Student Success Coordinator

Description:

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

The Student Success Coordinator will assist with providing academic and cocurricular support to BI students and collaborate with other student services offices across campus to direct students to the resources most appropriate for their interests and needs. In collaboration with the BI instructional team, the Student Services Specialist will also create and implement academic and cocurricular programs and activities to support the primary goals and outcomes of the BI, including but not limited to mentoring, leadership development, and community engagement. The Student Success Coordinator will ensure that these programs and activities are aligned with the BI seminar curriculum for each cohort level. Additional details are described below:

Academic Support and Student Development

Serve as academic support specialist and advocate for BI students, focusing primarily on first-year students.
Work closely with EOP advisors to ensure that first-year students are academically on-track, and to provide additional support when needed.
Provide first-year students with referrals to resources on campus and within the community.
Work with BI course instructors to track academic progress of first-year students each quarter.
Work with BI course instructors to advise and prepare first-year students for engagement in experiential learning, internships on and off campus, service learning, study abroad, and other academic opportunities.
Work with BI staff to maintain partnerships with other campus offices (i.e. OMAD, UAA, academic departments), in order to facilitate collaborative student support and connect students with academic and co-curricular opportunities.
Promote campus and community events, as well as resources of interest, to BI students.

BI Programming

Manage event planning and coordination for BI professional development workshops, health and wellness workshops, and other community building events.
Assist with planning and coordination for large-scale BI events including welcome orientation, new scholars retreat, and end of year and graduation celebration.
Design and manage BI peer mentor program.
In conjunction with other BI staff, develop communications with faculty, students, staff, and outside organizations and colleges to disseminate program information, build partnerships, and enhance opportunities for BI students.
Assist with implementing new and existing outreach efforts and vehicles, including but not limited to K-12 outreach, BI’s positive social change challenge, civil discourse project, ongoing maintenance and updating of BI social media accounts; ensure efforts align with program goals and propose revisions to outreach strategies as appropriate.

Cohort Recruitment & Selection

Assist with recruiting prospective BI students through multiple outreach channels including social media, networking events, and outreach with schools and community partners.
Assist with BI application process, including working with the selection committee to read applications, schedule and conduct interviews, and select participants.
Work with prospective students by phone, letter and email communication throughout the recruitment & selection process, with a high degree of program knowledge and professionalism.

Instructional Support

Assist the BI instructional team with implementation of the first-year seminar, to include leading some classroom activities and discussions on mentoring, leadership development, and community engagement.
Coordinate and support BI peer mentors who are working with students in the first-year seminar.
Provide feedback to BI students on various assignments in the first-year seminar.

Other duties as assigned

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

Bachelor’s Degree in education or a related field and 2-3 years of experience in education and/or program administration.

Equivalent education/experience will substitute for all minimum qualifications except when there are legal requirements, such as a license/certification/registration.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS

A demonstrated awareness and understanding of concerns and issues experienced by underrepresented and marginalized populations.
Direct experience working with students in an educational setting.
Demonstrated ability to serve as an effective advocate for student success.
Excellent communication skills and ability to prioritize and reprioritize multiple projects in a fast-paced environment.
Informed judgment and maintenance of a high level of confidentiality.
Demonstrated ability to take initiative and follow through on independent projects.

DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS

Master’s Degree in education or a related field.
Familiarity with issues of educational equity, college persistence, gender and masculinity.
Prior experience in advising, programming and/or recruitment with ethnically diverse, low-income, and/or first-generation college student populations.
Equivalent education/experience will substitute for all minimum qualifications except when there are legal requirements, such as license/certification/registration.