What are the responsibilities and job description for the Part Time Transcript Evaluation Specialist position at Lorain County Community College?
The Transcript Evaluation Specialist reports directly to the Registrar/Associate Registrar and is responsible for evaluating all incoming high school and college transcripts. The Specialist is also responsible for maintaining internal documentation about transcript evaluation determinations, and updating Transferology and other external systems that support the transfer of credit between other colleges, universities, and LCCC. This role plays a critical part in evaluating and articulating inbound transfer credits, collaborating with academic divisions to facilitate individual course equivalency reviews, ensuring accuracy and consistency in articulating transfer credits, and providing timely information to aid in students’ and advisors’ academic planning and enrollment processes. Major duties include but are not limited to the following:
Responsible for the maintenance of external and internal systems that support the transfer of credit between institutions (ie, Transferology). Maintains course equivalencies and performs all encoding functions in accordance with the Ohio statewide transferability process for documenting course equivalencies. Responsible for the maintenance of LCCC’s presence on the Transferology, Ohio’s transfer equivalency system. Serves as the technical assistant to staff and advisors regarding Transferology and other credit equivalency systems. Serves as the interpreter of technical information from transcripts, data files (electronic transcript sharing), and encoders at other institutions and provides updates and revisions to LCCC’s articulation practices regarding information received. Serves as College resource on all issues related to inbound transfer credit evaluation, review, and transcription. Transcript Evaluation Specialist Evaluates all inbound transcripts for students entering LCCC. Maintains current knowledge of other institutions’ course offerings for the purpose of consultation and collaboration with academic divisions, academic advisors, and others in the determination of transfer credit assignment at LCCC. Contributes to the maintenance and accuracy of LCCC’s course equivalency guides. Manages and ensures timely transcription and accuracy of all transfer credit information to LCCC student records. Responsible for the creation of transfer resource documents for use by academic advisors, students, and other departments within the College. May collaborate and provide consultation to advisors and students in determining the use of transfer credit to fulfill LCCC course prerequisites, placement, or for transient/ guest students to enter LCCC courses with the purpose of transferring credits back to their home institution. Performs other duties as assigned by Registrar/ Associate Registrar and under the leadership of the Vice President of Enrollment Management and Student Services.
