Academic Coordinator

Description

POSITION TITLE:  LINCOLN GRANT SCHOLAR HOUSE Academic Coordinator

REPORTS TO:   The Director of LGSH

FLSA CLASSIFICATION:  NON-EXEMPT

Hourly Rate:  $19.10 to $24.83 

GENERAL RESPONSIBILITY:  The focus of the LGSH Academic and Health Coordinator is to support campus operations in conjunction with the academic pathway and health for all applicants in and outside of pre and post-residential services at Lincoln Grant Scholar House. LGSH Academic and Health Coordinator also performs program oversight, structure, compliance, and tracking and reporting for outcomes and services to all participants.  The LGSH Academic and Health Coordinator is responsible for community outreach, recruitment, and ongoing assistance and support to program participants to attain their educational goals and ensure they are registered with healthcare.

SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES:

1. Provides and coordinates services for students concerning academic, health, and career choices, goals, and objectives.
2. Assists in the Healthcare enrollment of the Northern Kentucky population and LGSH residents and conducts related outreach activities.
3. Provides academic advising and group workshops on Financial Aid, Scholarships, Grants, College accreditation, College selection strategies, Accessing Student advising services, and other campus services necessary for successful access and acclamation to college for students in the application process/pre-residential services.
4. Demonstrates a working knowledge of the Affordable Care Act and Kentucky’s Medicaid Enrollment Process for Medicaid Expansion
5. Ensures academic advising sessions that include assistance with orientation to the educational component of the LGSH program, enrollment at their respective colleges and universities, connection to financial aid and scholarship resources, career interest assessment, and connection to tutoring opportunities as needed for student remediation.
6. Provide and document a minimum of 2 academic advising sessions a month to students in residence, with an understanding that some students will require additional sessions each month.
7. Completes required training courses developed by KHBE and receive a passing score of at least 80 percent to become a certified part-time Health Benefit Assister
8. Provides Academic assessments for all applicants of LGSH.
9. Provides unbiased guidance on Medicaid coverage.
10. Develop and implement processes for residential applications to the LGSH Campus. 
11. Share information about LGSH and support referral relationships with the community through presentations, tabling events, and informational sessions with area schools, businesses, and non-profit organizations.      
12. Provides academic advising and follow-up for students in post-residential services upon request.
13. Works with the students’ colleges, universities, and individual instructors to support classroom coursework and monitor student progress toward educational goals.
14. Prepares reports of a confidential nature to share with the Director of Lincoln Grant on student performance when appropriate.
15. Works with the Director of LGSH to develop program policies and procedures for all programming and services provided at the LGSH Campus
16. Determines schedule of grade collection and develops a methodology to track term/semester grades for all residential participants to ensure compliance with program expectations. 
17. Maintains up-to-date academic records and advising session case notes on all LGSH resident students.
18. Enters data on a pre-determined schedule in a shared database for LGSH participants. 
19. Coordinates meetings and meets regularly with all LGSH staff and Property Management staff for case conferences and to ensure program processes are compliant, functional, and efficient for residents, LGSH staff, and Property Management staff. 
20. Provide outreach in the community and work with local colleges and universities on recruitment for LGSH on-site at NKU, GCTC, Cincinnati State, University of Cincinnati, Thomas More College, College of Mt. St. Joseph, and additional accredited institutions regularly. 
21. Attending additional outreach, recruitment, and marketing events as assigned, sharing information about LGSH and KHBE, and supporting referral relationships with the community through presentations. 
22. Maintain current knowledge of community educational resources, including admissions, financial aid, registration, healthcare updates, and related academic processes at institutions attended by the LGSH residents/students.
23. Attends relevant training to acquire new skills and enhance academic and healthcare advising programs.
24. Other duties as assigned. 

Qualifications

QUALIFICATIONS:  

• Bachelor’s degree in Humanities, Guidance Counseling, Education, College Personnel, or related field preferred 
• A valid driver’s license is required.
• Experience with data collection, tracking, and reporting.
• Experience with Microsoft Office programs and use in the workplace.
• Knowledge of and ability to utilize the internet and email. 
• Strong relationship-building skills, interpersonal communication, and organizational skills.
• The NKCAC-LGSH Program cannot employ anyone whom the Cabinet has found to have abused or neglected a child.
• Ability to work with people of diverse and varying socio-economic backgrounds.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

• Ability to sit at, read, and enter data on a computer for up to 65% of the time.
• Ability to lift up to 25 pounds at times.                                        

* NKCAC is an equal opportunity employer: All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment regardless of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age or disability.

NKCAC IS A DRUG-FREE WORKPLACE

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