Campus Academic Success Coach — Empower Student Growth

Loyola Marymount University; United States; On-site; USD 81,000 - 105,000; Full time

Job summary

LMU’s Academic Resource Center seeks an in-person Academic Success Coach to provide one-on-one coaching, help students set goals, and build skills in time management, planning, organization, and active learning.

The role delivers workshops, develops student-facing resources, assists with ARC assessment, and coordinates graduate student coaches. Collaboration with academic colleges, Disability Support Services, and Student Psychological Services is essential.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree or higher in educational psychology, clinical psychology, counseling or related field.
• Three years of related job experience.
• Supervisory experience of students or graduate students preferred.
• Experience at a college or university learning center.
• Strong communication and reporting skills.
• Ability to engage diverse student groups.

Responsibilities

• Provide one-on-one academic coaching for LMU students seeking academic support to help students identify academic goals, develop actionable plans, and strengthen skills in time management, planning and prioritization, organization, active learning, reading and note‑taking strategies, exam preparation, metacognition, and self‑monitoring.
• Respond to walk‑in student requests as needed.
• Facilitate workshops and group support activities around academic success coaching and active learning principles to increase academic engagement and academic skill transfer across courses for all LMU students, especially first year students, transfer students, and students referred as part of their CARE plans and academic probation success plans.
• Develop and deliver student‑facing resources and services through the Academic Resource Center related to retention and persistence.
• Help students identify campus resources when their needs go beyond the scope of academic coaching.
• Demonstrate a clear understanding of assessment and ability to oversee Academic Success assessment and data collection.
• Assist in ARC assessment rollout and dissemination, and data collection and management.
• Oversee graduate students serving as academic success coaches as needed and appropriate.
• Collaborate with university partners within academic colleges and student affairs as needed and appropriate, including academic advising areas, Disability Support Services, and Student Psychological Services.
• Represent LMU and RAE at campus events, within the greater LMU community and at professional organizations or associations, serve on committees as required.
• Demonstrate computer competency and proficiency in Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint), Qualtrics, online productivity software (e.g. Google Docs and Sheets), LMS (Brightspace), Terminal4, and platforms utilized by ARC for scheduling, tracking and assessment (WC Online).
• Perform other duties as assigned or requested.

Skills

Academic coaching

Workshop facilitation

Qualtrics

LMS Brightspace

Microsoft Office

Data management

Education

Master’s degree

Tools

Qualtrics

Brightspace

Google Docs/Sheets

Microsoft Office

Job description

LMU’s Academic Resource Center seeks an in-person Academic Success Coach to provide one-on-one coaching, help students set goals, and build skills in time management, planning, organization, and active learning.

The role delivers workshops, develops student-facing resources, assists with ARC assessment, and coordinates graduate student coaches. Collaboration with academic colleges, Disability Support Services, and Student Psychological Services is essential.