Full job description

Term of App't: Monday – Friday (7 hrs/day) until return of incumbent

Start date: Immediately

Reporting to: Director of Student Services

Salary:

$39.09 – $48.64/hr, depending on experience and qualifications as per the BCGEU Faculty Collective Agreement. Temporary employees receive an additional 2% on regular earnings in lieu of benefits, 6% vacation pay and 4.2% statutory holiday pay included with each pay day.

Description:

The Learning Support Specialist (LSS) is a regional position supporting students learning and wellness, with a focus on the students located at the Fort St. John campus and registered in distance studies. This is a key position in NLC's student retention strategy and in NLC's students in distress plan. This individual will meet with students in person, or at a distance to help them identify barriers to their success. The LSS will look at the student wholistically to help students develop skills to overcome these barriers and will link them to internal and community resources as needed. The LSS will support students in accessing personal mental health supports and will create student safety plans for students in crisis.

This position will be responsible for creating and organizing pedagogically sound student success workshops to groups, in both face to face and online webinar formats. This position responds to student Early Alerts submitted by faculty and staff, maintains student contact records within the Early Alert Retention system, and ensures faculty are trained in submitting alerts when they recognize a student in need of support. The LSS also connects with community resources to provide on campus wellness education in areas such as mental health, substance abuse, etc. This position works with students who have been placed on academic monitoring.

Some evening and weekend work may be required on a scheduled basis in order to meet students' needs.

Please note- this position is a temporary backfill until return of incumbent.