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Promise Program Coach/First-Year Student Initiatives Coordinator
Milwaukee, WI / Wauwatosa, WI
Job Description
Mount Mary University has a new position with in "The Promise Program" which is a federally funded Student Support Services TRiO program. The program serves first-generation and low-income college students in an effort to help them remain in good academic standing, persist in college, and graduate with a 4-year degree.
Position Status:
Full-time (100%) – 12 months *Contingent upon grant funding
Reports to:
Promise Program Director
Qualifications:
Responsibilities:
Position Status:
Full-time (100%) – 12 months *Contingent upon grant funding
Reports to:
Promise Program Director
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree required; Master’s preferred. Degrees in education, psychology/sociology, social work, or counseling desired
- Minimum of one year of relevant professional experience working in a TRIO federal program or similar programs that serve first generation, low-income, and/or disabled college students
- Minimum of one year of professional work experience in higher education related to advising and providing academic support programs in a college setting
- Knowledge about first-year transition issues and effective measures to enhance first-year student retention
- Strong oral, written, and interpersonal communication skills, including the ability to work with diverse groups, facilitate group process and foster collaborative decision making.
- Familiarity with the challenges first-generation, low-income students encounter, especially as it relates to career decision-making or advanced degree planning.
- Understanding of retention issues in higher education
Responsibilities:
- Provide individual consultation, assessment, advising, intervention, advocacy, problem solving, and referral for students regarding their academic, career, personal, and financial circumstances at the University.
- Assess students' academic, career, personal, and financial needs; interpret results of formal and informal needs assessments; design services in consultation with the student to meet students' needs.
- Assist students with improving financial and economic literacy and obtaining financial aid and scholarships, completing the FAFSA, and budgeting.
- Create, facilitate, and promote academic and social skill workshops
- Coordinate the extended summer orientation sessions for first-year students and provide structured group activities aimed to improve the academic performance and retention of first and second-year students throughout the school year
- Maintain student data and records in a manner that ensures confidentiality and continual audit-readiness in terms of organization, completeness, accuracy, and full and appropriate documentation. Maintain participant information, including case notes and contact hours in the database in a complete, timely, and accurate manner and within established deadlines.
- Collaborate with faculty, staff and other members of the Mount Mary community as necessary to promote student college success
- Participate in staff meetings, professional development offerings and Mount Mary University community-building activities and events
- Perform other duties as assigned
Job Summary
Company
Start Date
August 10, 2015
Employment Term and Type
Regular, Full Time
Required Education
Bachelor's Degree
Required Experience
1 to 4 years
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