Kentucky Community & Technical College System
Student Support Specialist (Upward Bound)
🇺🇸 Hazard, KY
🕑 Full-Time
💰 $42K
💻 Other
🗓️ October 17th, 2025
Edtech.com's Summary
- Assist in identifying and recruiting eligible students and verify their eligibility at target schools.
- Develop and monitor Individual Readiness Plans to support students’ academic and personal goals.
- Conduct weekly school visits to provide individual and group advising for academic success and postsecondary enrollment.
- Maintain communication with students, parents, schools, and community partners for comprehensive support services.
- Lead cultural enrichment activities, including college visits and chaperoning trips.
- Coordinate and facilitate the 6-week summer education program, including recruitment, supplies, attendance monitoring, and trip supervision.
- Maintain participant files and complete required data tracking for grant reporting.
- Salary: $41,880 annually with a 12-month contract and 37.5 hours per week.
- Minimum qualification: Bachelor's degree in a related field and one year of related experience; strong communication and organizational skills required.
- Position requires extensive travel for school visits and cultural enrichment trips and is funded through grant dollars.
Student Support Specialist (Upward Bound) Full Description
- Exceptional health care, vision, dental coverage for you and your family
- Tuition reimbursement/waiver for you, your spouse, and dependents
- 403(b) retirement plan: a 5% employee contribution receives a 10% employer match
- Vacation/Sick Time
- Work-Life Balance
- 9.5 Paid Holidays
- 2 Weeks Institutional Closing Pay (Last 2 weeks of December) for qualifying positions
- Employee Assistance Program
Job Summary
Hazard Community & Technical College invites applications for the position of Student Support Specialist - Upward Bound. This position will facilitate education, training, and supportive services for the Upward Bound grant. This position is funded by grant dollars.
NOTE: This position does require extensive travel for school visits and cultural enrichment trips. Initial review of applications will begin on October 31, 2025.
Job Duties:
Duties will include, but not limited to:
• Assist in the identification and recruitment of incoming students’ applications by verifying eligibility at the target school.
• Develop Individual Readiness Plan (IRP) is to assist in monitoring the student's goals and strategies for achieving those goals Once eligibility is determined.
• Conduct weekly school visits to provide individual and group advising to support students’ academic success, high school graduation, and enrollment in postsecondary education.
• Maintain close contact with students, parents/guardians, target schools, administration, and community partners to provide support services (academic, career development, financial, and social and emotional well-being).
• Provide leadership and assessment of students to support achievement their academic goals, fostering personal growth, resilience, and a successful transition to post-secondary.
• Facilitate cultural enrichment activities for program participants – includes scheduling college visits and chaperoning cultural enrichment trips.
• Facilitates the 6-week summer education program. Includes assisting with recruiting instructors, procuring necessary books and supplies, monitoring participants for attendance and participation and chaperoning the cultural enrichment trip at the end of the summer program.
• Maintains files for participants in the program and completes required data tracking for the grant.
Other duties as assigned.
Minimum Qualifications:Bachelor’s degree (related field), and one year related experience, or equivalent. Must have excellent communication skills and organization skills.
Preferred Qualifications:
Additional Skills Requested:
Employee Rights - Employee Polygraph Protection Act
Equal Opportunity Employer - The Kentucky Community and Technical College System is an equal educational and employment opportunity institution.
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