Brookdale Community College
Hourly - Student Success Coach/Advisor, GEAR UP for Success
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Lincroft, NJ
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Full-Time
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$26
per Hour
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Academic Advising
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June 1st, 2026
FERPA
Edtech.com's Summary
Brookdale Community College is hiring an Hourly Student Success Coach/Advisor for the GEAR UP for Success program. The role involves managing caseloads of students to provide personalized advising and support focused on post-secondary readiness, educational planning, and student success. The advisor also develops workshops, maintains relationships with students and educational staff, and supports career and college planning.
Highlights
- Manage and monitor caseloads of GEAR UP students with consistent communication and support.
- Develop educational plans, mentor students, and deliver workshops on student success topics.
- Engage in case management including outreach, appointment scheduling, and student documentation.
- Collaborate with school administrators and maintain knowledge of financial aid regulations.
- Maintain accurate student performance records and participate in program assessments.
- Must have a Bachelor’s Degree (Master’s preferred) and three years of experience working with students.
- Skilled in Microsoft Office, educational software systems, and knowledgeable of FERPA regulations.
- Strong interpersonal, communication, leadership, and problem-solving abilities required.
- Compensation is $26.40 per hour.
- Position requires ability to travel locally and work flexible hours, including outside normal college schedules.
Hourly - Student Success Coach/Advisor, GEAR UP for Success Full Description
Overview:
The Student Success Coach/Advisor, GEAR UP (College Bound) position provides students with the tools and resources to be prepared for and succeed in post-secondary education. The Student Success Coach/Advisor delivers universal, seamless, and personalized support. The position maintains a meaningful relationship of sustained, shared responsibility with the students and active engagement in programs directed toward post-secondary readiness and student success.
Responsibilities:
Responsibilities:
Advising
- Manage and monitor a caseload of GEAR UP students providing consistent, accurate, and timely information about the program.
- Support students in developing an educational plan and strategies to improve student success.
- Mentor students in skills needed to be successful in college; prepare and present workshops on a variety of student success-related topics; develop and maintain positive working relationships with faculty and staff to enhance communication, interventions, and student success.
- Develop rapport with middle and high school students and their families, area school staff and faculty, and agency and college personnel.
- Advise students, in the area of, but not limited to, college preparedness, financial aid, career resources, and graduation.
Case Management/Assessment
- Engage in case management practices to include the development of student success plans, conduct student outreach and appointment scheduling using available college communication systems to maintain connections, document student visits, maintain appropriate files to include statements of services and specifics on students’ cases, and engage in student case conferences as requested.
- Collaborate with school administrators regarding student success, support, and program completion.
- Provide career and college planning services.
- Maintain a workable knowledge of institutional, state, and federal financial aid available to students, and the rules and regulations governing them, and integrate financial aid advisement services.
- Stay abreast of, recommend, and adopt exemplary practices to promote student success including participating in workshops, conferences, and other venues that address GEAR UP program operational priorities.
- Engage in applicable assessment practices, including caseload-specific student performance outcomes reporting, documentation of advising-career-transfer service provision, related student participation, and perception of services.
- Other duties and responsibilities as assigned.
Qualifications:
Minimum Qualifications:
Education:
- Bachelor’s Degree required. Master’s Degree preferred.
Experience:
- Three years of experience working directly with students fostering student learning, support, and success as well as a clear understanding of the socioeconomic and academic needs of first-generation, modest-income students and families.
Knowledge/Skills/Abilities:
- and the ability to instruct and motivate students.
- Ability to develop positive mentoring relationships with a diverse student population.
- Must be computer literate with ability to utilize Microsoft Office at an intermediate level and the ability to learn and utilize specific higher education programs and systems. Strong analytical, written and oral communication, interpersonal and organizational skills as well as leadership and management skills.
- Demonstrated problem solving and conflict resolution skills.
- Knowledge of FERPA regulations is required.
- Ability to travel locally and to work in multiple locations.
Preferred Qualifications & Special Considerations:
Knowledge of Monmouth County and its communities.
Working conditions are generally favorable. Individual must be able to work a flexible schedule. The nature of the position will require work days and hours outside of the normal college schedule to reflect the needs of our students. Occasional travel required. Application Documents: Cover Letter, Other, Resume Pay Rate: $26.40/hr
Working conditions are generally favorable. Individual must be able to work a flexible schedule. The nature of the position will require work days and hours outside of the normal college schedule to reflect the needs of our students. Occasional travel required. Application Documents: Cover Letter, Other, Resume Pay Rate: $26.40/hr
