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Transcripts
Transcripts must be from an institution accredited by an accrediting agency recognized by the U.S. Department of Education or the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA).

Foreign transcripts
Applicants submitting employment applications with foreign transcripts must provide transcript equivalency documentation from an approved evaluation service. The evaluation service must be a member of the National Association of Credential Evaluation Services (NACES). The evaluation service links on the following site are provided by South Texas College for your convenience but are not affiliated with South Texas College: NACES Members

Job Description

Department: Admissions and Records

General Statement of Job

The Residency Specialist evaluates, determines and processes student residency status for tuition purposes in accordance with Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB) rules and South Texas College policies. This role reviews admissions applications, core residency questionnaires and complex legal or financial documentation to accurately determine residency status and appropriate tuition rates. This role ensures student records compliance and guides students through the residency reclassification process.

Specific Duties and Responsibilities

Essential Functions:

• Reviews and evaluates information to determine the residency status of all students.
• Attends state and local conferences to stay abreast of current laws and regulations and receive updated information.
• Studies and interprets the current state laws and regulations regarding residency in Texas.
• Studies and interprets the current federal laws and regulations regarding student visas.
• Communicates and explains policies, procedures and requirements regarding Texas residency.
• Verifies data by running Argos reports.
• Makes recommendations to the Director for system and program improvement within the department.
• Assists Coordinator of Admissions with daily operations and coordination of staff.
• Serves as Campus Security Authority.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Required Education and Experience

• Bachelor's Degree required.
• At least six (6) months of experience related to the specified duties and responsibilities preferred.

Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Excellent communication skills.
• Ability to complete all tasks with accuracy and clarity with minimal supervision.
• Excellent detail-oriented skills.
• Positive and friendly attitude and provides excellent service to students, public, and other employees.
• Must be able to maintain confidentiality.
• Ability to operate office automated equipment and good computer skills.
• Ability to read and comprehend instructions pertaining to enrollment services.
• Ability to write reports and correspondence.
• Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to students, parents and other employees of organization.
• 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.

Checks, Certificates, Licenses, and Registrations

• Security Sensitive position: all applicants are subject to a criminal background check under South Texas College policy.
• In addition, subject to a federal background check.
• Must have or qualify for a valid Texas driver's license and proof of liability insurance.
• Certificates of Completion for F-1 Regulations for Beginners and Intermediate required.

Physical Requirements

• Picking, pinching, typing, or otherwise working, primarily with fingers rather than with the whole hand as in handling.
• Picking, holding, or otherwise working, primarily with the whole hand.
• Perceiving the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction. Ability to receive detailed information through oral communication, and to make the discrimination in sound.
• Ability to receive detailed information through oral communication, and to make the discrimination in sound.
• Substantial movements (motions) of the wrist, hands, and/or fingers.
• Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word including the ability to convey detailed or important spoken instructions to other workers accurately and concisely.
• Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word including those activities in which they must convey detailed or important spoken instructions to other workers accurately, loudly, or quickly.
• Have close visual acuity to perform an activity such as: preparing and analyzing data and figures; transcribing; viewing a computer terminal; and/or extensive reading.

The above job description is not intended as, nor should it be construed as, exhaustive of all responsibilities, skills, efforts, or working conditions associated with this job.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this job.

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