Coordinator, Rising Scholars Categorically Funded Clovis Community College

Position: Coordinator, Rising Scholars (Full-Time, Categorically Funded) Clovis Community College

Coordinator, Rising Scholars (Full-Time, Categorically Funded) Clovis Community College Please see Special Instructions for more details.

This is a full-time categorically funded position contingent upon funding. The District may fill more than one position from this pool.

Announcement Information

Posting Number

Posting Number AA

Title

Title Coordinator, Rising Scholars (Full-Time, Categorically Funded) Clovis Community College

Campus Location

Campus Location Clovis Community College

Start Date

Start Date 03/09/2026

Essential Functions of Position

At Clovis Community College we value the ability to serve students from a broad range of cultural heritages, socioeconomic backgrounds, genders, abilities and orientations. We prioritize applicants who demonstrate they understand the benefits a diverse student population brings to a community college. The successful candidate will be an equity-minded leader committed to student success achieved through collaboration with faculty, classified staff, administration, students and community partners who are also dedicated to closing equity gaps.
An equity-minded individual is a person who:

• Understands the importance of holding ourselves accountable as educators for closing equity gaps and engaging in equitable practices;
• Reframes inequities as a problem of practice and views the elimination of inequities as an individual and collective responsibility;
• Encourages positive race-consciousness and embraces human difference;
• Supports institutional practices that both develop and sustain culturally responsive teaching and learning environments; and
• Strategically builds support for and participation in equity-related initiatives across both our internal and external communities.

Clovis Community College seeks leaders who value placing the student at the center of everything we do, mentorship and working in a collegial, collaborative environment. Leaders should be open and willing to participate in culturally relevant professional development that will help them prepare for the population of students who attend Clovis Community College.
The ideal candidate will share Clovis Community College’s commitment to educating its racially and socioeconomically diverse student population. For the  academic year, we enrolled over 17,000 students in which 53% identify as Latinx, 13% as Asian/Pacific Islander, 4% as Black/African American, 25% as White, 1% as American Indian/Alaska Native, and 4% as multiracial. Clovis Community College is a Hispanic Serving Institution, reflecting the great responsibility that the College has to the educational attainment and economic well-being of the surrounding community.

The successful candidate will join a department dedicated to providing services responsive to the students it serves.
Under the direction of the Dean of Students, the Rising Scholars Coordinator will support the Juvenile Justice-Rising Scholars Network program at Clovis Community College by coordinating implementation of grant objectives; tracking student progress while working as a liaison between administration, justice impacted students, instructors, counselors, financial aid and basic needs resources, the Career and Resource Center, and the Tutorial Center.
Student Success Coordinators will:

• Coordinate implementation of CCC’s Rising Scholars-Juvenile Justice grant objectives;
• Track student progress while working as a liaison between administration, justice impacted students, and campus resources
• Coordinate student success workshops and support services, study sessions, tutoring opportunities, and other on-campus services that will be beneficial to our justice impacted student population.
• Assist with the Rising Scholars-Juvenile Justice budget oversight, implementation, and reporting;
• Coordinate grant and program reports;
• Collaborate with the Financial Aid Office, Tutorial Center, faculty and classified professionals to develop practices and workshops that improve student success, retention, and completion;
• Coordinate academic workshops and other forms of academic assistance;
• Provide coordination to the Rising Scholars Counselor with activities including checking and follow-up with the…