AmeriCorps Career and Planning Assistants

Job Summary

Through the Ameri Corps Texas grant program, Texas Southmost College (TSC) will have Ameri Corps members who will
1) increase communication about and access to campus resources and support and
2) increase engagement in campus activities and with academic support services at TSC in Brownsville, Texas. At the end of the first program year, the Ameri Corps members will be responsible for increasing TSC students, who were served by the program, fall‑to‑spring persistence rate to 75% and fall‑to‑fall persistence rate of 63%.

Objective of the Assignment
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Serve in the Career and Employment Office to help increase communication about and access to campus resources and support. Contact students about how the Career and Employment Office services can help current students plan for individual career paths and secure their first professional job based on their persistence courses at TSC.

Key Responsibilities
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Conduct one‑on‑one tutoring sessions with students for resume writing, cover letters, job searches, personality assessments, employment referrals, and mock interviews as part of student development ist students in applying for jobs, especially on campus, that provide them with the means to persist in college. Aid in mapping out incoming student college transfers, shaping current students’ career aspirations, and navigating students’ post‑graduation job placements and career readiness training.

Assist in promoting, coordinating, and implementing student engagement events and outreach efforts for student services (e.g., Welcome Week, campus events, conferences, webinars, etc.) to disseminate knowledge of college procedures and policies to students.

Measures of the Assignment

• Number of students with an undecided or undeclared major who are directly contacted by the Ameri Corps member, visit the Career and Employment Office, and persist to end of term or program completion (short‑term outcome).
• Registration for and attendance of the following term (Winter/Spring from Fall or Summer/Fall from Spring) (mid‑term outcome).
• Registration for and attendance of the term starting one year from initial capture or program completion (mid‑term outcome).
• Number of students who take the Student Interests Survey under the supervision of an Ameri Corps member and persist to term end or program completion (short‑term outcome).
• Number of students who work on job application material or complete a job application with the assistant of an Ameri Corps member and persist to term end or program completion (short‑term outcome).

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met to perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties, the employee is frequently required to stand; occasionally required to walk, sit, use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls;

reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; talk or hear; and taste or smell. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.