Berea College achieved national distinction as the first coeducational and interracial college in the South. With an emphasis on service to the people of Appalachia and beyond, Berea enrolls 1,600 students from 40 states and 70 countries. The College has a longstanding commitment to interracial education; here, people of different races seek to learn from and about each other, while also living together. Berea is among the most racially diverse private liberal arts colleges in the United States. It admits only students whose families are unable to afford the high cost of tuition and awards each of them a Tuition Promise Scholarship, meaning no student ever pays tuition. Berea’s students excel in the College’s supportive but demanding academic environment, and many are the first in their families to graduate from college. The College is one of nine federally recognized Work Colleges, and all students hold a position in which they work 10-12 hours per week. Washington Monthly Magazine has consistently ranked Berea in the top 3 of Liberal Arts Colleges for its success in educating and graduating academically talented, low-income students who become service-oriented leaders in their professions and communities; in 2016 and 2017, the magazine ranked it number 1.  Located where the Bluegrass Region meets the Cumberland Mountains, the town of Berea (pop. 15,000) lies forty miles south of Lexington and is approximately two hours from Cincinnati, Louisville, and Knoxville. More information about Berea College is available at www.berea.edu.

 

Berea College, in light of its mission in the tradition of impartial love and social equality, welcomes all people of the earth to learn and work here.

 

Berea College is always looking for talented, self-motivated individuals to join our team. If you think you are ready to be a part of an exciting team, then we encourage you to continue with this applicant friendly, online job application! 

 

Berea College is an Equal Opportunity Employer that recruits and hires qualified candidates without regard to race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, disability, or veteran status.

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Brief Job Description

Under the general direction of the Director of the Labor Program and working with the Labor Program Team, has responsibility for planning, designing, and delivering training and educational programs under the purview of the Labor Program.Program curriculum includes basic, intermediate and advanced training designed to support the ~100 labor departments (on and off campus), labor supervisors, labor department administrators, and labor students.Responsibilities include development of assessment tools designed to measure and quantify the effectiveness of the Berea College Labor Program as a whole, and of its various training/educational components.The specialist works within a highly collaborative and team-based organization providing hands-on skills, knowledge, and project management to address the training and educational needs of a multi-faceted, decentralized, and diverse labor program.

 

RESPONSIBILITIES

1. Provide the leadership, hands-on skills, knowledge, project management, and direction regarding the planning, design, and delivery of training and educational programs required to address the needs of a multi-faceted, decentralized, and diverse labor program.
2. Design, develop, and deliver educational/ training programs that address the basic, intermediate, and advanced requirements of the Labor Program including but not limited to:  1^st year student orientation, policies and procedures, operations and systems, assessment, guided learning, supervision, and job design and development.
3. Manage the development, implementation, and maintenance of an assessment strategy and program, utilizing the labor program evaluation tools, to measure, quantify, and assess the effectiveness of the student practical educational program at the supervisor, department, divisional, and program level.
4. Co-manage with the Student Payment Manager the student’s enrollment in a practical educational position within the labor program.  Including maintaining the essential infrastructure to ensure data integrity of the student’s enrollment and final evaluation score for upload into the Labor Transcript
5. Manage the essential updates and maintenance of the labor transcript which includes working with academic services and IS&S regarding a student access to electronic, and/or requesting an unofficial or official copy of their labor transcript.
6. Assist in the planning, development, and dissemination of effective labor program strategies and initiatives to achieve the Labor Program vision, i.e. as student and learning centered, as service to the College and community, and as providing necessary work done well.
7. Work closely with Labor Program staff, Human Resources and others (e.g. Career Development, Student Life, Public Safety…) to coordinate training and educational programs/initiatives that advance the College’s strategic goals of building an integrated and continuous learning community.
8. Manage the planning and delivery of programs and celebrations that recognize student work and highlight labor/learning/service connections, including managing Berea Labor Day and Labor Day awards.

 

QUALIFICATIONS

Education required to ensure success in this position: Master’s degree in related field

Experience required to ensure success in this position:

1. Experience in the planning, design, and delivery of training/educational programs within an education or corporate work environment.
2. Experience with qualitative and quantitative assessment techniques.
3. Ability to manage multiple projects with different scopes and timelines.
4. Experience and background as a productive member of a project team and/or committee.
5. Knowledge, background, and experience regarding supervision.
6. Collaborative team-based working style and participatory leadership style are essential.
7. Willing to work as needed beyond hours to host, coordinate, or assist in training events under the program purview or to fulfill essential responsibilities of the position.

 

Special skills, knowledge and abilities: 

1. Curriculum design skills
2. Knowledge of best practices in training and assessment.
3. Computer expertise on various office based programs including MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), MS Outlook.  Experience with administrative database systems is desirable.
4. Excellent interpersonal, communication, and organizational skills.
5. Extensive knowledge and experience working in teams.
6. Efficient planner for processing work on a timely basis and meeting targets utilizing full-time, part-time and student staff, and committees/teams assigned to a particular project.

To apply, and for more on the job description, please go to:  https://myberea.csod.com/ats/careersite/jobdetails.aspx?site=1&c=myberea&id=302