CDOC Education Liaison II (Denver)

About the position

This position will act as the Liaison between colleges, students, the facility, and technology to ensure class times, promote student engagement, provide support to the virtual college professor, ensuring student's materials are disseminated and returned promptly. This work will be performed inside a correctional facility and will involve inmate contact.

Responsibilities

• Maintain classroom equipment to ensure continual access to virtual classes as scheduled, ensuring students and instructors can view and hear the sessions.
• Complete attendance, distribute and collect books, tracking damage or missing resources.
• Actively seek and respond to questions relating to programs and opportunities.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to review program participation, and feedback, ensuring program goals, objectives and activities.
• Ensure student registration, attendance, grades, evaluations, etc. is entered accurately to ensure proper awarding of AET and program credits.
• Counsel students concerning test scores, missing assignments, upcoming classes or relevant information.
• Conduct research, provide referrals, arrange meetings, and accompany students to appointments as necessary.
• Provides support in areas including, but not limited to: course registration, financial aid/FAFSA issues, college transfers, career development, and other miscellaneous issues.
• Coordination with supervisory personnel, manages the programs operating budget to ensure adequate supplies throughout the fiscal year.
• Maintain technical expertise in computer platforms and software areas and collaborates with facilities to ensure compliance with security operations.
• Contribute to facility safety and security by creating a positive, safe learning environment.
• Ensure computer based testing labs meet vendor security requirements, manages all paperwork and stores records for audits.
• Other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Five (5) years of fulltime professional experience working in an education setting (tutoring, academic advising, course coordination, student records, computer-based test, and/or career development goals).
• A combination of full-time professional experience working in an education setting and college level related education equal to five (5) years.

Nice-to-haves

• Bachelor's Degree in Education.
• Experience working with Google Classroom and the Google platform.
• Experience working with hard to serve students in a coaching/mentoring role.
• Experience tracking data and reporting outcomes.
• Experience with FAFSA and navigating the financial aid process.
• Experience with career explorations, technology use, and scheduling.

Benefits

• Distinctive career advancement opportunities throughout the state system.
• Strong, secure, yet flexible retirement benefits including PERA Defined Benefit Plan or PERA Defined Contribution Plan plus 401K and 457 plans.
• Medical and dental health plans.
• Short and long term disability coverage.
• Paid life insurance.
• 11 paid holidays per year plus vacation and sick leave.
• Wellness program, tuition reimbursement, training opportunities and more.