Job Description
Major responsibilities include registration, academic advising/success coaching and the retention/persistence of enrolled nursing students. The Success Coach interacts with students, university faculty and advising teams, professional staff, and other program personnel to enhance and facilitate the progression, and graduation of students.
Academic Partner: Loyola University Accelerated Bachelor of Science in Nursing
Site location: 1020 W. 31st Street, Downers Grove, IL
Schedule: Onsite position, Mon-Fri standard business hours
Target Hire: September 2021
Primary Job Objectives:
- Facilitation and support of student progression
- Provide on-site success coaching and coordination of appropriate student services
- Manage student registration process for each semester (3 per year)
What You Will Do:
- Provides proactive and developmental coaching/advising for all active students
- Actively initiates and continues ongoing guidance to students whose grades, attendance, and/or personal barriers put them academically at risk
- Communicates concerns about student progress to the student, faculty members, and administration in conjunction with coaching efforts and strategy
- Consistently stays engaged with students in order to promote success by using forums such as: one on one meetings, phone calls, face-to-face video chat, and success seminars
- Ensures timely coordination of registration of selected courses
- Acts as a liaison for student(s) in matters related to academic appeals, readmission requests, grievances, etc. affecting a students progress through the program
- Appropriately documents communication with students and maintains all required student population reports
What You Will Have:
- Ability to read, analyze, and interpret reports
- Confidence, resilience, strong organizational skills, exceptional persistence, a high level of commitment, and the ability to guide and motivate others
- Positive attitude, high level of energy and enthusiasm
- Experience coaching students to ensure retention and persistence
- Master's degree
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