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Position: Special Populations Coordinator

Department: Division of Student Affairs

Reports to: Director of Student Support Services

Salary/Benefits: Salary is commensurate with education and experience. State of Georgia benefits package.

Deadline to Apply: October 27, 2025, at 4:00 p.m.

Responsibilities:

+ Establish and implement a system to contact and follow-up with any newly enrolled student who reports being a member of a special population group.

+ Provide students with individual assistance in advisement, career exploration, job placement, and support services.

+ Develop appropriate informational materials explaining services offered to single parents, displaced homemakers, and persons with limited English proficiency.

+ Assist with proctoring course quizzes, tests, and exams for student with disabilities as needed.

+ Promote awareness of services to special populations by speaking to classes and student groups in the college and civic organizations in the community.

+ Develop and conduct group activities to promote retention of special population students enrolled at the college.

+ Provide training to faculty on how to understand and effectively work with special population students in the single parent, displaced homemaker, and limited English proficiency categories.

+ Other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications:

+ Bachelor’s degree in a related field.

+ Two (2) years of related work experience.

Note: Experience may substitute for the degree on a year-for-year basis

Preferred Qualifications:

+ Two (2) years’ experience working with special population students.

+ Experience collaborating with local community resources to meet the needs of special population students and experience with Microsoft Office and Banner.

To apply, click "Apply to This Job" and submit your cover letter, resume/vita, three (3) professional references, and unofficial transcripts. Incomplete applications will not be considered.

NOTE: Official transcripts will be required upon an offer of employment. Official copies of transcripts may be sent directly to: Athens Technical College, Attn: Human Resources, 800 U.S. Highway 29 N, Athens, GA 30601 or send electronically to [email protected] .

**Employment is contingent based upon successful completion of appropriate background checks.

Equal opportunity and decisions based on merit are fundamental values of the Technical College System of Georgia (TCSG). The TCSG State Board prohibits discrimination on the basis of an individual’s age, color, disability, genetic information, national origin, race, religion, sex, or veteran status (“protected status”). No individual shall be excluded from participation in, denied the benefits of, or otherwise subjected to unlawful discrimination, harassment, or retaliation under, any TCSG program or activity because of the individual’s protected status; nor shall any individual be given preferential treatment because of the individual’s protected status, except the preferential treatment may be given on the basis of veteran status when appropriate under federal or state law.

Athens Technical College is an equal opportunity employer. All employment processes and decisions, including but not limited to hiring, promotion, and tenure shall be free of ideological tests, affirmations, and oaths, including diversity statements. The basis and determining factor for such decisions should be that the individual possesses the requisite knowledge, skills, and abilities associated with the role, and is believed to have the ability to successfully perform the essential functions, responsibilities, and duties associated with the position for which the person is being considered. At the core of any such decision is ensuring the institution’s ability to achieve its mission and strategic priorities in support of student success.

The following individuals have been designated to coordinate the college's implementation of nondiscrimination policies: Susan Fyffe, Director of Student Support Services, Section 504 and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Coordinator, Office K-614A, 706/355- 5081, [email protected]; Courtney Mattox, Director of Human Resources; Title VI, Title VII, Title IX Coordinator (Employees), Office K-514, [email protected], 706/583-2818; and Lenzy Reid, Vice President of Student Affairs, Title IX (Students) Office H-774, 706/355-5029, [email protected], 800 U.S. Highway 29 North, Athens, GA 30601.