Academic Success & Retention Coach

South Carolina State University; Orangeburg, Northern (SC, KY); Hybrid; USD 42,000 - 62,000; Full time

Job summary

South Carolina State University is seeking a dedicated Retention Specialist in Orangeburg, SC to foster student success through proactive advising and targeted support. You will design programs, monitor progress, and connect students with campus resources to improve retention and persistence.

The role emphasizes structured coaching, collaboration with departments, and helping students develop time management, study skills, and self-efficacy to reach graduation goals.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in the discipline.
• Three years' experience in student development programs, academic advising or related educational service programs.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement programs to help assist students with navigating their college environment, maximizing their college resources and successfully reach college graduation.
• Help students create a structured and collaborative approach to support academic progress by identifying strengths and weaknesses, developing, and strengthening time-management and organizational skills.
• Refer students to other services on campus and off campus such as academic advising, counseling, career services, tutoring and other resources to support the students' personal needs.
• Assists students with identifying and navigating obstacles that may interfere with their academic success.
• Monitors progress of students in caseload with early alerts, check-ins, scheduled meetings or proactive outreach and communication, responding to students' questions, concerns, and needs.
• Conduct academic coaching through individual or group sessions that help students assess their own performance and develop academic success plans
• Assist students in developing self-efficacy by identifying and overcoming obstacles that may be impeding academic success; works with students to learn strong time management and organization skills; motivates students to practice self-regulation and take ownership
• Help students in identifying, developing, and implementing learning strategies and study skills specific to course materials
• Collaborate with on-campus departments to assure students receive the support they need related to financial aid, orientation, academic advising, tutoring, career counseling, and other support programs.
• Develops, implements, coordinates, and tracks intervention strategies that enhance student success, as well as provides qualitative and quantitative reports.
• Identifies issues, builds success plans to overcome obstacles, leverages resources for meeting goals, and ensures student accountability.
• Teach University 101

Skills

Time management

Organization

Self-regulation

Self-efficacy

Academic coaching

Student development

Education

Bachelor's degree in related field

Master's degree in Higher Education or Counseling

Job description

South Carolina State University is seeking a dedicated Retention Specialist in Orangeburg, SC to foster student success through proactive advising and targeted support. You will design programs, monitor progress, and connect students with campus resources to improve retention and persistence.

The role emphasizes structured coaching, collaboration with departments, and helping students develop time management, study skills, and self-efficacy to reach graduation goals.