Student Success Coach - Tempe, United States - Sonoran Desert Institute

Sonoran Desert Institute

Verified Company

Tempe, United States

3 weeks ago

Posted by:

Mark Lane

beBee recruiter

Description

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We're Sonoran Desert Institute and we've been changing lives since 2000.

Position Overview:

The Student Success Coach plays an essential role to students as they pursue their educational journey with SDI. The Student Success Coach assists students in developing skills, behaviors and habits that contribute to success in college. These include academic and career goal setting, learning strategies, time management and organization, self-regulation, and self-accountability. The Student Success Coach will guide students on basic information regarding Admissions, Registration and Financial Aid.

Here's what you will be doing:

Fosters persistence and completion by maintaining a caseload of first time in college and/or transfer of students.
Monitors progress of students in caseload with checkins, scheduled meetings or proactive outreach and communication, responding to students' questions, concerns and needs
Conducts academic coaching through individual or group sessions that help students assess their own performance and develop academic success plans
Assists students in navigating online classes, developing selfefficacy by identifying and overcoming obstacles that may be impeding academic success; works with students to learn strong time management and organization skills; motivates students to practice selfregulation and take ownership of their academic success
Helps students in identifying, developing, and implementing learning strategies and study skills specific to course materials
Refers students to appropriate academic personnel and support resources and collaborates with others to monitor and accelerate the academic progress of the students referred
Performs duties that are unique to specific department or college
Directly supports an assigned group of students from enrollment through graduation
Provides individualized support to students based on identified risk factors including academic, socioemotional, and other potential issues, and helps to develop individual plans for success
Closely monitors student attendance and grades in database to assure retention and progression
Consistent ability to meet and/or exceed department expectations and compliance requirements
Provides students with accurate, complete and timely information on school policies and procedures
Responds timely, professionally, and accurately to student inquiries
Documents student interactions in appropriate systems accurately and in a timely manner
Coordinates and attends Student Success events
Develops meaningful relationships across a diverse population of students to facilitate student success
Assists returning students with reentry
Other duties or tasks as assigned

Here's what we offer:

Highly competitive compensation
Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)
Comprehensive benefits package with 100% companypaid medical option for employee
401(k) with generous company match
Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
Pet Insurance
Companypaid Life insurance
Paid Time Off (Vacation, Sick, and Volunteer time off)
14 paid holidays
Referral program
Education Tuition Benefit program
Career development opportunities with a growing company
And perhaps most importantly, a team who is dedicated to your success

Requirements:

What we're looking for:

Bachelor's degree required
One year or more customer service experience required
One year or more Student Services or Student Support experience strongly preferred
One year or more experience in higher education strongly preferred
Tele-Service/Call center experience, preferred

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Sonoran Desert Institute is an Equal Opportunity Employer. It recruits and hires without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, national origin, age, veteran or disability status, sexual orientation, gender expression, or any factors prohibited by law and affirms in policy and practice to support equal opportunity in accordance with all applicable federal, state, and local laws.

Unless specifically agreed upon, SDI does not provide relocation assistance

**Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa at this time.

**All benefits not available immediately upon hire. Some eligibility requirements may need to be met to be eligible for some benefits based on company policy.