Retention Specialist (TRiO)

Butte-Glenn-Community-College-District; Orland (CA); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Butte Glenn Community College District in California seeks a Retention Specialist for the TRiO program to coordinate retention efforts, provide personalized coaching, and connect students with campus and community resources to support persistence and degree completion.

The role involves traveling to all campus locations, some evening hours, and close collaboration with STEM faculty to align supports with program objectives and student goals.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in management, social or behavioral science, counseling, or related discipline.
• Two years of experience guiding students to retention or completion.
• Any combination of education and experience that provides the required qualifications.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and manage retention efforts to improve persistence and degree completion.
• Provide one-on-one coaching and referrals to on- and off-campus resources.
• Travel to all Butte College satellite campuses and work some evenings.
• Track student engagement and retention data and report outcomes.
• Collaborate with TRiO team and STEM faculty to support student success.

Skills

Student coaching

Retention interventions

Effective communication

Time management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in relevant field

Education equivalency option

Job description

RETENTION SPECIALIST (TRiO)

Click here for the full Job Description/Classification Specification MSC Range 4; Full-time/Exempt; 40 hours per week; 12 months per year

Position is contingent on grant funding. Currently grant funded through 08/31/2030.

Projected Recruitment Timeline

Anticipated Application Screening Period: September 23-29, 2026

Tentative First Interview Dates: October 7-9, 2026 (Zoom)

Tentative Second Interview Dates: October 15-16, 2026 (In Person)

Anticipated Start Date: December 1, 2026

POSITION HIGHLIGHTS

The Retention Specialist for the TRiO Program will coordinate and manage retention efforts to enhance student persistence, academic progress, and degree completion through personalized coaching, workshops, and referrals to resources. Using the College's Early Alert Program and other resources, they will provide timely support to TRiO students facing academic challenges to prevent probation and dismissal. They will also offer one-on-one coaching and guidance, helping students navigate academic, personal, and career goals, while also tracking their progress and providing follow-up.

The position will be responsible for traveling to all Butte College satellite campuses and will involve some required work on evenings; provide hands-on student support through individualized coaching, proactive outreach, and connection to on-campus and community resources; track student engagement and retention data; serve as a consistent, welcoming presence in the TRiO office and collaborates with the TRiO team to strengthen reentry and retention services; implement strategies to meet the TRiO Program objectives; collaborates with STEM faculty and staff to develop and implement student success activities; keeps informed of the major requirements for STEM majors; and a STEM background would be beneficial but is not required.

Work Schedule

The work schedule is Monday through Thursday, 7:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Friday, 8:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Over the summer the schedule changes to Monday through Thursday, 7:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. with Fridays off. As an exempt position, hours may vary based on departmental needs, including some work on evenings and weekends as necessary.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s degree* in management, social or behavioral science, special education, counseling, occupational therapy, or related discipline; AND
• Two (2) years of experience providing guidance and support to students or participants promoting retention and/or completion of a program in a non-educational or educational program offered at or through a non-educational organization or institution; OR
• Any combination of education and experience which would provide the required qualifications for the position.

*Bachelor’s degree education equivalency is a 1 to 1 equivalency, one (1) year of responsible work experience related to the classification for each full year (24-30 units) of college.

Diversity Qualifications

Sensitivity to and understanding of the diverse academic, socioeconomic, cultural, disability, gender identity and sexual orientation and ethnic backgrounds of community college students and staff.

Butte Glenn Community College District (BGCCD) IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

To accomplish this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform, with or without reasonable accommodation, each essential function satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to help enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Butte Glenn Community College District is committed to creating a diverse workforce focused on equity, inclusion, and accessibility for all faculty, staff, administrators, managers, and students. The District is dedicated to building an environment that supports our diverse student populations providing opportunities to mentor, encourage, and prepare our students to be successful in the world and expose them to global perspectives. Our District community of professionals is devoted to enriching our students' lives by bringing to light a variety of ways to engage and discover their individual and collective paths through education.

Butte Glenn Community College District (BGCCD) is committed to the principles of equal employment opportunity. It is the District’s policy to ensure that all qualified applicants for employment and employees have full and equal access to employment opportunities and are not subject to discrimination in any program or activity of the District on the basis of ethnic group identification, race, gender, color, language, accent, citizenship status, ancestry national origin, age, sex, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, parental status, marital status, veteran status, physical or mental disability or medical condition, or on the basis of these perceived characteristics.

The eligible list established from this recruitment will be used to fill the current vacancy and possibly future vacancies for positions with the same class specification.

Butte Glenn Community College District participates in E-Verify to confirm the identity and employment eligibility of all new hires.

The District reserves the right to modify, rescind or re-advertise this announcement without notification or to delay indefinitely the employment of a person for the position.