Specialist - Guided Pathways (Subject to Board Approval of FY 27 Budget)

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Job Description

Department: Starr County Campus

General Statement of Job

The Guided Pathways Specialist provides advisement, degree planning, and case management for students in the Meta-Majors. Tracks and monitors students’ progress through case management and conducts interventions as necessary to ensure student success. Facilitates first time in college (FTIC) students’ participation in the online GUIDE modules to explore and learn about meta majors and specific majors. Acts as the liaison for the early alert system. Facilitates the transition of students who have completed general advising activities to designated department chairs for assignment to faculty advisors.

Specific Duties and Responsibilities

Essential Functions:

• Provides advisement, degree planning, case management, and enrollment for students in the meta-majors and performs course overrides as approved by the department chair.
• Reads, analyzes, and interprets higher education degree plans.
• Tracks and monitors students’ progress through case management, including meeting with students regularly, to ensure academic success.
• Monitors student progress of assigned students and troubleshoot issues by connecting students to the College resources.
• Guides and provides information to students who are assigned to a specific meta-major regarding each program within the meta-major.
• Acts as the liaison for the early alert system for the assigned students. Receives lists of students flagged by faculty and contacts students to provide assistance to get students back on track.
• Facilitates the enrollment of assigned FTIC students in the online GUIDE modules to explore the meta-majors and learn about specific majors within the meta-major.
• Facilitates the transition of students who have completed their general advising activities to designated department chairs for assignment to faculty advisors.
• Attends the division meeting for the assigned meta-major and participates in the team meetings for the meta-majors.
• Assist department chairs with students who need assistance by connecting in-person or remotely with students to address and resolve their issues.
• Participate in registration and career fairs pertaining to the meta-major.
• Maintains knowledge of the College’s programs, policies, procedures, academic standards, admissions process, entrance tests, degree plans, and courses.
• Travels throughout the college district, as needed.
• Serves as Campus Security Authority.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Required Education and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• At least two (2) years of experience in advising, registration, financial aid, counseling, or student services in a higher education institution, preferred.
• Experience in case management, preferred.

Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Excellent oral, written, presentation, and interpersonal communication skills.
• Strong computer skills with knowledge of Microsoft Office including, but not limited to, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook, the Windows environment, and internet research skills.
• Knowledge of specific needs for Special Populations.
• Knowledgeable in Starfish, Degree Works and/or other online advisement tools.
• Bilingual, English/Spanish, preferred.
• Ability to prioritize, organize, and complete multiple tasks with attention to detail, within stated deadlines.
• Ability to work independently as well as a team player within department and with others.
• Ability to adapt to constant change and periods of fast-paced, high-intensity work situations.
• Ability to work evenings and/or weekends as needed; willing to travel throughout the college district using own means of reliable transportation.
• Demonstrated commitment to achieving the vision and mission of South Texas College.
• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.
• Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.
• Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of students, faculty, staff, and the general public.
• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.
• Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.

Checks, Certificates, Licenses, and Registrations

• Security Sensitive position: All applicants are subject to a criminal background check under South Texas College policy.
• In addition, subject to a federal background check.
• Must have or qualify for a valid Texas driver's license and proof of liability insurance.

Physical Requirements

• Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body.
• Bending the body downward and forward by bending leg and spine.
• Perceiving attributes of objects, such as size, shape, temperature or texture by touching with skin, particularly that of fingertips.
• Picking, pinching, typing, or otherwise working, primarily with fingers rather than with the whole hand as in handling.
• Applying pressure to an object with the fingers and palm.
• Perceiving the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction.
• Ability to receive detailed information through oral communication, and to make the discrimination in sound.
• Raising objects from a lower to a higher position or moving objects horizontally from position-to-position. Occurs to a considerable degree and requires substantial use of upper extremities and back muscles.
• Ability to make rational decisions through sound logic and deductive processes.
• Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word including the ability to convey detailed or important spoken instructions to other workers accurately and concisely.
• Sitting and standing particularly for sustained periods of time.
• Bending body downward and forward by bending spine at the waist. Occurs to a considerable degree and requires full motion of the lower extremities and back muscles.
• Close visual acuity to perform an activity such as: preparing and analyzing data and figures; transcribing; viewing a computer terminal; and/or extensive reading.
• Mobility to accomplish tasks, particularly for long distances or moving from one work site to another.

The above job description is not intended as, nor should it be construed as, exhaustive of all responsibilities, skills, efforts, or working conditions associated with this job.

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

Minimum Compensation

$47,507.00

Desired Start Date

September 01, 2026

Posting Close Date (No Close Date if Blank)

29 July 2026 11:59pm