Employment at TMCC

Placement Coordinator

Position Title: Placement Coordinator (Project CHOICE)
Opening date: February 20, 2012
Closing date: March 9, 2012
Salary: Grade 6 - base 31,440 to 35,440 depending on years of experience.

Minimum Qualifications:
Minimum of a Bachelor's degree in Health Administration, Business, Vocational Education or a related field with at least 3 years of work experience in working with low income individuals in the areas of academic goals, job placement, and career assessment. Demonstrate ability to effectively communicate with employment agencies, business entrepreneurs, college staff/faculty and the general public. Indian preference in employment considered.

Primary Duties:
To provide Project CHOICE students with the opportunity to interview for possible job openings and refer them to prospective employers for consideration. Notify students of job openings, and refer qualified applicants to prospective employers. Record and evaluate various pertinent data.

Responsibilities:

• Inform students of job openings and details such as duties and responsibilities of the jobs they are applying for.
• Contact employers about possible job placement for Project CHOICE students after graduation.
• Require background checks as needed.
• Review employment applications and job orders to match applicants with job requirements.
• Select qualified applicants to refer to employers.
• Provide workshops for student job applicants in presenting a positive image by providing help with resume writing, personal appearance, and interview techniques.
• Maintain records for all students.
• Develop constructive and cooperative working relationships with others and maintain them over time.
• Must provide follow up files for all students for the length of the grant.
• Must check in with the employers and the students after they are placed in a working environment at least once a quarter.
• Recruitment and retention of program students.
• Must obtain the referrals from the case managers.

Key Responsibilities:

• Responsible for meeting all goals, objectives of the grant.
• Maintain appropriate relationships with the other college staff/faculty.
• Develop relationships with employers for the students.
• Daily contact with the general public through incoming phone calls and office visits.
• Daily contact with the students.

Working Conditions:

• The position works in the environment that has constant contact (phone, personal) with people.
• The position will require off campus work.
• The position may at times get stressful due to work demands.
• There may be occasional travel to a meeting and/ or training.

How to apply:
Submit a letter of application, curriculum vita/resume and/or web application (available below), college transcripts, and three (3) current letters of recommendation. Work experience must be reasonably documented. Applicants claiming Indian Preference/Veterans Preference must provide documentation.

Employment Application (276 KB PDF)

Tracy Azure, Acting Comptroller
Telephone: (701)477.7809
Email: tazure@tm.edu

*Turtle Mountain Community College does not discriminate on the basis of race, ethnicity, religion, national origin, sex, age or disability. It is the general policy of the college to give preference to qualified American Indian applicants as allowed by the Indian preference provisions of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended.
Persons who are at least ¼ degree and wish to claim Indian preference must submit a copy of their tribal Certificate of Degree of Indian Blood (CDIB) and Agency enrolled.