Department Contact: Janie Gutierrez, 505-287-6625, janieg61@nmsu.edu

Internal or External Search: External - Open to all applicants

Advertising Summary: NMSU Grants was established as a branch of New Mexico State University in 1968 through the cooperative efforts of New Mexico State University and Grants Municipal Schools. As a two-year branch community college, NMSU Grants serves the local communities in Cibola and McKinley counties, including the Pueblos of Acoma, Laguna, and Zuni, as well as Tohajiilee, San Mateo, San Rafael, Cubero, the City of Grants, and the Village of Milan.

Position Details

Position Title: Testing & Tutoring Coordinator

College/Division: GRCC Grants CC

Department: 950850-GRCC STUDENT SERVICES CTR

Location: Grants Community College

Offsite Location (if applicable):

Target Hourly/Salary Rate: 43,908.80-49,397.27

Appointment Full-time Equivalency: 1.0

FLSA Status: Exempt

Bargaining Unit Announcement: This is NOT a bargaining unit position with American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees (AFSCME).

Contingent Upon Funding: Not Applicable

Standard Work Schedule: Standard (M-F, 8-5)

If Not a Standard Work Schedule: 

Job Duties and Responsibilities: • Manages the daily operations of the Center
• Collaborates with staff and faculty to plan and evaluate short and long-range program goals, and act as a liaison between day and evening programs and staff.
• Develops, coordinates, and conducts workshops and presentations in the Center and classrooms to support student persistence, retention, and completion.
• Implements all testing and proctoring services in the Center, including scheduling, proctoring, identifying potential proctors for hire, management of proctors, and testing area oversight
• Manages all tutoring services in the Center, including scheduling, identifying potential tutors for hire, management of tutors, and tutoring area oversight
• Meets with students and tutors to plan, review and modify tutorial needs
• Makes presentations to classes and other groups to publicize Center services
• Develops and coordinates logistics, establishes timelines, and develops policies and procedures for Center events, testing services, the tutoring program, and other programs designed to support student success
• Works with other departments and programs to provide students assistance and to coordinate services
• Serves on committees as appropriate or assigned
• Ensures the collection and assessment of data regarding Center effectiveness
Meeting with faculty of gateway courses prior to start of semester to determine major themes or curriculum that need to be addressed in course.
• Reviews student performance with faculty and ensure that a schedule of tutoring sessions is available and promoted to students.
• Provide weekly feedback between tutors and faculty on center usage.
• Meets with tutors weekly to review CRLA certification tracking, student issues, and general topics that pertain to the Center.
• Completing reports and audits required by the national testing companies.
• Researching and developing material for tutor training sessions. Tutor training sessions will follow CRLA guidelines in pursuit of CRLA level 1 certification for the tutoring program.
• Performs other duties as assigned

Qualifications

Required Education and Experience: 
Associate's Degree + 2 years of relevant experience or a Bachelor's degree.

Preferred Qualifications: 
Experience with tutoring, testing, and student support services in a community college or university

Special Certification/Licensure: 

Working Conditions and Physical Effort

Environment: Work is normally performed indoors.

Physical Effort: No or very limited physical effort required.

Lifting Requirements: Requires handling of average-weight objects up to 25 pounds or standing and/or walking for more than four (4) hours per day.

Risk: No or very limited exposure to physical risk.