Student Services Assistant (TRiO)

Metropolitan-Community-College; Kansas City (MO); On-site; USD 21,000 - 28,000; Part time

Job summary

Metropolitan Community College seeks a detail-oriented clerical assistant to support the TRIO Educational Opportunity Center. You will provide information to prospective and current students about admissions, financial aid, and enrollment, and assist with documentation and payments.

The role involves maintaining records, data entry, scheduling, event support, and coordination with counselors. Limited duration through August 31, 2031, with possible extension based on funding; MCC emphasizes equal

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED required.
• Knowledge of program support principles and customer service.
• Experience with data entry and record-keeping preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide information to prospective and current students about admissions, financial aid, and enrollment.
• Assist students with completing documentation and processing payments.
• Maintain records and track student data (test scores, financial aid, scholarships).
• Schedule rooms and coordinate calendar for counselors.
• Coordinate events and create promotional materials for department functions.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Skills

Customer service

Data entry

Record-keeping

Scheduling

Interpersonal communication

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Job description

Incumbents provide basic information and services to students and prospective students in support of theTRIO Educational Opportunity Center, a federally funded grant program, regarding the enrollment process, financial aid, career services, disability support, records and transcripts, counseling, and related services, and perform clerical duties.

PLEASE NOTE: Limited duration position to end no later than August 31, 2031, but may be extended based upon funding. The Program has been continuously funded since 1979.

• Provide information to prospective and current students, to include information on admissions, academic requirements and processes, financial aid, college offerings and services, and/or registration processes
• Provide assistance to students and other individuals; work may involve responding to general inquiries via phone, email, or in person; distributing supplies and resources; providing referrals; directing calls to appropriate personnel/departments; giving campus tours; assisting students with completing documentation; reviewing and collecting documentation; and processing payments
• Maintain records, call sheets, forms, spreadsheets, and training and other documentation; enter and track student data related to test scores, activities, status, financial aid, scholarships, and other financial, general, and confidential information
• Perform basic clerical duties to include maintaining supplies, reserving rooms, processing correspondence, preparing and distributing materials packets, and maintaining the calendar and scheduling appointments for all counselors in the department, taking into account their workload, other college committees and responsibilities, individual priorities and preferences
• Assist department staff with basic administrative duties, to include setting up and reserving rooms, distributing promotional materials, sending out invitations and reminders, registering students, and monitoring attendance, during special events and to facilitate related departmental operations
• Highlight department events and programming using displays in campus showcase and bulletin boards by creating display and bulletin board items and other marketing materials in various formats
• Perform other duties as assigned

Minimum Qualifications

• High School Diploma OR G.E.D.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Knowledge of program support principles and practices
• Knowledge of customer service principles
• Knowledge of record-keeping principles
• Knowledge of data entry principles and practices
• Knowledge of computers and applicable software and applications
• Skilled in providing customer service
• Skilled in preparing schedules
• Skilled in compiling information
• Skilled in performing data entry
• Skilled in providing program support
• Skilled in maintaining records
• Skilled in utilizing communication and interpersonal skills as applied to interaction with coworkers, supervisor, the general public, and others sufficient to exchange or convey information

Physical Requirements

Positions in this class typically require feeling, grasping, hearing, keyboarding, reaching, repetitive motion, standing, talking, visual acuity, and walking. The work is sedentary work which requires exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or negligible amount of force frequently or constantly.

EEO Statement

Metropolitan Community College is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer that prohibits discrimination or harassment of any person based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, birth, ancestry, national origin, or disability. EOE/M/F/Vets/Disabled

Accommodations

MCC is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, MCC will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided with reasonable accommodations in all aspects of employment, including the application process. To request an accommodation and/or a copy of the Americans with Disabilities Act applicant procedures, please contact the Office of Human Resources.