Specialist I/Access Assistant (Hourly)

Austin Community College

Austin Community College,

ID: 7137546 (Ref.No. R-3986)
Posted: April 1, 2023
Application Deadline: Open Until Filled

Job Description

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Austin Community College is a public two-year institution that serves a diverse population of approximately 41,000 credit students each Fall and Spring semester.  We embrace our identity as a community college, as reflected in our mission statement.  We promote student success and community development by providing affordable access, through traditional and distance learning modes, to higher education and workforce training, including appropriate applied baccalaureate degrees, in our service area.
 
As a community college committed to our mission, we seek to recruit and retain a workforce that:

  • Reflects the diversity of our community

  • Values intellectual curiosity and innovative teaching

  • Is attracted by the college's mission to promote equitable access to educational opportunities

  • Cares about student success and collaborates on strategies to facilitate success for under-represented populations

  • Welcomes difference and models respectful interaction with others

  • Engages with the community both within and outside of ACC

Commitment to Equity and Inclusion

ACC is committed to the ongoing systemic changes needed to ensure the increased recruitment, inclusion, retention, and completion of historically underserved and underrepresented populations. Through continual strategic community engagement and professional development of administrators, faculty, staff, and students, the college demonstrates its dedication to fostering a culture and climate for equitable outcomes.

ACC is proud to serve a diverse student body as an open-access and low-cost institution. Dedicated faculty members are excellent professors who help students achieve their educational goals and are sensitive to our students' diverse cultures and socio-economic backgrounds. In 2017 our faculty adopted a Statement of ACC Faculty Values. This Statement affirms that ACC's faculty members value collaboration, service, agency, scholarship, inclusion, and teaching, all of which attest to our commitment to equity, diversity, and inclusion at the heart of our mission.

Job Posting Title:

Specialist I/Access Assistant (Hourly)

Job Description Summary:

To provide specialized services and support to departmental office or program.

Job Description:

Description of Duties and Tasks

  • Attends class/lab with student. 
  • Acts as reader and/or scribe, including note taking before, after or in class, lab, or testing environment. 
  • Facilitates computer and technology access as appropriate. 
  • May assist access to technology as appropriate. May describe graphics or pictures in the classroom, lab or testing environment. 
  • May assist student with object manipulation during laboratory classes as needed.
  • Ability to maintain boundaries with student as set by supervisor. 
  • Ability to appropriately communicate with students, faculty, and staff. Must act in a professional manner and be dependable. 
  • Must maintain confidentiality regarding student information. 
  • Ability to listen to, understand, and follow directions.
  • Willingness to work closely with students with disabilities. 
  • Proficiency with accessible software and devices.   
  • May require completion of assigned college-level classes as determined by academic department.

Knowledge

  • Processes and procedures related to the departmental work being done.

Skills

  • Maintaining an established work schedule.
  • Effectively using interpersonal and communications skills including tact and diplomacy.
  • Effectively using organizational and planning skills with attention to detail and follow-through.
  • Maintaining confidentiality of work-related information and materials.
  • Establishing and maintaining effective working relationships.

Technology Skills

  • Demonstrated proficiency using standard office software applications and student information and database systems.
  • Familarity with Google suite, Zoom and assistive technology

Required Work Experience

  • As required.

Physical Requirements

  • Work is routinely performed in a standard office or similar environment.
  • Subject to standing, walking, sitting, bending, reaching, kneeling, pushing, and pulling.
  • Occasional lifting of objects up to 30 pounds.

Safety

  • Work safely and follow safety rules. Report unsafe working conditions and behavior. Take reasonable and prudent actions to prevent others from engaging in unsafe practices.

Pay Rate

$20.00/hour

Number of Openings:

8

Job Posting Close Date:

April 7, 2023

Clery Act

As required by the US Department of Education, employees are required to report violations under Title IX and, under the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Crime Statistics Act (Clery Act), select individuals are required to report crimes. If this position is identified as a Campus Security Authority (Clery Act), you will be notified, trained, and provided resources for reporting.

Disclaimer

The above description is an overview of the job. It is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of duties and responsibilities of the job, nor is it an all-inclusive list of the skills and abilities required to do the job. Duties and responsibilities may change with business needs. ACC reserves the right to add, change, amend, or delete portions of this job description at any time, with or without notice. Employees may be required to perform other duties as requested, directed, or assigned. In addition, reasonable accommodations may be made by ACC at its discretion to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions of the job.