Academic Coach

Description

Position Title: Academic Coach

Reports to: Senior Academic Coach

Supervises: N/A

Primary function: The Academic Coach is a key player in supporting the success and persistence of Saint Vincent College students. The Academic Coach works proactively with faculty advisors and academically at-risk students to promote habits and skills connected to academic goals; monitors academic progress and success; and provides highly responsive, holistic advisement on individual student needs and barriers to success inside and outside the classroom.

• Provide proactive outreach and academic coaching for academically at-risk students to help them address their individual learning needs to increase achievement and persistence.
• Work with students, in collaboration with faculty and staff, to promote the planning of intentional academic pathways.
• Monitor individual student progress and work collaboratively with other Saint Vincent College student support and student alert processes.
• Coordinate and offer programs tied to academic success and persistence, including a summer bridge program for conditionally admitted first-year students and specific resources for academically at-risk students.
• Collaborate with faculty and staff to intentionally connect academic work and skill development to the exploration of career pathways.
  
  

Required Qualifications

• SKILLS
• Ability to work interactively with students using best practices for advising, academic coaching, academic support, and/or career development.
• Highly collaborative, with proven ability to work collegially with students, faculty, and staff in a respectful manner.
• Ability to function in a high-energy, fast-paced, ever-changing environment while maintaining a professional demeanor.
• Effective organizational and time management skills
• Demonstrated commitment to diversity and inclusion.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, written and verbal, in individual and group settings.
• Ability to deal tactfully with and motivate students.
• Student-centered commitment to the goals of liberal arts education.
• Ability to work independently and handle multiple tasks.
• EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE
• At least two years’ experience with student development, mentoring, advising, career counseling, and/or providing student services in a higher education setting.
• EDUCATION
• Bachelor’s degree required, master’s degree preferred.
  
  

Essential Duties

• Serve as a resource for students, specifically with respect to academic success planning and intervention.
• Maintain accurate and up-to-date records of student interactions and progress, using this information to inform program development and improvement.
• Participate in the development and implementation of the Department of Student Academic Success student success planning, including setting goals, developing strategies, and evaluating outcomes.
• Research and stay current with best practices in student success and academic support and make recommendations for improvements to programs and services based on emerging trends and research.
• Develop and implement outreach and support programs to promote academic success and retention, such as peer tutoring, study groups, and academic workshops.
• Develop and maintain effective partnerships with faculty, staff, and other departments to identify and address student needs, and to promote a culture of student success across campus.
• Assist with the planning and coordination of student success initiatives and events, such as summer and fall orientation programs, summer bridge activities, academic support programs, and student success workshops.
• Support programs, initiatives, and processes for the Office of Student Academic Success, Academic Affairs, and Student Affairs.
• Perform other duties as assigned.
  
  

Other Duties

• The work environment includes regular meetings and the occasional weekend or evening work relevant to Academic Affairs or Admissions events is required.
  
  

All positions require the incumbent to be able to fully embrace the unique mission and identity of the College as a Catholic, Benedictine liberal arts and sciences institution. Saint Vincent College is committed to diversity and encourages applicants from all qualified candidates. Saint Vincent College is committed to building a diversified and competent population of faculty and staff, and encourages applications from women and minorities. Saint Vincent is an equal opportunity employer.

PLEASE NOTE: Background checks will be performed on all new hires. Employment is conditional upon satisfactory background checks and clearances.

About the Organization Saint Vincent College is an educational community rooted in the tradition of the Catholic faith, the heritage of Benedictine monasticism, and the love of values inherent in the liberal approach to life and learning. Our mission is to provide quality undergraduate and graduate education for men and women to enable them to integrate their professional aims with the broader purposes of human life. The programs, activities, and encounters that make up student life at Saint Vincent College encourages the intellectual gifts, professional aptitudes and personal aspirations of students to mature harmoniously.

EOE Statement We are an equal employment opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.