This position is part of the Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute, Bureau of Indian Education. As an Education Technician (Student Recruitment) you will be responsible for administering programs and activities to target and recruit prospective students to Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute.

Duties

As an Education Technician (Student Recruitment) GS-1702-9, your typical work assignments may include the following under supervision: 1. Administer programs and activities for targeting, recruitment, and retention of students in undergraduate programs. 2. Create and distribute resource materials ie., promotional handbooks, brochures, and other publications to promoterecruitment to Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute (SIPI). 3. Attend conferences, seminars, and workshops to keep informed about developing educational communications and processing technologies to apply new methods to new or existing programs involving college recruiting. 4. Serve as a liaison between SIPI, colleges, universities, and local school systems to develop and maintain partnering relationships in the recruitment of students. 5. Manage database of prospective and current Native American students in the local and national school systems.

Requirements

• US CITIZENSHIP REQUIRED
• BACKGROUND SECURITY INVESTIGATION WILL BE REQUIRED FOR ALL NEW HIRES
• APPOINTMENT MAY BE SUBJECT TO A 2 YR TRIAL OR 1 YR PROBATIONARY PERIOD
• SELECTIVE SERVICE REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED FOR MALES BORN AFTER 12/31/1959

Qualifications

Applicants must meet the qualification requirements contained in the OPM Standards. For this position, they are listed below. You must also meet the Minimum Qualifications requirements below. SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Experience that equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position, and that is typically in or related to the work of the position to be filled. To be creditable, specialized experience must have been equivalent to at least the next lower grade level in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. GS-09: One year of specialized experience that equipped me with the particular knowledge, skills and abilities to successfully perform the duties of this position. This experience is related to the work of the position and equivalent to at least the GS-07 level in the Federal service. Examples include: administer programs and activities for targeting, recruitment, and retention of students in undergraduate programs; provide career and academic counseling, planning, and advising to potential students; assist students in the completion of applications and coordination of financial assistance; serve as a liaison to develop partnerships between an academic institution and local school systems; create and distribute resource materials for student recruitment and retention programs; and attends and participates in individual and group orientation and other information dissemination sessions. or A graduate degree or 2 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree or LL.B. or J.D., if related. or Combination of experience and education to successfully completed graduate level education beyond the first year of progressive graduate study and specialized experience that together meets 100% of the qualification requirements for the position. Only experience and education obtained by the closing date of this announcement will be considered. Time-In-Grade Requirements: Merit Promotion (status) candidates must have completed one year (52 weeks) of service at the next lower grade level.

Education

EDUCATION: If qualifying based on education, transcripts MUST be uploaded and electronically linked from USAJOBS at the time you apply and MUST include identifying information to include School Name, Student Name, credit hours, major, and grade-point average or class ranking, degree and date awarded. All academic degrees and coursework must be completed at a college or university that has obtained accreditation or pre-accreditation status from an accrediting body recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.

Applicants are responsible for providing documentation that the educational requirements have been met. To qualify based on education you must submit a legible copy of your transcripts. Official transcripts are required upon selection if you qualified based on education.

Education must have been obtained from an accredited or pre-accredited institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications. Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet the above requirements if you can show that the foreign education is comparable to that received in an accredited educational institution in the United States.

For further information on creditable education visit:
http://www.ed.gov/admins/finaid/accred/index.html
https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/

Contacts

• Address Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute 9169 Coors Blvd. NW Albuquerque, NM 87120 US
• Name: Antoinette Jim
• Phone: 505-346-2339
• Email: [email protected]