Job Description
Gogebic Community College seeks candidates for a full-time Student Success Coordinator, located at the Copper Country Center in Houghton, Michigan. The starting salary for this position is $54,017 (Grade 5/Initial Step). The successful candidate will be a dynamic individual with strong interpersonal and organizational skills and will bring initiative, creativity, and ability to connect with prospective students and parents as well as the capacity to develop good rapport with faculty, staff, and…
students, and enjoy working with diverse populations. The position includes the general responsibilities of admissions work, advising, and student intervention. This position reports directly to the Director of the Copper Country Center, while having coordination with Student Services team as needed.
The College offers a generous benefits package including Health/Dental/Vision insurance Health Care Benefits, retirement benefits, and employee paid leave programs. Non-Affiliated Benefits
It is important that there are recognition, acceptance, and adherence to the community college mission and philosophy from our candidate.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Works collaboratively with the Director of Copper Country Center in all operations of the Center, including significant collaboration with K-12 districts in dual enrollment and early college activities, relationship/partnership development, and new student recruitment.
- Prepares and presents information sessions for small groups and large audiences on and off the Centers location; strategizes and implements diverse outreach and follow-up communication.
- Conducts group workshops and represents the Financial Aid, Admissions and Advising offices at various on and off campus events;
- Conducts group and individual advising sessions and workshops for continuing, current and prospective students.
- Plans, implements and manages academic advising support programs and services; Provides both on-line and in-person comprehensive academic advising opportunities (i.e. course selection, registration, transfer coordination, and graduation requirements.)
- Monitors academic progress, responding to and acting on early student update (ESU) referrals.
- Works collaboratively with students having academic difficulty and directs students on changes in academic status due to academic probation, change of major, leave(s) of absence, medical and personal leaves, and readmission.
- Intervenes as appropriate with all at-risk, probationary, suspended, and re-instated students to develop a personal and academic plan for success.
- Maintains student files and ensures all GCC paperwork is relayed to the appropriate main campus office in a timely manner.
- Communicates via written, verbal, email, and phone with students as required; Follows up with students, faculty, and staff via written, verbal, email, and phone as required.
- Travel to area high schools and intermediate school district to present and recruit students.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
