Success Coach

CU Campbellsville University; Campbellsville (KY); On-site; USD 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

Campbellsville University in Kentucky seeks a dedicated Success Coach to maintain daily contact with first-year and transfer students, guiding them through academic expectations, CU processes, and campus resources. You will support student adaptation, monitor progress, and connect them with tutoring, advisors, and other offices to foster retention and success.

The role involves organizing campus events like Student Success Workshops, New Student Orientations, and orientation classes, while

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required; Master’s preferred.
• Interest in helping students succeed and move to graduation.
• Self-motivated with strong interpersonal and communication skills.
• Proficient with social networking technologies.

Responsibilities

• Maintain daily contact with first-year, second-year and transfer students via phone, email, text or face-to-face.
• Assist students in adapting to academic rigor and CU processes and policies.
• Act as campus liaison to connect students with tutoring, advisors and other offices.
• Inform, motivate and encourage student success and life skills.
• Monitor student progress data and coordinate with offices to support retention.
• Organize Student Success Workshops, New Student Orientations and campus events.
• Collaborate with faculty and departments to promote Academic Support visibility.
• Navigate Workday for schedules, changes and data tracking; contribute to committees as needed.

Skills

Interpersonal communication

Self-motivated

Social networking tech

Student support

Organizational skills

Education

Bachelor’s Degree

Master’s Preferred

Tools

Workday

Job description

Job Description Success Coach

Maintain one-on-one communication and contact with first-year, second-year, and first-year transfer students on a daily basis by phone, email, text, or face-to-face, and social media. Assist students in adapting to academic rigor and learning CU processes and policies, including educating students on holds, attendance policies, and grade expectations. Act as campus liaison to aid students in getting connected to the campus community, tutoring services, academic advisors/faculty members and other relevant student-facing offices on campus. Inform, motivate, and encourage student success and lasting life skills in order to address on/off campus obstacles. Answer a multitude of questions and maintain in-office organization. Monitor and assess needs related to student progress, such as grades, absence warnings, preventative interventions, progress monitoring reports, etc. Maintain active flexibility every day based on a variety of student contact and situations. Collaborate with other offices and academic departments on campus with a vision of student success and retention. Organize Student Success Workshops, New Student Orientations, parts of summer registration days, and other campus events. Attend to all aspects of freshman orientation classes, including addressing the various needs of instructors, communicating with mentors, planning large group events, and providing informational materials. Check student schedules for inconsistencies and communicate required changes to students and advisors. Serve faculty and academic departments on an as-needed basis to assist with various needs and to add visibility for Academic Support services within each department. Navigate and orient students and faculty to the academic side of Workday, especially in the context of checking schedules and making changes and tracking student data through notetaking. Monitor universal data tracking and collection of student information. Participate in committees and meetings in relation to job functions. Develop and refine targeted communication points via text and cross-campus visits. Participate in on-going training and professional development. Perform other duties as requested by advisor or as needed by the BASC.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree; Master’s Preferred
• Interest in helping students succeed and move to graduation
• Self-motivated with strong interpersonal and communication skills
• Proficient in social networking technologies

Campbellsville University is a comprehensive, Christian institution that offers non-credit technical programs, along with certificates, associates, undergraduate and graduate programs. The university is dedicated to academic excellence solidly grounded in the liberal arts that fosters personal growth, integrity and professional preparation within a caring environment. The university prepares students as Christian servant leaders for life-long learning, continued scholarship by linking discovery research to knowledge at the doctoral level, and active participation in a diverse, global society.