Instructional Specialist

Instructional Specialist

Position Number: B41PD
Starting Wage/Salary: $27.85- $29.56/hr plus exceptional benefits. Wage placement is dependent on qualification and pay equity.
Close Date: 07/12/2026

Primary Purpose:

The Instructional Specialist provides advanced administrative, operational, and technical support to Instructional Deans and multiple academic departments. This role oversees scheduling systems, instructional processes, and departmental coordination while serving as a central resource for faculty workload, budgeting, reporting, and compliance.

Working independently with minimal supervision, the Instructional Specialist exercises judgment, initiative, and problem-solving to support complex instructional operations, ensuring efficiency, accuracy, and alignment across departments and institutional systems. The position serves as a subject matter resource for instructional processes, systems, and procedures and works collaboratively with stakeholders across the institution to support operational effectiveness and compliance.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

System and Operational Oversight

• Work with the Scheduling Administrator to administer and maintain instructional scheduling systems ( CLSS , Banner, 25Live), ensuring accurate course and section setup.
• In collaboration with the Scheduling Administrator, coordinate all phases of class scheduling, including schedule builds, CRN creation, and post-publication changes.
• Work with the Scheduling Administrator to manage classroom and space scheduling, resolving conflicts and optimizing utilization.

Instructional Coordination & Department Support

• Serve as the primary resource for instructional administrative assistants across departments.
• Train, mentor, and support administrative assistants on systems, procedures, and instructional operations.
• Develop, document, implement, and communicate standardized procedures to ensure consistency across departments.
• Coordinate operational support for departments, including during staffing gaps or peak periods.
• Provide cross-departmental coordination for faculty load and compensation processes ( FLAC ), including process administration, data validation, issue resolution.
• Administer and maintain faculty records, contracts (NOAs), evaluations, and compensation-related documentation.
• Ensure compliance with college policies, maintain confidentiality, and provide responsive customer service to diverse stakeholders.

Instructional Leadership Support

• Provide high-level administrative support to Instructional Deans, including calendar management, communications, and project coordination.
• Coordinate meetings, travel, and materials; prepare reports and presentations for leadership and institutional use.
• Monitor and coordinate departmental budgets, financial transactions, and grant-related activities, and associated reporting requirements.
• Generate recurring and ad hoc reports to support departments, leadership, and institutional requirements.
• Lead or support special projects, process improvements, research initiatives, and cross-departmental efforts.

Systems, Data & Process Improvement

• Develop, administer and improve systems, workflows, and tools that enhance efficiency, consistency, and data management.
• Collect, analyze, interpret, and report data (e.g., enrollment, scheduling, operational metrics) to support operational planning and decision-making.

Collaboration & Institutional Engagement

• Serve as liaison and coordinate instructional processes with internal and external partners (HR, Payroll, Fiscal Services, bookstore, vendors).
• Participate in and contribute to committees, hiring processes, and institutional initiatives.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

Individuals must possess these knowledge, skills and abilities or be able to explain and demonstrate that the individual can perform the duties and responsibilities of the job, with or without reasonable accommodation, using some other combination of skills and abilities. The individual is expected to follow College work rules and policies.

• Ability to work independently, exercise sound judgment, and engage in problem solving and resolution while managing multiple priorities within expected timelines.
• Ability to collaborate as a positive team member to solve problems and achieve goals; establish working relationships with College staff.
• Ability to serve as subject matter resource for instructional systems, processes, and procedures and provide guidance to faculty, staff, and administrators.
• Ability to administer and utilize complex scheduling software, databases, reporting tools, and related systems supporting instructional operations.
• Ability to schedule large meetings (in-person and virtual) working with numerous schedules using College software.
• Ability to coordinate complex processes across departments while balancing institutional requirements, compliance obligations, and operational needs.
• Communicate effectively with and help to de-escalate persons who may be in an agitated state.
• Communicate effectively and positively with College faculty, staff, and administration, both orally and in writing, using the English language with or without the use of an interpreter.
• Work effectively and sensitively with constituents from diverse cultural backgrounds and perspectives.
• Provide and maintain high level of customer service for students, staff, and departments.
• Familiarity with and ability to use computers, MS Office Suite software, and other computer applications with advanced proficiency.
• Possess a high level of accuracy in reviewing work, verifying data, and maintaining the integrity of institutional processed records.
• Ability to work with urgent and sensitive problems in a confidential manner.
• Ability to develop, document, implement, and maintain accurate and effective process and procedures.
• Demonstrate essential job functions outlined above.

Minimum Requirements:

Education

• Bachelors degree in Communications, Business, Education, Communications, or related field from an accredited institution.

Experience

• Three years of progressively responsible administrative support experience with knowledge of budget, office management, and data analysis.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Administrative support experience beyond the minimum qualifications.
• Experience in a Higher Education setting supporting Instruction and/or Administration.
• Knowledge of student information systems ( SIS ), such as Ellucian Banner software.

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This policy covers nondiscrimination in both employment and access to educational opportunities. When brought to the attention of the appropriate parties, any such actions will be promptly and equitably responded to according to the process outlined in general procedures sections N-1, N-2, or N-3.

In support of COCCs EEO statement, bilingual fluency in English and Spanish is considered a plus, along with experience working in a diverse multicultural setting.

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