Title III Project Specialist

ENTERPRISE STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE; Evergreen (AL); On-site; USD 47,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Reid State Community College seeks a Title III Project Specialist to coordinate and implement student success, academic support, tutoring, and early intervention activities funded through the SIP grant. The role collaborates across Student Services, Instruction, and IT to improve persistence, course success, retention, and achievement.

Salary is grant-funded under ACCS Board of Trustees Schedule E3-03, with a range of $47,029.00–$65,218.00 annually, contingent on grant funding and non-tenure

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree from a regionally accredited college or university in education, counseling, student affairs, higher education administration, developmental education, an academic discipline, or a closely related field.
• Minimum of two (2) years of professional experience in student services, academic advising, student success, retention, tutoring, academic support, or a related higher education setting.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate Title III-supported student success and academic support activities including outreach and tutoring.
• Manage the College’s early-alert process: review referrals, contact students, document interventions.
• Develop individualized student success plans for students needing additional support.
• Provide referrals related to advising, financial aid, childcare, transportation, and learning resources.
• Coordinate centralized tutoring and learning-support services (in-person, peer, professional, online).
• Recruit, train, schedule, supervise, and evaluate peer tutors and staff.

Skills

Student services knowledge

Early-alert interventions

Tutoring coordination

Data collection & reporting

Education

Bachelor’s degree in education or related field

Tools

Microsoft Office

Student information systems (SIS)

Job description

The Title III Project Specialist is responsible for coordinating and implementing student success, academic support, retention, tutoring, early intervention, resource navigation, and learning support activities funded through Reid State Community College's Strengthening Institutions Program (SIP) grant.

The Specialist supports the development and implementation of an integrated student success model that connects proactive advising, early-alert interventions, individualized student success planning, tutoring, academic assistance, learning resources, faculty referrals, student workshops, and resource navigation.

The position works collaboratively with Student Services, Instruction, faculty, academic advisors, Institutional Effectiveness, Information Technology, and other College personnel to improve student persistence, course success, retention, completion, and academic achievement.

The Title III Project Specialist reports directly to the Title III Project Coordinator and works in close coordination with the Dean of Students and Dean of Instruction.

Depending upon approved project staffing levels and institutional needs, one or more employees may serve under this classification. When more than one employee serves in the position, the Title III Project Coordinator may designate primary areas of responsibility while maintaining shared responsibility for integrated student support, documentation, data collection, and achievement of Title III objectives.

Salary: Grant-Funded (ACCS Board of Trustees Salary Schedule E3-03, $47,029.00 - $65,218.00 annually). Continued employment is contingent upon grant funding. This is a non-tenure track position, Non Probationary Status cannot be obtained.

At a minimum, the essential functions of the Title III Project Specialist are to:

1. Implement and coordinate Title III-supported student success and academic support activities, including proactive student outreach, early intervention, individualized student success planning, tutoring, academic assistance, and resource navigation.
2. Coordinate daily operations of the College's early-alert process, including reviewing faculty referrals, contacting identified students, connecting students with appropriate services, documenting interventions, and monitoring the resolution of alerts.
3. Develop, maintain, and monitor individualized student success plans for students identified as needing additional academic or nonacademic support.
4. Provide direct student assistance and appropriate referrals related to academic advising, tutoring, financial aid, childcare, transportation, technology access, basic needs, career planning, and community resources.
5. Coordinate the daily operation of centralized tutoring and learning-support services, including in-person, peer, professional, and online tutoring resources.
6. Recruit, train, schedule, supervise, and evaluate peer tutors and other assigned academic-support personnel, under the overall supervision of the Title III Project Coordinator.
7. Collaborate with faculty, department chairs, academic advisors, and instructional leadership to identify courses and student populations requiring additional academic support and implement appropriate interventions.
8. Coordinate student access to learning labs and project-supported academic resources, including scheduling, utilization tracking, digital learning tools, and online tutoring resources.
9. Develop and conduct student workshops addressing study strategies, time management, test preparation, academic planning, digital literacy, and effective use of College resources.
10. Assist with faculty and staff training related to early-alert procedures, student success strategies, tutoring referrals, academic-support resources, and project-supported technologies.
11. Work collaboratively with Student Services, Instruction, Institutional Effectiveness, Information Technology, and other College departments to implement coordinated student-support procedures and services.
12. Maintain accurate and timely documentation of student contacts, individualized success plans, early-alert interventions, referrals, tutoring participation, learning-lab utilization, workshops, and other Title III-supported services.
13. Collect and maintain data related to student participation, academic-support services, early-alert interventions, course performance, persistence, retention, completion, and other established project performance measures.
14. Provide timely and accurate student-service data, progress updates, and supporting documentation to the Title III Project Coordinator, Institutional Effectiveness personnel, and external evaluator to support project monitoring, evaluation, and federal reporting.
15. Review student participation and service outcome data to identify emerging needs, assess the effectiveness of interventions, and recommend improvements to student-success and academic-support activities.
16. Assist with College orientation, registration, retention, recruitment, and other student-success activities as appropriate to the approved Title III project.
17. Maintain confidentiality of student records and ensure compliance with FERPA, applicable institutional policies, and federal grant requirements related to assigned activities.
18. Maintain complete, accurate, and audit-ready records of Title III-supported student services and activities under the position's responsibility.
19. Participate in Title III Project Team meetings and communicate implementation progress, challenges, student-service outcomes, and recommended improvements to the Title III Project Coordinator.
20. Promote the philosophy, mission, and vision of Reid State Community College and comply with the policies and procedures of the College and the Alabama Community College System.
21. Participate in staff, division, committee, professional-development, and project meetings as assigned.
22. Perform other duties consistent with the purposes and objectives of the Strengthening Institutions Program as assigned by the Title III Project Coordinator, Dean of Students, Dean of Instruction, and/or President.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree from a regionally accredited college or university in education, counseling, student affairs, higher education administration, developmental education, an academic discipline, or a closely related field.
• A minimum of two (2) years of professional experience in student services, academic advising, student success, retention, tutoring, academic support, or a related higher education setting.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience implementing student success initiatives, early-alert interventions, individualized student support plans, or academic support programs within a community college setting.
• Experience using student information systems, learning management systems, or student success platforms such as Banner, Canvas, or comparable systems.
• Experience working with federally funded educational programs, particularly those supporting student retention, persistence, and completion.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

The successful candidate should demonstrate:

• Excellent written, verbal, interpersonal, and organizational skills.
• Knowledge of proactive advising, student retention strategies, early-alert interventions, case management, and individualized student success planning.
• Knowledge of tutoring, supplemental instruction, academic support services, and strategies for improving student performance in gateway and high-demand courses.
• Ability to coordinate tutoring services, including recruiting, training, scheduling, supervising, and evaluating peer tutors and other assigned academic-support personnel.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with students, faculty, staff, administrators, and community partners.
• Ability to identify barriers to student success and connect students with appropriate academic, financial, personal, transportation, childcare, technology, and community resources.
• Ability to monitor student participation, academic progress, service utilization, persistence, retention, and completion using institutional and project data.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications and the ability to learn and effectively use student information systems, learning management systems, student success platforms, and reporting tools.
• Knowledge of the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) and appropriate procedures for protecting confidential student information.
• Ability to organize and prioritize multiple responsibilities, maintain accurate student-service documentation, and meet established deadlines.
• Ability to develop and facilitate student workshops and assist with faculty and staff training related to student success initiatives.
• Understanding of and commitment to the mission of Reid State Community College and the Alabama Community College System.
• Understanding of the challenges affecting rural, low-income, academically underprepared, first-generation, and other students experiencing barriers to postsecondary persistence and completion.

Applicants must meet the minimum and required qualifications and must submit a completed application through the online application system to be considered for this position. Submission of a completed application packet is the applicant's responsibility. To be considered for an interview, only complete application packages will be given consideration; incomplete application packets will eliminate the possibility of an interview.

The applicant must submit all the following as outlined:

• A completed official College employment application
• A cover letter addressing your interest in the position, relevant qualifications, and how your skills align with the essential duties and responsibilities of the posted position.
  • The cover letter should be no more than one page in length.
• A current resume
• Written verification of minimum required work experience from a current or previous employer.
  • Verification must include employment dates, job title, and indicate whether the employment was full-time or part-time.
    • There is a form that can be used, which is available at https://www.reidstate.edu/employment, located under Documents,
• OR
• A letter on official letterhead and including an authorized signature with employment dates, job title, and an indication of whether the employment was full-time or part-time.
• Copy of unofficial or official transcripts. (Transcripts must confirm the applicant meets educational requirements.)
  • If employed by the College, it is the employee's responsibility to furnish official transcripts to the Office of Human Resources of Reid State Community College from the institution(s) granting the educational credits.
  • Copies of a High School diploma will not be accepted.

Complete application files must be received by the application deadline. Applicants who fail to submit all required information will be disqualified from consideration. Only applications received during the period of this announcement will be considered.

Applicants are responsible for their own travel expenses.

In accordance with Alabama Community College System policy and guidelines, the applicant chosen for employment will be required to sign a consent form for a criminal background check. Employment will be contingent upon the receipt of a clearance notification from the criminal background check.

Reid State Community College is an active participant in the Employment Eligibility Verification Program (E-Verify). E-Verify electronically confirms an employee’s eligibility to work in the United States as required by the Department of Homeland Security.

Reid State Community College is an Equal Opportunity Employer. It is the policy of the Alabama Community College System, including all postsecondary community and technical colleges under the control of the Alabama Community College System Board of Trustees, that no employee or applicant for employment or promotion, on the basis of any impermissible criterion or characteristic including, without limitation, race, color, national origin, religion, marital status, disability, sex, age, or any other protected class as defined by federal and state law, shall be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any program, activity, or employment.

Reid State Community College will make reasonable accommodation for qualified individuals with disabilities who are applicants or employees. Applicants who require reasonable accommodation for the interview are encouraged to request it when contacted for an interview appointment.

The College reserves the right to withdraw this job announcement at any time prior to the award being made. The College reserves the right to fill the position within one year of the stated anticipated starting date or not to fill the position due to budgetary or operational considerations.

The College reserves the right to fill more than one position in the same job classification should another vacancy occur during the search process.