PT Assessment and Admin Assistant

Job Title

Assist with coordinating and administering all standardized testing necessary for Academic and Career, including migration to, TABE, HiSet, and GED. Ensures accurate and timely reporting of post-testing data. Collecting and entering student data to include LEIS records, attendance, and closeout.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Administers all standardized testing including, but not limited to: TABE, HiSET, GED and ACT Work keys. Ensures updates for computer-based testing are immediately installed.
• Maintains testing security and confidentiality of all standardized exams in compliance with federal, state and publisher guidelines
• Schedules and places students in classes while maintaining accurate data reports of current class sizes and enrollment numbers.
• Demonstrates a strong commitment to customer service and excellent interpersonal communication and problem-solving skills.
• Performs other duties as assigned
• Perform routine correspondence with returning students, area businesses, and non-profit organizations.

Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Education Minimum: Bachelor's degree in Business, Informational Technology, Education or a closely related field. Experience Minimum: Have at least six months experience in administrative, training, or testing or college-level coursework in those fields. Not be involved in high school equivalency instruction. Six months experience in a postsecondary environment, preferably in Basic Skills. Specific experience with ADVANSYS, Colleague software and student record management. Experience working with diverse academic, socio-economic, cultural, disability, and ethnic backgrounds of students.

Language Skills

• Communicate clearly and concisely, both orally and in writing.
• Report complex data and research findings based on the knowledge level and needs of the audience of the information
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships with those contacted in the course of work including the general public.

Mathematical Skills

• Ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
• Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.

Reasoning Ability

• Ability to use effective critical thinking, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
• Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.

Computer Skills

• Ability to retrieve data from student information systems.
• Proficient in Computer programs: Excel, PowerPoint, Microsoft Word, and Colleague.
• Knowledge of modern office equipment including computers and printers.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essentialfunctions. While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to sit; use hands and fingers, and talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to reach with hands and arms and is occasionally required to stand; walk and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 10 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and the ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions. The noise level in the work environment is usually quiet.