Job Details

Category: Professional Staff

Department: Advising & Life Map

Locations: Boston, MA

Posted: Sep 22, 2020

Type: Full-time

Ref No.: UNP

About Bunker Hill Community College:

Bunker Hill Community College (BHCC) is a multi-campus institution with vibrant, urban campuses in Boston, Massachusetts, in nearby Chelsea, Massachusetts, and at several satellites and instructional sites throughout the Greater Boston area. The largest of the 15 community colleges in Massachusetts, BHCC serves some 18,000 students annually, focusing on holistic student services to ensure student retention and persistence. The College offers certificates and associate degrees, early college and dual enrollment, non-credit community and corporate training, and industry-specific training programs. BHCC is the 8th most diverse higher education institution in the United States, and is an Asian American and Pacific Islander Serving Institution. Approximately 1000 international students attend from 100 countries, speaking more than 75 languages.

COLLEGE GOALS:

Five institutional goals guide BHCC and its work: Foster Student Success; Strengthen Career, Transfer and Workforce Readiness; Advance Diversity, Inclusion and Equity; Build Partnerships and Pathways; and Develop the College's Infrastructure. BHCC is recognized nationally for its culturally inclusive learning environments that value the strengths of diverse students and local communities, and, as an Achieving the Dream Leader College, BHCC is focused on data-driven student success.

LIVING IN BOSTON:

Boston prides itself on being one of the most livable cities in America with twenty-one diverse neighborhoods offering exceptional medical facilities, vibrant neighborhood business districts, museums, galleries and an extensive network of parks and outdoor recreational areas. Unemployment consistently tracks lower than the national average and job growth in 2018 was higher than the national average. Twenty-nine colleges and universities in Boston serve more than 150,000 college students each year. Suburbs outside of Boston offer affordable housing options with easy access to public transportation.

Job Description:

The AAPI Success Coach is responsible for assisting with developing and delivering culturally responsive services and programming with a focus on Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) students that may include but are not limited to the following:

• Serving as a Success Coach for integrated (accelerated) English language learner courses, specifically ESL clusters.
• Creating and delivering culturally responsive student services and programming aimed at improving student engagement, retention, and graduation.
• Providing advising and success coaching to Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) and Pell-eligible students, with a focus on educational and career planning.
• Developing cohort/community-building activities that promote a safe, supportive atmosphere for exploring one's ethnic identity, aspirations, challenges, and other topics of interest.
• Training faculty, staff, and peer mentors who can serve as resources and provide effective curricular and co-curricular support.
• Coordinating outreach activities to provide culturally responsive academic and career pathways for prospective students from local high schools and community-based organizations.
• Building collaborative relationships with different resource centers on campus to provide appropriate support services, such as: tutoring, forming study groups, supplemental instruction, or accommodations for disabilities; financial literacy skills development; and emergency assistance.
• Working with relevant areas of the College to provide meaningful opportunities for community engagement and other co-curricular activities, as well as training in student leadership development
• Assisting students in exploring scholarships, internships, and transfer opportunities.
• Increasing awareness of the diversity of Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) experiences across the College.
• Developing a resource inventory of internal and external student support services.

Requirements:

• Master's degree in Asian American Studies, Transnational, Cultural and Community Studies, Education, Counseling, Psychology, Sociology or a closely related field, with three (3) years experience and/or training involving college admissions, academic advisement, career development, or program/project development and/or management; or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.
• Experience working with diverse students in a fast-paced student services/client services or equivalent setting.
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate effectively with a range of different academic and non-academic units, and community-based organizations.
• Excellent intercultural, interpersonal, and verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to work 2 evenings per week (11a.m.-7p.m and 10a.m-6p.m.)
• Proficiency in student information systems as well as MS Word and Excel.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Demonstrated experience in working effectively with Asian American and Pacific Islander communities.
• Prior work experience at a community college.
• Experience working with English Language Learner populations.

Additional Information:

Salary Range: $54,956.00 - $60,000.00. Actual Salary Will Be Commensurate With Education and Experience in Accordance with MCCC/MTA Collective Bargaining Agreement. (Please note this position is grant-funded through September 2021. Future funding for the position is pending availability after the grant period)

Grade: 5, Unit-Professional position

Review Date: To ensure consideration all application materials must be received by October 7, 2020.

Application Instructions:

To be considered for this position please upload the following documents to your account:

• Resume
• Cover Letter

Please be sure to address the Required Qualifications in your documents.

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