Latinx Outreach Coordinator Jobs

Title: Latinx Outreach Coordinator

Salary Range: $3,142 - $4,354 per month

Contract Term Length: 12 Months

Standard Hours: 37.5

Work Location: On-Site

FLSA Status: Exempt

College: Bluegrass Community & Technical College

Campus Location: Bluegrass C&TC - Newtown Pike Campus

Department: Admissions

Total Rewards

Bluegrass Community & Technical College offers a competitive benefits package and an attractive work environment that supports excellence, innovation, and creativity including:

• Employee Assistance Program
• Exceptional health care, vision, dental coverage for you and your family
• 9.5 Paid Holidays
• Work-Life Balance
• 2 Weeks Institutional Closing Pay (Last 2 weeks of December) for qualifying positions
• Tuition reimbursement/waiver for you, your spouse, and dependents
• Vacation/Sick Time
• 403(b) retirement plan: a 5% employee contribution receives a 10% employer match

Job Summary

Under the supervision of the Associate Dean of Admissions, the Latinx Outreach Coordinator implements educational outreach efforts that increase awareness of and access to higher educational opportunities for the Latinx and immigrant communities in the Bluegrass Region of Kentucky. The Latinx Outreach Coordinator will implement educational recruitment efforts that will impact enrollment and will serve on the Recruitment Team. The coordinator plans and implements non-traditional educational outreach activities at schools, churches, community centers, adult education sites and libraries throughout the region provides activities in English and Spanish. The coordinator must stay up-to-date and aware of social, political, and educational trends and challenges faced by prospective and current students.

Job Duties:

Provide culturally responsive educational recruitment and awareness activities for the Latinx Community.

Works with community organizations, middle and high schools, churches, libraries, community centers, adult education centers, etc. to provide BCTC information, educational workshops, and programs to assist prospective students with academic and career goals setting, admissions processes, scholarship searches, and financial aid applications.

Provide one on one and family-based college admissions counseling and financial aid and scholarship counseling for prospective students utilizing a case management approach.

Participates in the development of recruitment strategies for the Latinx Community as outlined in the Strategic Enrollment Plan (SEM). Initiates, plans, and executes programs and activities at all BCTC campuses.

Collaborate with the Latinx and Immigrant Services Director with advisement of student organizations (Enlace, the Latinx Student Organization) and provide workshops to students for leadership and skill development.

Collaborate with the Latinx and Immigrant Services Director with grant searches and grant writing to fund programs, professional development opportunities, scholarships, and projects.

Travel to various events and activities, as well as work some evenings and weekends based upon programming needs.

Evaluates program effectiveness, assesses outcomes, and develops improved programming to achieve goals and objectives.

Utilize the Customer Relationship Management System (CRM) to enter all prospective student data for tracking and monitoring purposes to increase the yield rate for this population of students.

Develop and monitor a Communication Plan utilizing the CRM, Signal Vine and Covideo for clear and direct messaging to convert each student via the recruitment funnel.

Facilitate individual and group tours for the Latinx Community at the Lexington Campuses and participates as an active member of the Recruitment Team.

Refers student to the appropriate Enrollment Management and Student Services areas (Counseling, Tutoring, Financial Aid, Advising, Career Services, Student Success Hub, Multicultural Global Learners Center, etc.)

Serve as a lead for recruitment initiatives such as College Experience Days, Festival de Futuros, Bluegrass Cup, BCTC to You and support annual retention programs such as LLCEC.

Assist with the development of recruitment and retention publications as appropriate for the Latinx population in English and Spanish.

Supports and/or provides college preparation programs and summer enrichment activities to address student readiness, recruitment, and retention to higher education.

Manage stop out reports and develop campaigns to reengage students

Assist with providing education information to the International, Refugee and ESL community.

Refer and/or assist students with navigating both college services and community services and resources when appropriate. These referrals include interventions to address mental health issues, disability support services, food or housing insecurities, financial aid assistance, and more. Assist in scheduling appointments with these resources when necessary.

Serve on Committees as assigned by the President and Student Access Administration.

Other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications:

Bachelor’s Degree in Latin American and/or Latino or Chicana/o Studies, Spanish, Education, Psychology, Sociology, or related field

2 to 3 years of relevant experience

Driver’s License

Preferred Qualifications:

Fluent in Spanish (speaking)

Great public speaking and written communication skills

Excellent organizational and logistical planning skills, especially with regard to student programs and events

Willingness to work non-traditional schedules with some events and outreach programs during the evening and on weekends.

Demonstrated ability to work independently and collaboratively in a team environment

Understanding of financial aid processes

Extensive computer skills (i.e., MS Windows Suite)