Student Support Coordinator-College of Nursing Student Affairs

University of Tennessee; Memphis (TN); On-site; USD 47,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

University of Tennessee in Memphis seeks a Student Support Coordinator to assist nursing students across BSN tracks under the Assistant Dean of Student Affairs.

You will apply evidence-based methods to boost student success and retention, while developing comprehensive support plans and tutoring as needed.

Qualifications

• Requires Bachelor's degree in nursing (transcript required).
• Two (2) years of relevant experience; or 6 years combining college coursework and related work experience.
• Demonstrate knowledge of higher education practices and nursing standards.

Responsibilities

• Follows evidence-based methods to improve student success and retention.
• Develops and implements comprehensive student success and retention plans for undergraduate nursing students.
• Manages complex student cases involving academic, financial, personal, psychosocial, and progression-related barriers.
• Provides tutoring on the spot/just in time as needed.
• Collaborates with faculty to identify student readiness and needs to promote student success.
• Assists in development of students' professional nursing role identity.
• Provides adjunctive workshops to facilitate student socialization into the profession and students' nursing skills.
• Participates in pre-nursing advising and recruitment efforts.
• Maintains data on efforts and outcomes of individual students and overall program effectiveness.
• Provides regular reports to leadership on outcomes and progress of strategies.
• Shares strategies and outcomes with stakeholders.
• Supports accreditation reporting and data collection related to student outcomes, progression, and retention metrics.
• Develops policies and procedures and operational workflows related to student support services.
• Performs other duties and special projects as assigned.

Skills

Student support

Retention strategies

Evidence-based methods

Communication skills

Team collaboration

Data reporting

Education

Bachelor's degree in nursing

RN license

Job description

Description

Market Range: 10

Hiring Salary: $4,182.12 - $5,854.96/Monthly

JOB SUMMARY/ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS: Under the Direction of the Assistant Dean of Student Affairs, the Student Support Coordinator supports nursing students in all tracks of the BSN program.

Responsibilities

• Follows evidence-based methods to improve student success and retention.
• Develops and implements comprehensive student success and retention plans for undergraduate nursing students.
• Manages complex student cases involving academic, financial, personal, psychosocial, and progression-related barriers
• Provides tutoring on the spot/just in time as needed.
• Collaborates with faculty to identify student readiness and student needs to promote student success.
• Assists in development of students' acquisition of professional nurse role identity.
• Provides adjunctive workshops to facilitate student socialization into the profession and students' acquisition of professional nursing skills.
• Participates in pre-nursing advising and recruitment efforts.
• Maintains data on efforts and outcomes of individual students and the overall success of programming effectiveness.
• Provides regular reports to leadership on outcomes and progress of strategies.
• Shares strategies, innovations and outcomes related to student success and retention with stakeholders.
• Supports accreditation reporting and data collection related to student outcomes, progression, and retention metrics
• Develop policies and procedures and operational workflows related to student support services.
• Performs other duties and special projects, as assigned.

Qualifications

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:

EDUCATION: Bachelor's degree in nursing. (TRANSCRIPT REQUIRED)

LICENSE: Registered Nurse, unencumbered, active.

EXPERIENCE: Two (2) years of relevant experience; OR a combination of college coursework and related work experience to equal six (6) years. (Previous higher education professional nursing experience is preferred.)

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES:

• Candidates must have current knowledge of higher education academic practices and knowledge of resources needed by students.
• Current knowledge of nursing standards of practice.
• Demonstrate clear and effective communication skills.
• Ability to build rapport with students, internal and external stakeholders.
• Ability to successfully manage multiple priorities.
• Ability to effectively connect students to external resources.