Migrant Recruiter

Position Function:

The function of the Regional Migrant Recruiter is to locate and recruit migrant workers and their families to the Migrant Education Program. The purpose of this position is to determine the location, number, and educational needs of qualifying migrant workers in the state so that services may be designed and coordinated to meet those needs. Responsibilities include extensive travel to farms, schools, home visits, individual counseling with children and parents, and coordination with service providers. The Regional Migrant Recruiter works with farmers, school staff, parents, and children.

Salary Grade: 13

Please see Staff Compensation Structure or Skilled Crafts and Service Maintenance Compensation Schedule for salary ranges. For salary grade UC, these positions are "Unclassified" and salary ranges are determined by the hiring department.

Department Profile:

As a land-grant university, MSU is proud to house the Mississippi Migrant Education Service Center, which serves agricultural families throughout the state. The Mississippi Migrant Education Service Center is a federal program that offers supplemental and supportive educational services to ensure that migrant children have access to all opportunities that a public education offers. The Mississippi Migrant Education Service Center is funded through the Mississippi Department of Education and is housed at Mississippi State University.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

The following examples are intended as illustrations only of the various types of duties assigned in positions allocated to this classification. The absence of specific statements of duties does not exclude those tasks from the position if the work is similar, related, or a logical assignment of the position.

Mississippi recruiters are expected to:

• Attend state or local annual and ongoing recruitment training.
• Actively locate prospective migrant children and youth and conduct family interviews.
• Gather and analyze information given by prospective migrant families/youth.
• Follow all procedures and practices contained in the state's Identification and Recruitment Handbook and in any other directives issued by the State Education Agency.
• Fully understand and establish proper eligibility determinations based on the guidelines outlined in the recruiter's manual, the Non-Regulatory Guidance, and the statutes governing the MEP.
• Record information accurately and in detail on the Certificate of Eligibility (COE).
• Follow proper procedures and protocol regarding the review of COEs.
• Maintain detailed work logs regarding all ID&R activities.

Additional duties for recruiters may vary depending on the size of the region's migrant population and its geographical location. They may include, but are not limited to:

• Serve as a home-school or community liaison for migrant children and youth.
• Help refer migrant parents to community agencies for needed services and provide student support services.
• Certify the eligibility of the children to participate in migrant education project activities, according to program eligibility criteria.
• Inform families of the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA).
• Serve as a communication link between the central office and the schools, growers, agribusiness, and community agencies.
• Determine the location of migrant labor camps and housing units in the school district.
• Keep in contact with growers and organizations using migrant labor for the purpose of identifying migrant children as they move into the school district.
• Collect data that is required to enroll eligible children in the state's student database system.
• Serve as a home-school coordinator as requested by the local project director.
• Assist the migrant coordinator/parent advocate with the recruitment of parents for membership in the Parent Advisory Council and its activities.
• Maintain a recruitment network that includes school officials, businesses, and other service providers in the region that may assist in the proper and timely identification and recruitment of migrant children and their families.
• Work with school districts to inform them of the services available to migrant children.
• Maintains a list of resources and services that are available for eligible and ineligible migrant children and their families.

Minimum Qualifications:

1. Bachelor's degree OR any equivalent combination of related experience and/or education will be considered by the Department of Human Resources Management.

2. English/Spanish Bilingual

3. Valid Driver's license.

Preferred Qualifications:

1. Experience working with students, parents, teachers, and farmers.

2. Experience with migrant and minority populations.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

Speak Spanish fluently.

Knowledge of state agencies and community service organizations that serve migratory families.

Ability to travel extensively.

Working Conditions and Physical Effort

• No unusual physical requirements.
• Requires no heavy lifting.
• Frequent - Externally imposed deadlines; set and revised beyond one's control; interruptions influence priorities; difficult to anticipate the nature or volume of work with certainty beyond a few days; irregular hours may be anticipated; meeting deadlines and coordination of unrelated activities are key to the position.
• Job frequently requires walking, sitting, reaching, talking, hearing, and handling objects with hands
• Job requires standing, stooping/kneeling/crouching/crawling, and lifting up to 10 pounds
• Vision requirements: Ability to see information in print and/or electronically
• Hearing requirements: Heavy telephone contact requires the ability to hear and respond to telephone conversations

Instructions for Applying:

Link to apply: http://explore.msujobs.msstate.edu/

Complete the online application and include a resume, a cover letter, and a minimum of three references.

Restricted Clause:

Position is contingent upon continued availability of funding.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement:

Mississippi State University is an equal opportunity institution. Discrimination is prohibited in university employment, programs or activities based on race, color, ethnicity, sex, pregnancy, religion, national origin, disability, age, sexual orientation, genetic information, status as a U.S. veteran, or any other status to the extent protected by applicable law. Questions about equal opportunity programs or compliance should be directed to the Office of Civil Rights Compliance, 231 Famous Maroon Band Street, P.O. 6044, Mississippi State, MS 39762, (662) 325-5839.

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