Financial Literacy Coordinator (Temp 3 SPF SENDAS Grant)

Mesa Community College (MCC) has been awarded a Title V Developing Hispanic-Serving Institutions (DHSI) grant for a 5-year period. The Students & Employees Nurtured & Developed for Academic Success (SENDAS) Project aims to enhance and integrate student support; create a robust professional development program for faculty and staff; and develop a more inclusive hiring process. This position will focus on researching financial literacy best practices to be utilized in the classroom and for co-curricular activities and coordinating grant-related and college activities for new and returning students. The focus of financial literacy for grant-related activities will be teaching students how to 1) recognize and define personal values and how they impact savings and spending, 2) create a personal budget and establish a plan to achieve a short- or long-term financial goal, and 3) research scholarship opportunities, write a scholarship essay, and complete a

scholarship application.

Essential Functions

40% Conducts financial literacy presentations, events, workshops, meeting one-on-one with students, and recording and editing of the financial literacy podcast

20% Collaborates with New Student Orientation (NSO), financial aid, faculty, and other internal or external

stakeholders to provide financial literacy programming.

20% Provides basic coordination and oversight of an assigned program; responds to inquiries and solves problems in accordance with policies and procedures and coordinates targeted financial literacy outreach through phone, text, and email campaigns. Creates/prepares/distributes promotional materials for Financial Literacy workshops and events

10% Performs basic research and preliminary analysis related to financial literacy; gathers pertinent information and compiles, analyzes and summarizes data and information. Assists with the development and implementation of financial literacy program guidelines and procedures.

10% Performs other duties as assigned.