Department of Informational Resources Co-op Program

Austin Community College is partnering with The Department of Informational Resources to assist local state agencies in hiring and funding co-op positions for ACC students in Computer Science, Business, Government, Technical Communication Studies. Co-op positions are short-term (typically 6-12 months) contract positions.

Students within these program areas can be hired as contract employees by state agencies (and other contracting government agencies) ACC is the employer of record for these hourly employees, then bills the agencies to cover the wages. The agencies use contractor budgets rather than personnel FTE budgets, so there are fewer restrictions on hiring, and the HR turnaround is much shorter.

Dr. Sam Greer, Director of Cooperative Education and Internships, will function as the principal for supervision/ACC HR purposes. He is the designated single point of contact for all state agencies seeking ACC co-op employees and interns.

Hiring Process: Agency manager sends job posting to OCEI at [email protected].
OCEI forwards job posting (without agency contact information) to relevant departments and CE program managers.
Departments and programs promote postings to their eligible students.

  • To be eligible to apply for DIR contract positions, students must have completed a sufficient amount of the subject matter in their field of study to effectively perform the duties of the agency job. It is the responsibility of the department chairs (or their designees) and the program managers to assure that their applicants will be able to perform the requested duties.
Eligible students obtain departmental approval via Electronic form: (ACC/DIR) Departmental/Program Application Approval form.
Student is provided with agency name and contact information to apply directly to the agency with a cc to OCEI at [email protected].
The contracting agency manager will function as the on-site supervisor/ project manager.
(Agency) Project manager interviews candidates.
Project manager notifies OCEI of the hiring or non-hiring of interns at [email protected].
Non-hired interns are sent a letter from OCEI.
The hired Intern/student reports to OCEI office to complete ACC employment paperwork:

  1. Criminal Background Check
  2. Hourly Employment Application
  3. New Employee Information
  4. I-9 Form
  5. Retirement Participation Form
  6. Social Security Notice
  7. W-4 Form
  8. Advised of ADA, Sexual Harassment and Cyber Security Training
Paperwork is sent up to HR and a PA is created by Office Admin.
Office Admin will continue to check e-time until students timesheet appears.
Director or Admin will notify student of a start date once timesheet has been generated.
Student will complete required professional development within 3 days of employment.
Departmental students must register for their area of study practicum.
Student begins employment.
Contractual work maximum hours: 19 hours per week or less; 900 hours per fiscal year maximum per contract employee; 1000 hours maximum per contract employee.
Two year maximum employment period for any employee.
Payroll and time
system tracking		 Student completes ACC/DIR timesheet approval form. Site Supervisor responds to the email generated by the ACC/DIR timesheet approval form with their approval or disapproval of the number of hours worked. 
Invoice is sent from business services to Agencies for payment.

 

Pay Rates
Category Job Title ACC Program Area Pay Range
Applications Programmer/Developer Analyst Computer Programming Associate of Applied Science Degree + Certificate + Continuing Education Certificate $15-25 per hour
Program/Developer Computer Programming Associate of Applied Science Degree + Certificate + Continuing Education Certificate $15-25 per hour
Software Test Analyst Computer Programming Associate of Applied Science Degree + Certificate + Continuing Education Certificate $15-25 per hour
Technical Writer Business and Government Communications Specialist Associate of Applied Science Degree + Certificate + Continuing Education Certificate $15-25 per hour
Business Analyst Continuing Education Certificate $15-25 per hour
Data Manager Database Architect Computer Programming Associate of Applied Science Degree + Certificate + Continuing Education Certificate $15-25 per hour
Data Warehouse Architect Computer Programming Associate of Applied Science Degree + Certificate + Continuing Education Certificate $15-25 per hour
Database Administrator Computer Programming Associate of Applied Science Degree + Certificate + Continuing Education Certificate $15-25 per hour
Project Manager Project Manager Continuing Education Certificate $15-25 per hour
Project Lead Continuing Education Certificate $15-25 per hour
Telecom/Networking Network Engineer Local Area Network Systems – Network Administration – Associate of Applied Science Degree $15-25 per hour
Network Administrator Local Area Network Systems – Network Administration – Associate of Applied Science Degree $15-25 per hour
Security Security Analyst Local Area Network Systems – Security Administration Specialist – Associate of Applied Science Degree + Certificate + Continuing Education Certificate $15-25 per hour
Security Engineer Local Area Network Systems – Security Administration Specialist – Associate of Applied Science Degree + Certificate + Continuing Education Certificate $15-25 per hour
Security Architect Local Area Network Systems – Security Administration Specialist – Associate of Applied Science Degree + Certificate + Continuing Education Certificate $15-25 per hour
Customer Technical Support Help Desk Information Technology – Applications Specialization & Information Technology – User and Computer Support Specialization $$15-25 per hour
Technical Support Information Technology – Applications Specialization & Information Technology – User and Computer Support Specialization $15-25 per hour

 

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