$24.47-$31.76/per hour

This is a part-time, temporary position not eligible for benefits.

25 hours per week Monday-Thursday

Are you looking for a place to work where you can make a real difference in the lives of over 200,000 college students every year?

Would you like to be part of an organization that adds $7.2 billion dollars to the economy and supports nearly 100,000 jobs in the fastest growing county in the United States?

Whether you’re teaching, working, or learning Make It Happen At Maricopa County Community Colleges!

About Us

What's Currently Happening at Maricopa

• Many of our campuses have received grant awards through the National Science Foundation to improve undergraduate STEM Education: Hispanic-Serving institutions program (HSI Program).
• Commitment to diversity, inclusion, equity and employee groups to create an environment of shared governance
• One of the largest community college systems in the country
• 2020 Healthy Arizona Worksites Program recipient
• Named 19th Best Employer for Women by Forbes
• 2019 No. 42 in Arizona’s Best Employers

At Mesa Community College, diversity, equity, and inclusion are core values. We honor the contributions of each person and respect the profound ways their identity, culture, background, experience, status, abilities, socioeconomic background, immigrant status, language, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, veteran status, nationality, and intellectual perspective, enrich the college community. We continuously adapt and respond to differences with a single focus - to create a welcoming, safe, equitable, and inclusive environment that ensures all students and employees have the support and knowledge to succeed and thrive. MCC is committed to building and sustaining a workplace that reflects our community and student population. Our goal is that our students and employees have the knowledge and skills necessary to excel, lead, navigate, and thrive in a diverse world.

The Program Assistant performs basic research, preliminary analysis, coordination and transactional support related to the Computing Alliance of Hispanic Serving Institutions (CAHSI) grant outcomes.

CAHSI formed in 2004 as a grassroots effort to increase the number of Hispanic students who pursue and complete baccalaureate and advanced degrees in Computer and Informational Sciences and Engineering (CISE) areas. CAHSI is a networked community of students, faculty, administrators and other professionals committed to accelerating the achievements of Hispanics in computing. CAHSI is a national NSF INCLUDES Alliance that spans across the U.S. and Puerto Rico.

CAHSI website- https://cahsi.utep.edu/

• Perform independent evaluation, analysis and structure of the CAHSI grant requiring judgment to select and apply standard techniques, procedures and criteria to resolve problems and make recommendations.
• Provide a streamlined process and procedural support to ensure compliance on policies and procedures required by NSF, UTEP and MCCCD. Responsible for quantitative and qualitative research and reports required by the organizations on a quarterly and annual basis, research data, analyzing findings, solutions and best practices within the national and global cyber security trends.
• Responsible for constant and continuous reporting to the CAHSI backbone, developing and implementing goals, attend bi-weekly regional and MCCCD leadership meetings to report on actions and outcomes. Document sub-regional actions and progress in maintained spreadsheet for CAHSI Backbone. Meeting facilitator for MCCCD Co-Leads/team on a bi-weekly meeting basis for continuous engagement of grant duties and advocate mentoring updates.
• Promote and assist sub-regional members in connecting to CAHSI online platforms.
• Supervise CAHSI student advocates on projects, events and conferences; including the process and budgeting of stipends. Ensure advocate accountability and support on assignments during advocacy stint. Coordinate events with advocates, engaging and connecting regularly with team on outcomes and efforts moving forward. Oversee all work of student advocates and co-leads.
• Regularly engage and maintain relationships with regional members, co-Leads, coordinators, advocates, and strategic partners, local K-12 schools for events, progress and accountability with a high focus on CTE programs.
• Plan, organize, assign, supervise, review and evaluate the work of student advocates for CAHSI representation on all levels. Participation in work groups within the CAHSI regions to complete group projects on a monthly and quarterly time line.
• Respond to all inquiries and issues from Co-Leads, Student Advocates and engaged partners; evaluate issues and researches alternative solutions.
• Develop marketing and promotional materials.
• Maintain CAHSI website hosted by Mesa Community College
• Provide program policy and process information to student advocates, co-leads, coordinators, connectors and CAHSI backbone.
• Maintain program records, documents, minutes, web content, and/or all related program communication materials.
• Serve as a liaison to industry partners, engaged K-12 schools, students, and faculty; collaborates with others and provides professional level staff support and program representation to clients and partners with a high emphasis on CTE/workforce programs.
• Prepare reports, presentations, correspondence and program documentation. Collaborate with others to provide professional level support and program representation to partners.
• Plan meetings and events for various audiences while providing support to advance the agenda and capture data and material related to decision-making.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

A bachelor's degree and up to 4 years related work experience.

• Experience working with grants
• Prior work experience in an educational organization
• Experience with scheduling and coordinating events
• Prior supervisory experience

• Travel to campus during interview/selection process will be at candidate’s own expense
• This job posting is for a hybrid position
• The position will require in-person attendance for events (can be weekly/monthly).
• May require some evenings or weekends
• May require prolonged periods of viewing a computer screen
• Work alternating open and close shifts
• May be required to lift or carry up to 25 pounds

Interested applicants should submit a resume and cover letter to diane.meza@mesacc.edu

Please ensure your resume and cover letter provides the following items:

• Clearly illustrate how prior experience, knowledge and education meet the minimum and desired qualifications for this position.

• Provide employment history in a month/year format (e.g., 09/07 to 10/11) including job title, job duties, indicate full or part time experience for each position held and name of employer for each position.

• Three professional references, preferably current and/or former supervisors. If references are not provided in the resume upon application, they will be requested at time of interview.

MCCCD does not sponsor individuals for any type of work visas.

Posting is open until filled

Maricopa County Community College District (MCCCD) will not discriminate, nor tolerate discrimination in employment or education, against any applicant, employee, or student because of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, citizenship status (including document abuse), age, disability, veteran status or genetic information.

Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, states: "No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance."

The policy of the MCCCD is to provide an educational, employment, and business environment free of gender discrimination. Incidents of misconduct should be reported to the college Title IX Coordinator, as outlined in policy, contact information is available at this link Title IX Coordinators.

The Clery Act is a Federal law requiring United States Colleges and Universities to disclose information about crime on and around their campuses. Crime reporting data for each of the Maricopa Community Colleges, as required under the Clery Act, is available at this link Clery Act.