Academic Retention Administrator - BASS

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Job Title Academic Retention Administrator - BASS Location Alpine Department Behavioral & Social Sciences Job No. Posting Date 04/19/2023 End Date Until Filled Yes Appointment Date Salary $28,157 Annual Required

Education: High school graduate.

Experience: Three years related office experience; standard office machines; computer skills.

Equipment/Skills: Standard office machines and word processing, spreadsheet skills, communication and social media skills

Preferred

Education: Bachelor's Degree

Experience: More than three years experience with office management and experience supervising college age students; Word processing, database, and spreadsheet computer program skills.

Equipment/Skills: Advanced computer skills

Primary Responsibilities

Function: Provides highly skilled office assistance for one academic department focused primarily on student retention initiatives including coordinating advising, organizing student focused high impact practices, purchasing and travel for classes and events, providing communication and media engagement for the department.

Essential: Performs tasks using computer skills including word processing, spreadsheets and database, social media and website, student record software, and adobe suite; keeps various administrative, student, and financial records; handles and maintains confidential information; provides interdepartmental, student and public facing communication for the department, coordinates with the communication team and enrollment management on the design and implementation of promotional materials, compiles complex student reports which may include research, calculation, and composition, some of which may be reported to various grant entities; requisitions materials; organizes departmental travel and events including field trips and special programs, serves as a student service representative in the department, provides students and general public with information; may handle money. Responsible for personal safety and the safety of others; must exercise due caution and practice safe work habits at all times. Other duties as assigned.

Non-Essential: Departmental duties as assigned.

Responsible for personal safety and the safety of others; must exercise due caution and practice safe work habits at all times.

Position is Security Sensitive.

Other Information

Texas Law requires a 60 day waiting period before new state employees are eligible to enroll in health insurance.

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY/AFFIRMATIVE ACTION EMPLOYER It is the policy of Sul Ross State University to provide equal employment opportunity for all persons in accordance with their individual, job related qualifications and without consideration of race, creed, color, sex, religion, age, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status and ancestry. Equal employment opportunities shall be afforded in all personnel actions or decisions including, but not necessarily limited to, recruitment, hiring, training, upgrading, promotion, demotion, termination and salary. Retaliation is prohibited against a person who opposes a discriminatory practice, files a charge, testifies, assists or participates in an investigative proceeding or hearing.

About SRSU

Sul Ross State University Alpine Campus is in the Scenic Davis Mountains of West Texas, is a member of the Texas State University System, is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award Associate, Bachelor's, and Master's degrees, and has an enrollment of approximately 2,000 students of campus in Alpine, Texas. At an elevation of 4,480 feet, and on the periphery of the Chihuahuan Desert, Alpine enjoys mild winters and cool summers. Davis Mountains State Park, Fort Davis National Historic Site, Big Bend National Park, and Guadalupe Mountains National Park are all within one to three hours driving distance from Alpine.

See https:// www. sulross.edu

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