| Location | Deming, NM |
BEGINNING DATE: 26-27 Migrant Liaison
Migrant Liaison
BEGINNING DATE:
SALARY: Grade 24/ Step 1
QUALIFICATIONS:
High School Diploma or GED
Complete the Application thru TalentED
Job Summary:
To assist the administrator/social worker in organizing and implementing the most effective migrant program.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
Conducts identification and recruitment ensuring eligibility requirements and complete
enrollments on the COE.
Obtains parental signatures on all necessary migrant education program documents in
order to enroll the families in the program.
Works with school nurses and any other staff to provide medical and clothing needs for migrant children
Provides transportation to migrant families as necessary for program needs
Works with other instructional offices to obtain information required for migrant student
evaluation.
Visits homes of migrant students to provide information about community agencies and
schools to migrant parents.
Attends required workshops, in-service sessions, and meetings.
Complies with local, state, and federal regulations.
Performs clerical duties for District Office.
Submits enrollments, updates, and withdrawal information to the migrant Student Records
Transfer system data office in Albuquerque.
Maintains an organized system for all pertinent documents.
Checks, maintains, and updates pertinent documents including health forms.
Keeps all pertinent documents under safeguard.
Maintains orderly records and up-to-date migrant student and family lists.
Maintains test scores as required by the Title I Migrant guidelines.
Completes and verifies Certificates of Eligibility (COE) forms before submission to State
Migrant Office.
Completes and submits reports required by the State Migrant Office.
Maintains a Master Participant list for the migrant program
Ensures that all equipment, supplies, and materials are inventoried and accounted for.
Assist with the coordination Parent Advisory Council meetings, migrant camps, and summer school.
Performs such other tasks that may be required by the State Office or district supervisors.
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.
KNOWLEDGE OF:
State and federal codes, laws, and regulations.
District geography.
Community resources are available to Migrant worker families and children.
Basic record-keeping and filing techniques.
English and Spanish usage, grammar, spelling, punctuation, and vocabulary.
Telephone techniques and etiquette.
Computer and software operation.
District organization and operations.
Modern office practice and procedures.
Public contact techniques.
Department operations and policies.
Interpersonal skills.
ABILITY TO:
Locate and recruit Migrant worker families and children into programs.
Operate a District vehicle safely.
Transport students who are in need of medical or other services a child might require.
Coordinate services to Migrant worker families and children.
Communicate and translate in English and Spanish.
Perform modern office practices, procedures, and equipment.
Perform clerical duties such as filing, duplication, and maintaining routine records.
Operate a computer terminal and software.
Understand and follow oral and written directions.
Communicate effectively both orally and in writing.
Interact with the public and staff in a professional manner.
Speak clearly and distinctly.
Operate office equipment.
Understand and carry out oral and written directions.
Work cooperatively, tactfully, and courteously with those contacted in the course of
work.
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:
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 essential functions.
LANGUAGE SKILLS:
Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance
instructions, and procedure manuals.
Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.
Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of an organization.
MATHEMATICAL SKILLS:
Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, commissions, proportions, percentages, area, circumference, and volume.
Ability to apply concepts of basic Algebra and Geometry.
REASONING ABILITY:
Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in
written, oral, or diagram form.
Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized
situations.
CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, AND REGISTRATIONS:
Valid Driver's License.
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.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, use
hands to finger, handle, or feel, and talk or hear.
The employee is required to stand, walk, and reach with hands and arms.
The employee must lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.
Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color
vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to
perform the essential functions.
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 the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job the employee regularly works in inside/outside
environmental conditions. (Such as walking in the agricultural fields)
The employee frequently works with a video display terminal for prolonged periods.
The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.