Academic Success Coach (Part -Time)

Title: Academic Success Coach (Part -Time)

Agency: Northern VA Community College

Location: Fairfax County - 059

FLSA: Nonexempt

Hiring Range: $32/hr

Full Time or Part Time: Part Time

Additional Detail

Job Description:
General Description:
Assist at risk students with academic, career, and life planning through one on one and group advising. Lead workshops, present in classes, provide on demand walk-in support, and contribute to division programs as needed.

Duties and Tasks:

• Advise students on academic probation and warning through appointments, group sessions and during walk-in shifts.
• Maintain continues awareness of most current information related to program advising, transfer guidance, college policies, and procedures.
• Facilitate workshops and programs on academic success strategies.
• Assist with Student Services programs as needed.
• Direct interactions with high-need, high-risk student population.
• Conduct appointment based and small group sessions around academic life management, academic planning, special population insights, and problem solving.
• Make appropriate referrals to both college resources and community resources for mental and emotional wellness, as well as financial sustainability.
• Conduct strategic outreach through Navigate and SIS systems to ensure relationship development and student-centered connections.
• Effectively serve students placed on academic probation and/or warning and students with complicated transfer in and out of NOVA profiles.
• Provide general advising support during peak periods of enrollment to a diverse range of students including adult learners, veterans, ESL learners and any special populations the college determines needs high touch advising support.
• Use technology to supplement an intrusive advising approach for these special populations and facilitate a culture of care and relationship rich education.
• Collaborate with faculty to manage complex student matters.
• Participate in walk in general advising as needed during peak periods.
• Provide programming and training, including ongoing student support programming.
• Assist with programs sponsored by advising, OWMH (Office of Wellness and Mental Health); ORA (Outreach, Recruitment & Admissions).

Minimum Qualifications:

Required KSAs:

• Skills in educational and career counseling, academic advising, support of diverse student populations in navigating the comprehensive higher education experience.
• Ability to initiate program development, planning, and evaluation.
• Knowledge of college degree plans, transfer agreements, interpreting placement test scores, college level study skills, campus services and resources for students.
• Ability to analyze transfer and progression requirements and engage in student support to help them reach educational goals.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Experience with training and/or education in academic advising, educational counseling, human services, or related field serving a high need population.
• Experience with presenting to small and large groups effectively
• Experience in a higher education setting.

Preferred Qualifications:

Additional Considerations:

• Experience in student development, higher education, counseling, social work or similar field.
• Experience in advising students, preferably at a community college setting.