Federal Work Study - FWS Student Success Specialist

$15.00/per hour

This is a part-time, temporary position not eligible for benefits.

Work days and hours may vary.

Are you looking for a place to work where you can make a real difference in the lives of over 200,000 college students every year?

Would you like to be part of an organization that adds $7.2 billion dollars to the economy and supports nearly 100,000 jobs in the fastest growing county in the United States?

Whether you’re teaching, working, or learning Make It Happen At Maricopa County Community Colleges!

About Us

What's Currently Happening at Maricopa

• Many of our campuses have received grant awards through the National Science Foundation to improve undergraduate STEM Education: Hispanic-Serving institutions program (HSI Program).
• Commitment to diversity, inclusion, equity and employee groups to create an environment of shared governance
• One of the largest community college systems in the country
• 2020 Healthy Arizona Worksites Program recipient
• Named 19th Best Employer for Women by Forbes
• 2019 No. 42 in Arizona’s Best Employers

Phoenix College (PC) welcomed its first students as one of the first institutions of higher education in Maricopa County on September 13, 1920. PC's founders envisioned the College as a place of inclusion as a non-segregated institution. In 1962, the Maricopa County Community College District (MCCCD) was established, with PC as the flagship institution. MCCCD is now one of the largest community college districts in the nation.

With more than 150 degree and certificate programs, Phoenix College embraces a learning-centered approach to ensure quality teaching and learning. We strive to prepare students to meet their unique goals — university transfer, career training and advancement, and lifelong learning. Join our top-tier faculty and staff as we innovate and lead in higher education.

This position consists of several functions. The Federal Work-study Student/Student Success Specialist (SSS) will coordinate and implement student success and support activities under the guidance and academic goals established by the instructor. SSS reinforces lessons and lectures by tutoring individual students or small groups, serves as a liaison between students and services and supports offered by Phoenix College, and directly addresses needs relating to gaps in student success. SSS will also perform office duties such as data entry, supporting SSS activities and other projects.

40% - Attends class(es) assigned to serve as a Student Success Specialist and providing support to both instructor and students.
30% - Provide support to students outside of class, such as conducting study groups, meeting 1:1 with students, reaching out to students in class via email.
20% - Supporting the Developmental Education Department with office tasks, data entry, supporting SSS activities and other projects.
10% - Other duties as assigned.

• Ability to maintain a courteous, friendly manner when working with students and staff.
• Ability to perform multiple tasks while maintaining attention to detail.
• Ability to work effectively with individuals from various backgrounds.
• Ability to keep a work schedule and professionally present yourself.

Please submit a financial aid award letter and a resume showing how the applicant's experience meets the minimum qualifications to stephanie.madison@phoenixcollege.edu

• Student must be attending Phoenix College during the current semester (enrolled in a minimum of 6 credits).
• In order to qualify for a Federal Work-Study (FWS) job, a FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid) must be on file for the current award year and have eligible financial needs based on the college requirements. Please contact the Office of Financial Aid for more information prior to applying to a Federal Work-Study job.
• FWS is a need-based, federally funded program.
• FWS requires the completion of a Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA), and confirmation of federal work-study eligibility as determined by the financial aid office.
• FWS does not directly pay for tuition, and funds are only available to eligible students attending a minimum of six (6) degree applicable hours in a federal student aid eligible program.
• The FWS award amount is based on your FAFSA results and college funding availability, which will determine the number of hours available to work while supporting the students academic goals.
• For more detailed information, please go to the Department of Education's Federal Work-Study Program website.

Open until filled

Maricopa County Community College District (MCCCD) will not discriminate, nor tolerate discrimination in employment or education, against any applicant, employee, or student because of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, citizenship status (including document abuse), age, disability, veteran status or genetic information.

Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, states: "No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance."

The policy of the MCCCD is to provide an educational, employment, and business environment free of gender discrimination. Incidents of misconduct should be reported to the college Title IX Coordinator, as outlined in policy, contact information is available at this link Title IX Coordinators.

The Clery Act is a Federal law requiring United States Colleges and Universities to disclose information about crime on and around their campuses. Crime reporting data for each of the Maricopa Community Colleges, as required under the Clery Act, is available at this link Clery Act.