Manager, Chartered Student Groups and Civics Lab

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Austin Community College is a public two-year institution that serves a multicultural population of approximately 41,000 credit students each Fall and Spring semester.  We embrace our identity as a community college, as reflected in our mission statement.  We promote student success and community development by providing affordable access, through traditional and distance learning modes, to higher education and workforce training, including appropriate applied baccalaureate degrees, in our service area.

As a community college committed to our mission, we seek to recruit and retain a workforce that:

• Values intellectual curiosity and innovative teaching

• Is attracted by the college's mission to promote equitable access to educational opportunities

• Cares about student success and collaborates on strategies to facilitate success for populations including; first generation college students, low-income students, and students from underserved communities.

• Focused on student academic achievement and postgraduate outcomes

• Welcomes difference and models respectful interaction with others

• Engages with the community both within and outside of ACC

Job Posting Title:

Manager, Chartered Student Groups and Civics Lab

Job Description Summary:

To sponsor, lead, support, and mentor students serving in leadership capacities within and external to Austin Community College, inclusive of but not limited to, the Student Government Association (SGA), Phi Theta Kappa (PTK), and the National Society of Leadership and Success (NSLS). Additionally, this position is responsible for the Students’ Civics Lab which requires planning, developing, and managing activities to ensure a robust repertoire of civic engagement and career-enhancing opportunities for students.

Job Description:

Description of Duties and Tasks

• Ensures students in assigned programming areas are equipped with a working knowledge of college processes and relevant national, state, and local organization guidelines and practices as needed to properly engage in, and execute, their organizational and leadership duties. Ensures the SGA constitution and General Assembly are adhered to and provides similar guidance as needed for all assigned areas of responsibility. 

• Provides leadership training, professional development, and support for incoming inductees, officers, senators, and student members each semester, or as needed, to facilitate the effective and smooth operation of each organization and to ensure students are properly positioned to benefit from their experience and service within these areas. 

• Serves as a professional mentor, coach, and advisor for assigned student programming areas. Applies a strengths-based paradigm to coaching and strengthening students’ competencies associated with leadership, civic engagement, and service. Facilitates conflict management. Supports students with clarification, articulation, and execution of their organizational and personal objectives. 

• Serves as cost center budget authority for budgets associated with programming areas and supports student leaders in managing designated funds. Trains student leaders in technology to develop and submit event proposals for funding requests, etc. 

• Provides guidance and support for students in regard to all official communications, inclusive of speeches, correspondence, and presentations. Reviews and provides feedback on all constituency organizations and SGA members’ speeches and official correspondence to ACC administrators and Board of Trustees.  

• Validates student eligibility (or continued eligibility) each semester for assigned programs in which GPA or other criteria are required. 

• Promotes district-wide student representation on all campuses by proactively identifying campuses lacking representation and implementing strategies to improve student engagement. 

• Collaborates with Career Services, the Center for Government and Civic Service, the Office of Experiential Learning, Public Affairs, faculty, and student organizations on developing