Position Summary

Big Bend Community College (BBCC), a rural college serving vibrant, culturally rich communities in the Columbia Basin of Central Washington invites applications for a Program Specialist 2 supporting the college's Early Childhood Education/Education programs.  This is an overtime-eligible position.  

Under general direction, this position works collaboratively with program faculty and staff to provide instructional, student, and clerical support for Workforce Education programs, with a primary emphasis in Early Childhood Education (ECE) and Education programs.     

This position reports to the Dean of Workforce Education and works collaboratively with others in a team environment in an effort to facilitate a positive experience for students.

BBCC's organizational strength is captured in our small but mighty spirit. A small college taking on BIG things to enact BIG change to lift our students and employees. We are dedicated to extending postsecondary access to all our service district members and providing an environment for all to grow personally and professionally, steered by our mission and vision.

Vision:   To become our communities' first choice to dream, learn, and succeed.

Mission Serve as a Bridge Stand as a Leader Support for Success

Our guiding principles are a call to action, establishing a standard for how we interact with each other, present BBCC in the community, serve students AND act upon areas of inequity.     

Guiding Principles Honor our Role as a Hispanic-Serving Institution Advocate for Equity, Inclusion, & Diversity Embrace our Workplace Norms  Innovate Proactively Model Integrity Educate All

If you share these values, we encourage you to come be a part of the movement happening at Big Bend Community College.  

[This position closes on September 18, 2024 at 12:00am.]{.underline}  Big Bend Community College reserves the right to offer this position to a qualified candidate at any time, so a prompt response is encouraged.  

Essential Job Duties

Primary essential duties and responsibilities include but will not be limited to the following: 

Work collaboratively with program faculty to support instructional duties for courses offered in workforce programs; such as, preparing course documentation, grading assignments, providing course information, and supporting instruction on campus and at offsite locations.

Participate and support workforce education program/course outcomes and assessment.

Work closely with instructors to support campus, offsite, and online classroom environments.  

Advise potential and continuing Workforce Education students.

Provide program information to potential students.   Represent Workforce Education programs at internal and external outreach events.  Schedule and coordinate student, course, and program orientations.  

Work with campus resources to address admissions, registration, advising, and student financial issues.

Prepare updates and materials for regular meetings of the program advisory committee. Recruit for and participate in advisory committee meetings. 

At the discretion of the dean, monitor the program budget.  Track program expenditures.

Collect and prepare data for program reporting purposes running queries to extract data from ctcLink or requesting data from the Institutional Research & Planning Department.  Maintain student and program data.  

Maintain security of program equipment and class/lab spaces.

Coordinate the creation and dissemination of promotional material, in c