Associate Director, Academic Success Coach (College of Arts and Humanities)

Student Success and Well-Being :

The Division of Student Success and Well-Being (SSWB) creates opportunities for undergraduate students to thrive by providing a system of support to foster academic success retention and timely degree attainment. Driven by equitable outcomes for all students innovation and excellence we assist students in achieving their academic and personal goals. Working collaboratively with the colleges and campus partners a holistic student-centered approach is utilized to empower students to strive for academic achievement and individual growth.

The Opportunity :

The University of Central Florida is currently accepting applications for the role of Associate Director Academic Success Coach for the College of Arts and Humanities (CAH). The Associate Director is responsible for supporting the Director and managing overall office operations. Working with the Director the Associate Director makes data-informed decisions delivers high-quality programs and services and addresses barriers that may prevent success. The Associate Director leads a team of Academic Success Coaches (ASC) and is responsible for onboarding training mentoring evaluating as well as general supervision. The Associate Director helps to ensure that proper coaching techniques are applied by the ASCs and that performance and expectations of their team is met.

The Associate Director will be assigned a case load of students meeting with each student to build ongoing coaching relationships use enhanced coaching and advising methodologies to : provide early integration conduct academic planning develop individualized academic success plans offer ongoing coaching support monitor student success over time track timely degree progression and promote student goal completion. While working collaboratively across campus with teams of academic colleges and student services partners the Associate Director must be knowledgeable in all aspects of the student experience to include enrollment degree requirements student coaching student services retention graduation and overall success.

This is a full-time year-round position that will include training and development opportunities and a supportive fast-paced exciting working environment dedicated to innovating student success and well-being!

Responsibilities :

Assist in developing and implementing college / department goals and strategies as a senior professional in academic advising coaching transition programming and orientation enrollment retention persistence progression and graduation.

Support Director and assistant with managing overall office operations.

Lead in-unit committees as needed (e.g. training orientation outreach).

Act in behalf of the Director in certain circumstances in her absence.

Supervise / lead a team of Academic Success Coaches; includes onboarding training mentoring and evaluation.

Maintain a case load / roster of students and use the customer relationship management system (CRM) of MyKnightStar to track and monitor both engagements and ongoing progress and success of their students.

Support student retention and graduation initiatives.

Monitor student progress and performance analyze problem areas determine solutions and conduct intervention activities for students when needed.

Demonstrate knowledge skills and abilities to function autonomously as an Academic Success Coach (ASC) for relevant college programs and / or student populations.

Serve as appointed representative to the academic college.

Facilitate college-specific programs activities and functions that enhance student success; implement strategies on behalf of the college to increase registration and enrollment timely graduation and track outcomes.

Assist the Director with developing and coordinating college-based outreach orientation and ongoing engagement programming. This may include open houses welcome expos major fairs community and state college events for prospective students or workshops for current students. Support FTIC and Transfer Orientation programs and assist with providing direction and execution of orientation programming activities.

Function in a supervisory capacity for the Academic Success Coach (ASC) teams; under the direction of the Director.

Offer expertise and support in areas of student escalations including specialty cases and high need cases (i.e. : probation at risk readmission students of concern etc.).

Serves as subject matter expert coaching / provides guidance to coaching staff on complex situations as needed.

Apply and maintain Quality Assurance standards at the direction of the Director; listen to phone calls observe coaching sessions review for areas of improvement and work with coaches to close gaps or to make refinements as needed. Help to develop new areas for process improvements for the team office and work with students.

Analyze data to ensure data-informed decisions support retention persistence and graduation metrics. Assist the Assistant Directors with compiling various reports that support Academic Success Coaching. Assist the Assistant Directors with assessing staff use of technologies tools and dashboards.

Complete initial and ongoing training and participate in professional development programs.

Minimum Qualifications :

Masters degree and 6 years of relevant experience with at least 2 years of leadership experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience pursuant to Fla. Stat. 112.219(6).

Preferred Qualifications :

Experience in education with a preference for experience in higher education.

Experience in coaching with a preference for experience in student coaching.

Experience as a supervisor of multiple employees including hiring onboarding training and assessment of job performance.

Experience in managing event participation.

Experience in managing processes and / or programs.

Experience in and / or understanding of case management.

Experience in and / or understanding of customer service.

Experience with using a CRM to case manage / track student client or customer interactions.

Proficiency in Microsoft Office suite (e.g. MS Word and Excel) and desktop agent software (e.g. MS TEAMS).

Experience with degree audit and degree planning tools.

The most successful candidates may possess the following qualities :

Ability to work under pressure of deadlines goals and / or time limitations.

Ability to use independent judgment and decision-making skills when assisting students.

Ability to work well with others and as a team.

Ability to perform duties with a high degree of integrity confidentiality and adherence to professional ethical standards.

Excellent written and oral communication skills.

Excellent organizational skills multi-tasking skills and high level of attention to detail.

Flexibility to work in a fast-paced highly innovative environment.

Additional Application Materials Required :

In addition to your online application please include a resume and a short essay that details and describes your vision of student success in higher education

Special Instructions to the Applicants :

The Associate Director Academic Success Coach (ASC) role is a newly created exciting position that combines academic advising and academic coaching.

New hires selected for this position at the University of Central Florida can expect to be offered the base salary amount for the role. Compensation is determined in alignment with UCFs pay structure and internal equity considerations.

This is a full-time year-round position that will include training and development opportunities and a supportive fast-paced exciting working environment dedicated to innovating student success and well-being!

Are you ready to unleash YOUR potential

As a next-generation public research university and Forbes-ranked top employer in Florida we are a community of thinkers doers creators innovators healers and leaders striving to create broader prosperity and help shape a better future. No matter what your role is when you join Knight Nation youll play an integral role at one of the most impactful universities in the country. Youll be met with opportunities to connect and collaborate with talented faculty staff and students across 13 colleges and multiple campuses engaging in impactful work that makes a positive difference. Your time at UCF will provide you with many meaningful opportunities to grow youll work alongside talented colleagues on complex projects that will challenge you and help you gain new skills and youll have countless rewarding experiences that go well beyond a paycheck.

Working at UCF has its perks! UCF offers :

Benefit packages including Medical Dental Vision Life Insurance Flexible Spending and Employee Assistance Program

Paid time off including annual and sick time off and paid holidays

Retirement savings options

Employee discounts including tickets to many Orlando attractions

Education assistance

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Department

Student Success and Well-Being (SSWB) - Academic Success Coaching - College of Arts and Humanities

Work Schedule

Monday-Friday; 8 : 00 AM to 5 : 00 PM. May also include weekend / evening hours as needed for special projects

Type of Appointment

Regular

Expected Salary

$71000.00 to Negotiable

Job Posting End Date

AM

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Required Experience :

Director

Key Skills

Microsoft Office,Inventory Control,Soft Skills Training,General Management,Higher Education,Office Operations,Administration Support,Document Control Management,Documentation,Office Administration,Teaching / Lecturing,Inventory Management,Document Management,Inventory,Office Management

Employment Type : Full-Time

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1