Holistic Student Success Coach

Lawrence University; Appleton (WI); On-site; USD 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Lawrence University is seeking a Student Success Coach to join the Center for Academic Success in Appleton. The role emphasizes individualized coaching, collaboration with Career Center partners, and helping students connect liberal arts learning with meaningful career pathways.

Responsibilities include teaching student success courses, facilitating workshops, and supporting students through transitions, persistence, and post‑graduate planning in a holistic student success framework.

Qualifications

• Completed Master’s degree in Higher Education, Counseling, Student Affairs, Educational Psychology, Social Work, College Student Personnel, or a similar field.
• Demonstrated experience coaching, advising, teaching, counseling, mentoring, or otherwise supporting college students in achieving academic, personal, or professional goals.

Responsibilities

• Provide individualized student success coaching that empowers students to identify their strengths, values, interests, and aspirations; clarify goals and priorities; make intentional decisions and take meaningful action; develop effective learning strategies; strengthen motivation, confidence, and accountability; build resilience and self-awareness; connect academic experiences to meaningful engagement opportunities and future pathways.
• Partner with students to intentionally navigate their Lawrence experience by integrating academic success, personal growth, well-being, career readiness, and post-graduate planning into a cohesive educational journey.
• Guide students in exploring multiple academic, career, and life pathways through a developmental coaching approach emphasizing curiosity, experimentation, reflection, and iterative decision-making.
• Support students in developing effective college success behaviors, including faculty engagement, strategic help-seeking, time management, self-advocacy, reflective practice, and effective use of campus resources.
• Coach students through the exploration of career pathways, graduate/professional education, and post-graduate opportunities using guided reflection, life design activities, informational interview planning, and intentional referrals to Career Center programs, alumni, employers, and experiential learning opportunities.

Skills

Coaching

Facilitation

Interpersonal skills

Student development

Career readiness

Equity & inclusion

Education

Master’s degree in Higher Education or related field

Tools

Navigate360

Canvas

Outlook

Teams

Zoom

Job description

Lawrence University is seeking a Student Success Coach to join the Center for Academic Success in Appleton. The role emphasizes individualized coaching, collaboration with Career Center partners, and helping students connect liberal arts learning with meaningful career pathways.

Responsibilities include teaching student success courses, facilitating workshops, and supporting students through transitions, persistence, and post‑graduate planning in a holistic student success framework.