Program Aide Access And Transition (Pool)

About Mount Wachusett Community College:

Since 1963, Mount Wachusett Community College has built a tradition of providing innovative undergraduate education, workforce development, personal enrichment, and community service to North Central Massachusetts and beyond. Located in Gardner, MA, with satellite campuses in Fitchburg, Leominster and Devens, MWCC now serves approximately 12,000 credit and noncredit students each year and offers over 70 associate degree and credit certificate options. An award-winning, national leader in the area of renewable energy, MWCC is also nationally recognized for its veterans? services, civic engagement and K-12 partnerships.

We hope you will consider applying for one of our open positions, and discover all that Mount Wachusett Community College and the North Central Massachusetts region have to offer.

http://mwcc.edu/about-mwcc/

Job Description:

General Statement of Duties:

Provides supervision, guidance, support and enrichment programming to program participants.

Responsibilities:

• Assist in providing supervision to program participants during specified program time.

• Assist in mentoring and supporting students in benefitting to the fullest from their program experience.

• Lead student through activities and/or meals.

• Assist in developing and/or facilitating appropriate curricular and co-curricular activities.

• Provide versatile support to students that is sensitive to socio-economic, cultural and age variances.

• Assist students with projects as needed.

• Assist in chaperoning student outings and/or field work.

• Communicate student needs and concerns to Director, Coordinator, and/ or instructor as appropriate.

• Maintain required grant documentation.

• Other duties as assigned by Director, Coordinator, or Instructor

Requirements:

Minimum Qualifications:

• Enrollment in an AA/AS/BS/BA program

• Minimum of one year work experience with low income, disadvantaged and/or minority youth (changed from two years)

• Desire to help disadvantaged youth to succeed (Sensitivity and maturity level to successfully work with youth).

Desired Qualifications:

• Two years work experience with low income, disadvantaged and/or minority youth

• Ability to interact with diverse constituencies including other program personnel, partner organization personnel, parent/guardians and participants.

Additional Information:

Salary: $15.00 - $16.75 per hour

Hours per Week: Varies, not to exceed 18 hours per week.

Number of Weeks: Varies with position

Mount Wachusett Community College is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, ethnicity, gender, disability, religion, age, veteran status, genetic information, gender identity or sexual orientation in its programs and activities as required by Title IX of the Educational Amendments of 1972, the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and other applicable statutes and college policies. The College prohibits sexual harassment, including sexual violence. Inquiries or complaints concerning discrimination, harassment, retaliation or sexual violence shall be referred to the College's Affirmative Action and/or Title IX Coordinator, the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination, the Equal Employment Opportunities Commission or the United States Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights.

Application Instructions:

Candidates for employment should be aware that all Community College students, faculty and staff are required to be fully vaccinated by January 2022. Accordingly, initial employment is dependent upon receipt and verification of full vaccination status records; details of how to fulfill vaccine record verification requirements will be provided during the hire and onboarding process. Face coverings are required while indoors on campus. For addition information on COVID19, please visit: https://mwcc.edu/covid/

Deadline Date: Open Until Filled

This particular job posting is a " Pool" position. There may or may not be available openings at this time however, when an opening does occur, the hiring manager will draw from the pool of applicants we have on file on an as needed basis.

Candidates may be subject to employment screening to include both a Criminal Offender Record Information (CORI) request and a Sexual Offender Registry Information (SORI).