Representative, Parenting Student Support (Part Time)

SUMMARY

Serves as a student representative on the Houston City College’s Data-to-Action Campaign project team for Parenting Students at Texas Colleges and Universities (D2A-TX). The position provides insight into the experiences, needs, and challenges of parenting students and helps ensure that project activities, data collection efforts, and improvement strategies reflect the student perspective.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

1. Provide feedback on proposed surveys, questionnaires, and data collection tools designed to better understand the experiences of parenting students.

2. Participate in meetings, discussions, and planning sessions related to the initiative.

3. Provide relevant experiences and perspectives to guide the identification of barriers and the development of strategies that improve outcomes for parenting students.

4. Support outreach and engagement efforts to encourage participation from parenting students.

5. Assist with creation of a Parenting-Student Advisory Board.

6. Participate in conference presentations, convenings, or project dissemination activities when appropriate.

7. Collaborate with project staff, researchers, and institutional stakeholders to inform continuous improvement efforts.

8. Serve on the Urban Institute’s Student Advisor Panel.

QUALIFICATIONS

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform the essential duties and responsibilities listed above. The qualifications listed below are representative of the education, experience, knowledge, skills, and/or abilities required.

EDUCATION

High school diploma or GED required.

Currently enrolled as an HCC student or HCC alumni (within the 6 months).

Student must be a parent or primary caregiver while enrolled at HCC.

EXPERIENCE

Experience serving in student leadership, advisory groups, or advocacy activities preferred.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES

1. Interest in student success, educational access, and institutional improvement.

2. Ability to communicate experiences and perspectives constructively.

3. Strong interpersonal and communication skills.

4. Interest in research, surveys, focus groups, or student engagement initiatives.

5. Ability to participate in meetings and project activities throughout the grant period.

This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee occupying this position. Employees will be required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform any other job-related duties requested by their supervisor.

This job description may be revised upon development of other duties and changes in responsibilities.