Talent Search College & Career Transition Coordinator

POSITION DESCRIPTION

JOB TITLE: TALENT SEARCH College and Career Transition Coordinator

DEPARTMENT: TRIO – TALENT SEARCH DIVISION: STUDENT AFFAIRS

SALARY RANGE: GRADE 6

FLSA: EXEMPT

IMMEDIATE SUPERVISOR: DIRECTOR, TALENT SEARCH

SCHEDULE DETAILS: PROFESSIONAL/FULL-TIME/12 MONTH POSITION/PSRS RETIREMENT/GRANT FUNDED

DATE OF LATEST REVIEW/REVISIONS: OCTOBER 2026

To apply: Send Cover letter, Resume, Crowder application, and copies of transcripts to HR@crowder.edu

Position Summary
The College and Career Transition Coordinator will monitor and work closely with the Program Director and Advisors to
ensure that Junior and Senior Talent Search participants receive important information about colleges and careers,
financial aid, scholarships, and admission requirements. They will assist students 1:1 with college entry and financial aid,
facilitate career development activities, design and implement college prep events and financial aid workshops, organize
and schedule college visits, and plan and coordinate both academic year and summer educational enrichment and
college and career exploration trips and activities. The Coordinator will be an advocate for participants and will
communicate with community agency, high school, social services, businesses, and college personnel on behalf of
participants. The Transition Coordinator reports directly to the Talent Search Director.

Essential Job Duties

• Assist with identification, recruitment, and selection of eligible participants;
• Plan, coordinate, and chaperone all college visits;
• Design and implement college and career prep events, financial aid workshops, and FAFSA events;
• Advise participants in a group or one-to-one concerning academic, career, college, and/or financial aid issues;
• Provide seniors with academic resume, college search, application, scholarship search, and financial aid application

high school staff and administration, social service agencies, businesses, and postsecondary education
personnel;

• Maintain complete and accurate confidential junior and senior participant files to assist with the Annual

Performance Report each year (including completed assessments, high school and/or college records, and all
key services rendered);

• Coordinate tutoring, mentoring, and job shadowing activities;
• Assist with summer academies development, implementation, and instruction; and
• Fulfill any other duties requested by the Director which job-related circumstances may demand.

public.

Information Technology Abilities

• Ability to operate standard office computers and software
• Ability to operate a personal computer using the Windows environment
• Ability to understand operating a personal computer within the Crowder College
• Network environment
• Ability to use E-mail
• Ability to perform basic word processing using MS Word
• Ability to use other computer programs as needed

Positions Supervised

• Tutors

Working Environment

• Indoors in a normal office environment with minimal exposure to temperature changes, noise, dust or chemicals

part of the time; but also outdoors part of the time (even in inclement weather) engaging in physical activities
such as walking (sometimes long distances), hiking, etc., when helping with student activities.

• Normal college working hours but adjustment of hours involving evening and/or weekend work may be required

from time to time.

• Must be able to travel several days a week as well as an occasional overnight trip.
• A neat appearance and appropriate businesslike apparel are required.
• The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while

performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals
with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Physical

• Office administration work part of the time involving sitting much of the time but will involve mobility within the

campus and various sites.

• Other activities require lifting up to 50 pounds, moving materials from one place to another, participating in

physical activities/sports/games, etc., with students.

• Input, access and distribute information using computers.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to

essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities
to perform the essential functions.

Creative and Analytical Skills

• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.

• Ability to devise or modify methods or processes to solve specific problems.

Language/Communication Skills

• Ability to communicate effectively with a variety of people, including staff, students and the general public, in

both written and oral mediums.

CROWDER COLLEGE RESERVES THE RIGHT TO MODIFY, INTERPRET, OR APPLY THIS POSITION DESCRIPTION IN ANY WAY
THE INSTITUTION DESIRES. THIS POSITION DESCRIPTION IN NO WAY IMPLIES THAT THESE ARE THE ONLY DUTIES,
INCLUDING ESSENTIAL JOB DUTIES, TO BE PERFORMED BY THE EMPLOYEE OCCUPYING THIS POSITION. THIS POSITION
DESCRIPTION IS NOT AN EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT, IMPLIED OR OTHERWISE. THE EMPLOYMENT RELATIONSHIP
REMAINS “AT-WILL.” THE AFOREMENTIONED POSITION REQUIREMENTS ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE TO REASONABLY
ACCOMMODATE QUALIFIED INDIVIDUALS WITH A DISABILITY.