Student Support Specialist I (Basic Needs Program)

Palomar College; San Marcos (CA); Sur place; USD 53 000 - 64 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Competitive benefits package

Paid holidays and leave

Life insurance policy

Résumé du poste

Palomar College is seeking a Student Support Specialist I for the Basic Needs Program in the Office of Student Life & Leadership. You will assist students through admissions, assessment, enrollment and financial aid, and help them access services including workshops and program equipment training.

The role involves maintaining tracking systems and supporting front-desk operations as needed within a diverse campus community.

Qualifications

• Three years of clerical and secretarial experience.
• High school diploma or equivalent (twelfth grade).

Responsabilités

• Assists students with admissions, assessment, enrollment and financial aid.
• Advises students on information and options for academic and career programs.
• Provides access to services and conducts routine workshops and training on program equipment.
• Creates and maintains department tracking systems, reports, records and files.
• May staff a front desk.

Connaissances

Clerical experience

Secretarial experience

Formation

High school diploma or equivalent

Description du poste

Student Support Specialist I (Basic Needs Program)

Department: Office of Student Life & Leadership (Dept)

Palomar College

Date Opened: 10/05/2026

Close Date: 10/19/2026

Primary Function:

Performs routine to complex administrative support and program activities in an assigned department or grant funded program; assists students with the admissions process, assessment, enrollment and financial aid; advises students on where to access information and options for academic and career programs; assists with access to services including delivery of routine workshops and training on the use of program equipment; creates and maintains department or program-specific tracking systems, reports, records and files required for work processes; may staff a front desk.

Salary:

• $4,714.30 [step 1] – $5,733.10 [step 5]. Step placement may be negotiable within this range dependent upon education and experience.
• If you are a current employee who applies via the external recruitment process and is selected for a promotion, step placement on the new grade will be in accordance with the applicable District agreement/handbook.

Benefits:

In addition to a competitive compensation structure, Palomar College also offers an extremely generous benefits package.

• Insurance fully paid for employees and their eligible dependents: four medical plans, dental HMO, and the vision plan (additional plans are available that require employee buy-up/monthly contribution)
• Vacation, sick leave and 25 paid holidays
• $80,000 employee term life/accident insurance policy (additional buy up options available)
• Employee long-term care insurance
• Employee Assistance Plan (EAP) – Confidential free counseling, financial, legal, personal and professional development resources for all members of your household
• Additional buy up options available for other voluntary insurance benefits
• Enrollment in CalPERS (California Public Employees Retirement System)

The estimated maximum value of this employer-paid benefits package is approximately $31,245.84 annually.

Minimum Qualifications:

To be eligible for this position, you must meet and provide evidence of the following minimum qualifications:

Experience: Three years of increasingly responsible clerical and secretarial experience.

• Note: For work experience, a “year” is defined as equivalent to 40 hours per week for 12 months.

Education: Equivalent to completion of the twelfth grade.

• Transcripts must be included to receive credit for education and/or to substitute education in lieu of experience (i.e. Bachelor's degree = 4 years of experience). Click here for Guidelines for Equivalency for Classified Positions.
• Only coursework completed at, and degrees awarded by, accredited institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education will be considered as satisfying the minimum qualifications. Coursework and degrees that are completed outside of the United States are required to have transcripts evaluated (evaluation to U.S. equivalency and a course by course analysis) by an appropriate U.S. credentials evaluation service. For a list of credentials evaluation agencies accepted by Palomar College, visit the National Association of Credentials Evaluation Services (NACES) website at https://naces.org/, or the Association of International Credential Evaluators, Inc. (AICE) website at http://aice-eval.org/.

Diversity Statement:

Palomar College serves over 30,000 students from a variety of backgrounds and we are proud to be a Hispanic Serving Institution. Our student body is rich in its diversity. Click here to see a quick overview of our student demographics on our recent Student Fact Sheet.

Palomar College is committed to diversity, equity, inclusion, access and antiracism. We are dedicated to empowering students to succeed and are guided by our core values; some of which are the following:

• Access - We make education possible for everyone.
• Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion - We recognize and respect diversity, seek to foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, and strive to address inequities. All positions require cultural competency which includes the sensitivity to and understanding of the diverse academic, socioeconomic, cultural, disability, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, and ethnic backgrounds of community college students, faculty, and staff.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Palomar College is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE).

About the District

Palomar College, founded in 1946, is a comprehensive, two-year community college that serves the greater North San Diego County region. Palomar College offers over 200 associate degrees and certificate programs to approximately 25,000 full- and part-time students. A favorite in the community among local institutions of higher education, the College is recognized as one of the top 100 Colleges and Universities in the nation for serving Hispanic students. Palomar College is just 12 miles from the Pacific Ocean and 30 miles away from all of the exciting cultural activities that San Diego has to offer.