Academic Coaching Specialist

University Of Nebraska Omaha; Omaha (NE); On-site; USD 47,000 - 57,000; Full time

Job summary

University of Nebraska Omaha seeks an Academic Coaching Specialist to join Durango's Advancement & Support Hub (DASH). This full-time, on-site role provides holistic academic and personal support to scholarship cohorts, guiding students toward persistence and degree completion.

You will connect students with campus and community resources, use data to identify needs, and collaborate with campus partners to boost retention and success across multiple programs.

Responsibilities

• Serve as Academic Coach within Durango's Advancement & Support Hub (DASH), supporting students across multiple scholarship cohorts.
• Deliver individualized academic, career, social, and emotional support to foster student belonging and success.
• Connect students to campus and community resources based on individual needs.
• Guide students in building skills and strategies for persistence and degree completion.
• Collaborate with campus partners to provide holistic, wrap-around student support.
• Use student data to proactively identify needs and connect students to timely resources aimed at improving retention.

Job description

University of Nebraska Omaha is hiring an Academic Coaching Specialist to serve as an Academic Coach within Durango's Advancement & Support Hub (DASH), supporting students across multiple scholarship cohorts. The coach fosters belonging and student success through individualized academic, career, social, and emotional support, connecting students to campus and community resources. The role uses student data to proactively identify needs and improve retention.

Highlights

• Serves as an Academic Coach within Durango's Advancement & Support Hub (DASH), supporting students across multiple scholarship cohorts.
• Delivers individualized academic, career, social, and emotional support to foster student belonging and success.
• Connects students to campus and community resources based on individual needs.
• Guides students in building skills and strategies for persistence and degree completion.
• Collaborates with campus partners to provide holistic, wrap-around student support.
• Uses student data to proactively identify needs and connect students to timely resources aimed at improving retention.
• Full-time, 12-month, on-site exempt position with no remote or telecommute option.
• Annual salary of $52,000.