Richmond Talent Pathway Coach

Richmond Talent Pathway Coach

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Job Code 35211
Recruitment Pool All Applicants
Posting Number req6722
Unit Offc of Strategic Enrollment Mngmnt
Department Summer Studies and Special Programs
Department Website Link https://semss.vcu.edu/
Location VCU
Address 907 Floyd Ave, Richmond, VA 23284 USA
Duties & Responsibilities

Position Summary:

The Division of Strategic Enrollment Management and Student Success is actively seeking 2 new Richmond Talent Pathways Coaches. Working under the Congressionally Directed Community Project Funds (CDCPF), as part of the Richmond Talent Pathway program, the pathway coach provides a broad range of intentional student and academic support services designed to recruit, support, train, and retain diverse student populations in high need career fields to include science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM), healthcare, education, and public service in Central Virginia. The coaches will provide wraparound services, connect students in grades 9-12 with real-world experiences, and prepare them for college.

The ideal candidate will have experience supporting under-represented students in a K-12 setting and a passion for student success.

Core Responsibilities:

Student Recruitment and Coaching (50%): Provide academic support, career exploration, social and personal well-being coaching, and financial coaching to program participants.

• Consult and collaborate with RPS faculty and staff regarding program planning and implementation and develop partnerships to better serve program participants and their families.
• Collaborate with SEMS Communications and RPS to distribute communications to prospective and accepted program participants.
  
• Collaborate with the Office of Undergraduate Admissions and SEMSS Communications to distribute communications to accepted, and admitted students who will be attending VCU.
• Utilize a proactive academic coaching method to meet with participants three times or more per semester to encourage student success and increase student retention and graduation rates.
  
• Serve as a mentor to program participants to assist them with career-based planning and development, to offer health and well-being services and resources, and to provide financial literacy and planning resources.
  
• Serve as a success coach for program participants who attend VCU.
  
• Serve as a liaison to campus resources for all program participants.
  

Programming (40%): Provide relevant programming supporting the program objectives to eligible participants.

• Promote program benefits and opportunities to potential students and stakeholders.
  
• Collaborate with RPS and university stakeholders in developing, coordinating, and supervising workshops and programs to provide services to program participants.
  
• Encourage the continued development of social and personal life skills through traditional and non-traditional programming.
  
• Work with peer mentors in support of the participants.
  
• Support various administrative functions related to the program including maintaining and analyzing student data.
  
• Coordinate a variety of departmental activities, requisition relevant resources, plan and implement special projects.
  
• In preparation for the Summer Scholars program, assist the program director with the marketing, recruitment, communications, program planning, and onboarding of prospective, accepted, and admitted cohort students.
  
• During the Summer Scholars program, design and implement programs to support students’ sense of belonging, to improve their understanding of college terminology and processes, and to instill the expectation that the cohort will remain engaged beyond the summer program.
• During the Summer Scholars program and other activities, meet with cohort participants individually and in small and large groups to provide support and build community.

Professional Development (10%): Engage in professional development to enhance job-related skills and remain knowledgeable of best practices and policy regarding higher education and student success initiatives.

• Participate in state, regional, and national professional development opportunities.
  
• Remain informed of research and best practices associated with student success in underserved student populations.
  
• Additional tasks identified by the program director.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in student personnel services, education, counseling or a related field from an accredited college or university or equivalent training or experience.
• Knowledge of assessment and data collection, learning styles, and learning assistance strategies, and experience in utilizing a coaching approach to student assistance.
• Ability to effectively maintain a caseload of participants and provide them with documented coaching services and activities.
• Knowledge of barriers to postsecondary education faced by underserved college students.
• Proficient computer skills (Excel spreadsheet, Outlook, Data entry technology, PowerPoint, Word, Internet, and search engines).
• Demonstrated organization, interpersonal, customer service, and time management skills.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills with the ability to advocate on the student’s behalf with faculty, staff, and parents.
• Ability to foster leadership, study skills, team building exercises, and confidence building.
• Availability to work occasional evenings and weekends.
• Demonstrated experience working in and fostering a diverse faculty, staff, and student environment or commitment to do so.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in providing case management services and advising students on college course selection, financial aid application process, and graduate school exploration and funding.
• Experience with student information systems.
• Experience with providing support for or leading an undergraduate summer bridge or related program.
• Experience working with a program or initiative for underserved and at-risk college students.
• Bilingual ability, specifically Spanish.

Other Position Details :

This is a grant-funded restricted position. Continued employment is dependent upon continued funding.

This posting closes on January 22 at 7:00 pm EST.

FLSA University Employee
Job FTE 1.0
Exemption Status Non-Exempt
Restricted Position Yes
E-Class UF - University Employee FT
Job Category University Employee
ORP Eligible No
Salary Range up to $45,500
Compensation Type Salaried
Target Hire Date 3/3/2025
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