Academic and Student Success Coordinator

Job Title

Academic and Student Success Coordinator

Americus, Georgia

This position is responsible for providing success, transition, academic advising, and retention services to promote student success.

• Advises students. (40%)
  • Provides academic advisement to students.
  • Creates and modifies schedules for incoming freshmen.
  • Provides academic advisement to active military, veteran, and dependent students.
  • Assists students with course selection, registration, and schedule revision.
  • Monitors and tracks advisee progress.
  • Maintains correspondence with advisees concerning appointments and other matters.
  • Refers students to campus and community resources.
  • Processes drop/add forms, withdrawal forms, registration, name changes, and changes in programs of study.
  • Assists students with changes in majors.
  • Works collaboratively with other University departments to provide holistic student advisement and support.
  • Collaborates with university constituent groups to advance Momentum Approach priorities.
  • Responsible for student retention through intentional outreach initiatives, intrusive advising, and academic partnerships.
• Provides administrative support for dual enrollment students. (20%)
  • Processes admission for dual enrollment students through the Banner Processing System.
  • Provides academic advisement, registration, and orientation to dual enrollment students.
  • Provides academic support through administration of testing options.
  • Processes dual enrollment funding applications.
  • Coordinates the delivery of course resources with Auxiliary Services.
• Guides and mentors academically at-risk students. (20%)
  • Provides academic advisement and counseling to students.
  • Oversees the early alert system to identify at-risk students.
  • Refers students to campus and community resources.
  • Coordinates the development of individualized academic recovery plans for students.
    
    Monitors student success and compliance with recovery plans.
• Assist with public relations for the department. (10%)
  • Promotes FYE-sponsored events on all social media outlets.
  • Guides best practices for virtual communication and virtual engagement.
  • Assists with preparing departmental materials, publications, and presentations.
• Performs a variety of related duties. (10%)
  • Including but not limited to new student orientation, STORM Day, registration days, and Parent/Family programs.

• Baccalaureate degree in a course of study related to the occupational field required. Master’s degree preferred.
• Minimum of 3-5 years of related experience required.

• Knowledge of university policies and procedures.
• Knowledge of computers and job-related software programs.
• Knowledge of student success principles and practices.
• Skill in decision making and problem solving.
• Skill in the completion of a variety of reports.
  
  Skill in the provision of counseling to students.
• Skill in oral and written communication.

For more information or questions about a job posting, please contact the Department of Human Resources by phone at 229‑931‑2000 or by email at hr.

Georgia Southwestern State University is an equal opportunity employer. As such, the University takes affirmative action to preclude discrimination in recruiting, transferring, training and terminating of employees because of race, color, creed, age, sex, national origin, veteran status, disability or any other reason in accordance with applicable state and federal statutes, executive orders and other regulations which prohibit discriminatory employment practices.