Success Coach

🇺🇸 Rochester, MI 🕑 Full-Time 💰 $54K 💻 Academic Advising 🗓️ June 4th, 2026

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Edtech.com's Summary

Oakland University is hiring a Success Coach. The Success Coach fosters students' academic skills and habits, helps overcome obstacles to academic progress, and collaborates with advisers and campus partners to connect students to university support resources. They manage student caseloads through meetings and outreach, develop coaching resources, facilitate workshops, and support university initiatives related to student success and retention.

Highlights

Manage caseload of students in designated populations, monitoring progress through meetings and outreach.

Collaborate with students, advisers, and campus partners to connect students to support resources.

Create coaching resources, facilitate academic workshops, and participate in program assessments.

Contribute to university initiatives on student success and retention through committee participation.

Proficiency required in Microsoft Office, Google suite, and web conferencing software.

Must have a Bachelor's degree with experience in teaching, academic support, counseling, social work, or similar fields.

Experience with coaching, mentoring, or counseling techniques supporting academic success.

Commitment to serve diverse student backgrounds and ability to work flexible hours including occasional nights/weekends.

Salary is $54,302 annually with full-time (40 hours/week) schedule.

Preferred qualifications include a Master’s degree, experience with first-generation college students, academic probation students, and expertise in academic skill development or motivational interviewing.