Washtenaw Community College
Part Time Student Success Coach
🇺🇸 Washtenaw County, MI
🕑 Part-Time
💰 $24 per Hour
💻 Academic Advising
🗓️ July 4th, 2025
Edtech.com's Summary
- Manage student caseload with proactive outreach via email, text, and phone using TargetX CRM.
- Monitor student success indicators and implement interventions for retention and completion.
- Conduct one-on-one coaching to develop academic and life skills such as time management and goal setting.
- Serve as primary contact for navigating campus and community resources and provide appropriate referrals.
- Participate in designing and delivering orientation programs, workshops, and success initiatives.
- Collaborate with counselors, advisors, faculty, and staff as part of a Success Team.
- Liaise with outside agencies for case management and student crisis support.
- Required qualifications include a bachelor's degree and at least two years of post-secondary advising or mentoring experience.
- Preferred qualifications include a master’s degree in higher education-related fields and experience with intrusive advising and educational program facilitation.
- Compensation is $23.79 per hour.
Part Time Student Success Coach Full Description
Position Title: | Part Time Student Success Coach
Position is: | Part Time
Position Type: | Staff Position (Full Time/Part Time)
Department/Ofc.: | Student Services
Position Description: |
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The Part time Student Success Coach provides year-round academic support services to Washtenaw Community College students to assist with academic success, retention and completion. This position promotes a positive learning experience for all students with a focus on growth mindset, intrusive coaching, and holistic student development.
Essential Job Duties and Responsibilities:
• Manage an active student caseload which includes:
o Proactive outreach to students through email, text message, and phone calls using TargetX CRM.
o Monitor and track student success indicators such as early alerts, course attendance, and course withdrawals and identify appropriate interventions and follow-up.
o Develop supportive relationships through one on one coaching sessions.
o Assist students develop academic and life skills such as time management, goal setting, prioritization, and organization.
o Serve as a primary point of contact for students with navigating campus and community resources and provide referrals appropriately.
• Participate in the design and implementation of positive intervention strategies and programs to maximize student success such as new student orientation programs, academic success workshops and other campus/community events.
• Serve as a key member of a Success Team for assigned student caseload, and collaborate with designated counselors, advisors, faculty and staff to provide appropriate referrals and develop enhanced academic programs.
• Act as a liaison with outside agencies within a case management model including referrals to help students in crisis with basic needs.
• Other related duties as assigned.
Minimum Qualifications: | Minimum Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
• Bachelor’s degree.
• Equivalent of at least two (2) years of demonstrated successful advising or mentoring experience at the post-secondary level.
• Ability to work with a diverse student population including first generation students.
• Strong interpersonal skills and demonstrated ability to work collaboratively as part of a team.
• Excellent interpersonal and writing skills to communicate effectively with various college and community publics.
• Goal-oriented and highly organized with ability to independently manage multiple projects, motivated to engage in problem solving and persist despite setbacks.
• Must be able to effectively manage high stress student issues and concerns.
• Ability to properly handle confidential information, exercise discretion and good judgment.
• Experience with computer software, database systems/tracking and preparing reports.
Preferred Qualifications: | Additional Preferred Qualifications:
• Master’s degree in Higher Education/Student Affairs, Education, Human Services, Social Work or other related human service field, or evidence of current enrollment in such graduate program.
• Experience working in a Community College setting.
• Experience with case management, and/or intrusive advising/coaching approaches.
• Experience designing and facilitating educational programs or workshops.
Posting Date: | 05/21/2025
Closing Date: |
Open Until Filled | Yes
Special Instructions to Applicants: | Our college strives to make a positive difference in people’s lives through accessible and excellent educational programs and services.
Washtenaw Community College seeks to recruit and retain a productive workforce as a reflection of our commitment to serve our community and to build on the success of our students, faculty & staff. Washtenaw Community College is committed to creating a welcoming environment.
Washtenaw Community College is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Salary/Hourly Rate: | $23.79
Salary Comments: | Publicly available compensation information can be found: Here
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Washtenaw Community College does not discriminate on the basis of religion, race, color, national origin, age, sex, height, weight, marital status, disability, veteran status, or any other protected status as provided for and to the extent required by federal and state statutes. Nor does the college discriminate on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression. Click here for Notice of Nondiscrimination and Other Compliance Statements.
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