General Student Employment - Veteran's Office Assistant

Southwestern-Oregon-Community-College; Coos Bay (OR); On-site; USD 12,000 - 18,000; Part time

Job summary

Southwestern-Oregon-Community-College is seeking a student worker to assist veteran students, dependents and active duty personnel in completing educational benefits forms. The role is limited to qualified veteran student workers and offers up to 20 hours per week.

The position involves verifying attendance, researching enrollment changes, maintaining the Veterans Office, and coordinating referrals to campus and community resources.

Qualifications

• Must be a current degree-seeking student enrolled in at least 3/4 time.
• Must maintain Satisfactory Academic Progress and a minimum GPA of 2.0.

Responsibilities

• Assist in verification of attendance and satisfactory progress
• Research veteran's files for record verifications/change of enrollment or degree
• Helps maintain the Veteran's Office and Veterans Resource Center
• Assist students with referrals to on and off campus resources as needed
• Maintain student records
• Set up enrollment certifications electronically
• Assists by using computer systems to make required entries for reports, etc.
• Assists with filing of documents for VA purposes
• Assists with determination of prior credits
• Assists with review of VA reporting fee payments to ensure accuracy
• Assists with advanced or accelerated payments
• Assists with tutorial and work study claims
• Other duties as assigned relating to VA
• Assist veteran students in finding college information.
• Assists in the development of special activities, such as veteran's affairs visits, employment fairs, orientation, etc.

Job description

Assists new and returning veteran students, dependents and active duty persons to complete forms necessary to receive educational benefits.

***This position is only open to Student Workers who are qualified Veterans***

*Up to 20 hours per week*

Essential Job Functions:

1. Assists in verification of attendance and satisfactory progress
2. Researches veteran's files for record verifications/change of enrollment or degree
3. Helps maintain the Veteran's Office and Veterans Resource Center
4. Assists students with referrals to on and off campus resources as needed
5. Maintain student records
6. Set up enrollment certifications electronically
7. Assists by using computer systems to make required entries for reports, etc.
8. Assists with filing of documents for VA purposes
9. Assists with determination of prior credits
10. Assists with review of VA reporting fee payments to ensure accuracy
11. Assists with advanced or accelerated payments
12. Assists with tutorial and work study claims
13. Other duties as assigned relating to VA

Marginal Duties:

1. Assist veteran students in finding college information.
2. Assists in the development of special activities, such as veteran's affairs visits, employment fairs, orientation, etc.

Must be current degree-seeking student enrolled in at least 3/4 time.
Must maintain Satisfactory Academic Progress and maintain a minimum GPA of 2.0.

Students in this job will need the following skills. You should be able to do these, or show that you can learn how (with or without reasonable accommodation):

• Demonstrate skill in organizing and maintaining records
• Ability to communicate effectively with others, both orally and written
• Ability to follow directions
• Basic computer skills