Assistant Director, BPA Programs & Student Success

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Urbana (IL); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Experience Champaign Urbana is seeking a BPA Program Leader to guide the Business Pathways Academy and drive student engagement, academic success, and retention across campus. The role oversees integrated programming across academic, co-curricular, and community experiences, partners with leadership to align outcomes with learner goals, and leads data reporting.

You will work cross-functionally with Student Success, OUP and Gies to ensure BPA integrates with broader initiatives and provide

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage the BPA program to improve student engagement, academic performance, and retention
• Oversee delivery of integrated programming across academic, co-curricular, and community-based experiences
• Contribute to student success and retention initiatives within the broader Student Success portfolio
• Partner with leadership to align BPA outcomes with college-wide learner experience goals
• Contribute to the development and execution of cohort-based student success strategy
• Design, implement, and continuously improve BPA programming
• Coordinate and align BPA student participation in supplemental learning systems
• Oversee day-to-day operations of BPA programming and initiatives
• Track and analyze data
• Develop reports to evaluate program outcomes and impact
• Maintain program materials, communications, and systems
• Establish clear expectations and accountability structures for program delivery
• Provide professional and student staff training
• Serve as a program-level leader within Student Success, contributing to unit planning and coordination
• Support integration of BPA within the broader student success, OUP and Gies Business ecosystem
• Collaborate with Coordinator of Academic Success to lead key program personnel
• Contribute to unit-level reporting and assessment efforts, including dashboards and impact reports
• Monitor academic progress of BPA students toward graduation using the appropriate systems
• Provide proactive individualized advising and degree planning to BPA students, especially those entering with at-risk degree progression
• Coordinate with Program Coordinator to organize facilitated study groups and skill-based workshops
• Other duties as assigned

Job description

Experience Champaign Urbana is seeking a BPA Program Leader to guide the Business Pathways Academy and drive student engagement, academic success, and retention across campus. The role oversees integrated programming across academic, co-curricular, and community experiences, partners with leadership to align outcomes with learner goals, and leads data reporting.

You will work cross-functionally with Student Success, OUP and Gies to ensure BPA integrates with broader initiatives and provide