Success Coach, Student Success Coaching

Success Coach, Student Success Coaching

George Mason University’s Student Success Coaching unit, is seeking qualified candidates for a Success Coach position. George Mason University has a strong institutional commitment to the achievement of excellence and diversity among its faculty and staff, and strongly encourages candidates to apply who will enrich Mason’s academic and culturally inclusive environment.

About the Department:

The Division of University Life’s Student Success Coaching unit is a hub for student engagement for all new freshman and transfer students, and provides access to coaching for all undergraduate students at Mason. Student success coaching increases the retention rate and academic success of incoming students by helping students set and achieve academic, career, and personal goals, and connecting students to campus and community resources. The Student Success Coaching unit provides incoming students access to ongoing mentoring and coaching from professional and student staff that maintain university-wide and college-specific knowledge to ensure the success of Mason’s incoming student populations.

About the Position:

Reporting to the Assistant Director, the Success Coach provides holistic support for their assigned caseload of incoming students in their first year and available for the duration of students’ time at Mason as needed by using the university’s chosen methodology in the nine focus areas of development (academics and major fit, school community, managing commitments, effectiveness, commitment to graduation, career exploration, finances, civic engagement, and well-being). Success Coaches provide an element of support for student career goals beyond the academic component. Mason will provide coach training on the coaching methodology to all incoming Success Coaches. The Success Coach provides success strategies for students, manages outreach and support efforts, and intervenes on student concerns to increase retention. Success Coaches contribute to Mason’s strategic goals of preparing career-ready graduates, while increasing graduation and increasing retention rates.

Responsibilities:

Coaching

• Support of daily operations and student support, reporting, and troubleshooting with stakeholders to ensure holistic coaching is provided by using the university’s chosen methodology in the nine focus areas of development (academics and major fit, school community, managing commitments, effectiveness, commitment to graduation, career exploration, finances, civic engagement, and well-being); Coaches assist with students’ career exploration and major fit processes to achieve academic and career goals, as well as identify barriers to success and help students implement strategies to overcome them; and Maintains university-wide and college-specific knowledge of relevant policies, procedures, and resources for first year students.

Student Impact and Outreach

• Monitors student progress and performance, analyzes problem areas, determines solutions, and conducts intervention activities and processes for students; Coaches meet with and provide success strategies to students; manage outreach and support efforts to students with a variety of academic and personal development skills necessary to achieve student success; Coaches assist and support all retention related efforts within the school/college to support success and retention efforts, while implementing interventions to improve student retention. Success Coaches collaborate with academic advisors and other university stakeholders to support student success; Coaches are required to participate in university, divisional, and unit-based events, and are required to be on-campus when necessary. Events include, but are not limited to, New Student Orientation, Preamble, UL All-Staff Meetings, I-Team meetings, SSC programs, and other stakeholder-related programs; Provides appropriate, accurate, and timely referrals for students; and Follow-up with at-risk/interventions for students identified in the Patriot Success Survey, and other relevant student surveys.

Training and Technology

• Coaches are required to participate in university wide foundational coaching training and ongoing professional development; Success Coaches must achieve success coaching certification within 12-15 months of attending foundational coach training; and Success Coaches are required to utilize the chosen university platform for tracking and reporting student interactions and making referrals.

Other

• Other related duties as assigned by Assistant Director.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree, or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master’s degree in Higher Education, Student Personnel, Counseling, or related field preferred; Experience with educational database management systems (EDMS) and customer relationship management systems (CRM); Success coaching certification; and Demonstrated experience in student leadership, communication, program development, and administrative skills.

Special Instructions to Applicants  

For full consideration, applicants must apply for position number 02946Z at https://jobs.gmu.edu/; complete and submit the online application; and upload a cover letter, resume, and a list of three professional references with contact information.

George Mason University is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer, committed to promoting inclusion and equity in its community. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability or veteran status, or any characteristic protected by law.