EDUCATION PROGRAM SPECIALIST

Full Job Description

You will serve as a EDUCATION PROGRAM SPECIALIST in the US NAVAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE (USNCC).

Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-07 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector.

Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: Providing evaluations of college transcripts and external credits; providing academic services and support (e.g.

conducting evaluations of coursework, determining course applicability to degree programs, posting transfer credits to student records, advising and facilitating admission and enrollment of applicants and students); AND utilizing computer and information systems for records management and/or correspondence.

Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management web site: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/#url=List-by-Occupational-Series Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., professional, philanthropic, religious, spiritual, community, student, social).

Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. Major Duties:

• You will process and evaluate incoming college transcripts and conduct evaluations of coursework from colleges or universities to determine course applicability to degree programs, and post eligible transfer credit to student records.
• You will post credits to student records, make recommendations to the academic registrar, post military evaluation results to student records, and load information into student information system and academic records.
• You will assist advisors and other faculty with admissions questions, enrollment services information and answer telephone, respond to email enquiries.
• You will maintain relationships with internal and external academic community and institutions and prepare reports and summaries and reply to inquiries using data and statistics.
• You will ensure procedures, guidelines, and laws/regulations governing public employees, including but not limited to those related to document retention and destruction, and confidentiality are followed and maintained.
• You will be required to possess knowledge of academic policies, curriculum, common course numbering, articulation agreements and maintain program requirements for Middle States Commission of Higher Education accreditation policies and standards.