the annual ECA career coaching tasks for each ECA cohort within the program. These tasks will include individual student meetings, group sessions, and classroom presentations. The ECA Career Coach will meet with each student in one ECA grade level cohort each month (August through May). Entries into the VCCS Case Management System will reflect these meetings. The ECA Career Coach will also serve as one of the chaperones on ECA fieldtrips, including the overnight experience for rising 11th graders in the summer, if applicable.
3. The ECA Career Coach will professionally represent the college at RPS events based on their assigned school.
4. The ECA Career Coach will provide assistance to other RPS identified students with the admission and enrollment procedures lending to a smooth transition for these students between high school and Reynolds Community College.
5. The ECA Career Coach will maintain accurate written and digital records of student interactions, student progress in the program, hours worked, and student enrollment documents.
6. Serve as the liaison between the college and the students, faculty and staff at RPS schools based on their assigned school.
7. Meet at least bi-weekly with the ECA Site Director to plan activities designed to help students transition into the program, retain students in the program and help students transition out of the program and into university programs.
8. Obtain enrollment documents from the high school counselor, verify student readiness, provide and receive initial paperwork and updates for student enrollment and coordinate the timely submittal of student documents to the Office of Admissions.

The ECA Career Coach will attend all required meetings and trainings.

Minimum Qualifications:

Working knowledge of academic requirements for high school graduation, community college enrollment, ECA curriculum and local and regional career opportunities is required. The ECA Career Coach must utilize computer software to maintain records, input data, and produce written reports. Demonstrated ability to provide post-secondary education academic and career information, mentoring, coordinate student activities and communicate effectively orally and in writing Must produce documentation of activities and possess the ability to develop positive working relationship with students, parents, secondary school faculty, secondary school staff, college faculty, college staff, secondary and post-secondary educational institutions and the general public.
Preferred Qualifications:

A Master's degree from an accredited college or university program is required. A Bachelor's degree with five (5) years of post-baccalaureate experience in a secondary or post-secondary educational setting may be substituted.
Experience working with a variety of people in an academic advisory capacity is required. Experience working in both a post-secondary setting and secondary setting is preferred. Experience with the Virginia Education Wizard is preferred.