College Success Coach

🇺🇸 Evansville, Indiana 🕑 Full-Time 💰 $23 per Hour 💻 Academic Advising 🗓️ November 11th, 2026

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Edtech.com's Summary

University of Southern Indiana is hiring a College Success Coach. The role sits in Student Affairs, where the coach advises and coaches assigned students from admission through graduation, helping them set academic, personal, and professional goals and removing barriers to their success. The coach also supports special populations through the Center for Exploring Majors, such as 21st Century Scholars and students on academic probation, and plans and runs the Pre-Screagle Summer Institute program.

Highlights

Coach students with high-impact questions to identify the root causes of academic or personal challenges, then co-create individualized action plans for short- and long-term goals.
Provide advising, registration guidance, and individualized assistance to assigned students from admission through graduation, which may span a four-year period.
Explain course sequences, prerequisites, internships, and career opportunities, and advise students on career resources, job search platforms, and graduate school application strategies.
Monitor student academic progress and help students with financial aid, scholarship and grant eligibility, financial aid appeals, and account holds.
Track and serve special populations supported by the Center for Exploring Majors, including 21st Century Scholars and students on academic probation or dismissed, while coordinating peer mentors and contributing data to the annual program evaluation.
Plan, oversee, and execute the Pre-Screagle Summer Institute with support from the Director of Campus Access Programs.
Present academic coaching practices and student success strategies through classroom presentations, workshops, and instructional materials.
Bachelor's degree in a related field and one year of experience working directly with students in an educational setting, with three years preferred.
Standard hours of Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., with frequent extended or irregular hours including evenings and weekends and occasional local and regional travel.
Pay of $23.38 per hour, rising to $25.38 per hour on January 2, 2027, with benefits that include a full tuition fee waiver for employees, spouses, and dependent children and a university retirement contribution equal to 7% of salary.