Dual Credit Enrollment Specialist

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Job Description

Department: Dual Credit Scheduling & Enrollment Services

General Statement of Job

The Dual Credit Enrollment Specialist serves as liaison to public schools and community agencies regarding the College’s Dual Credit Programs. The Specialist provides support to students, parents, and school district partner stakeholders as it relates to program recruitment, enrollment and support services. The Specialist is responsible for building a network with assigned campus principals and counselors with partnering school districts.

Specific Duties and Responsibilities

Essential Functions:

• Promotes and recruits prospective students to the Dual Credit Programs by conducting presentations at the high schools and other community events.
• Develops and maintains positive relationships with school district administrators, school counselors, and instructors.
• Facilitates various events and conducts presentations including parent meetings and college fairs at middle schools and high schools in Hidalgo and Starr counties to promote Dual Credit Programs.
• Facilitates career exploration and planning activities to guide students in the selection of Dual Credit Programs pathway and South Texas College major.
• Conducts presentations to school district students on South Texas College Dual Credit Programs including registration and enrollment policies and processes.
• Meets regularly with school district officials to communicate enrollment deadlines and procedures for Dual Credit Programs and to coordinate enrollment activities for prospective and continuing Dual Credit students. 
• Facilitates admission application and registration events at high school sites to ensure timely enrollment of students in college courses.
• Assists in the submittal of admission documentation to determine Dual Credit eligibility of high school students and works with school district staff to obtain pending enrollment documentation.
• Develops and provides individual high school sites with updates, and reports as it relates to Dual Credit Programs enrollment.
• Provides general information on policies and procedures related to academic probation and suspension, dropping courses, and satisfactory academic progress.
• Provides training and guidance to students and high school staff on JagNet, and Workday Software.
• Coordinates onboarding events and programs for Dual Credit students at South Texas College campuses such as campus tours, new student orientation, and registration drives.
• Maintains confidential and computerized student information in accordance with Family Education Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA).
• Coordinates inquiries and develops targeted enrollment communications to both students and parents. 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. Master’s Degree preferred.
• At least two (2) years of experience in student services, required.
• Experience in a higher education institution, preferred.

Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Excellent oral, written, presentation, and interpersonal communication skills.
• Strong computer skills with knowledge of Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook) and internet research skills.
• Excellent counseling and advising skills.
• Maintains familiarity with the College’s programs, policies, procedures and academic standards.
• Knowledge of specific needs for Special Populations.
• Bilingual, English/Spanish, preferred.
• Strong analytical, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills and the ability to exercise discretion and sound judgment.
• 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 prioritize, organize, and complete multiple tasks with attention to detail, within stated deadlines.
• 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 write routine reports and correspondence procedure manuals. 
• Ability to speak and present information and respond to inquiries from executive management, faculty, staff, students, and public groups.
• Ability to apply practical understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form. 
• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.
• Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.

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.
• 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

$48,233.00

Desired Start Date

November 30, 2026

Posting Close Date (No Close Date if Blank)

23 November 2026 11:59pm