Student Success Coordinator
Salary: $84,261.00 - $112,819.00 Annually
Job Type: Classified - Full-time
Job Number: 7136-c-09/26
Closing: 9/29/2026 11:59 PM Pacific
Location: Tulare, CA
Department: Matriculation
Division:
General Description
Under the direction of the Director, Student Success, and the COS
Tulare Campus Provost or designee, the Student Success Coordinator
will be assigned to the District's disproportionately impacted
groups and will employ best practices in an effort to increase
student success. These practices include but are not limited to the
following: regular and frequent contact with all students under
their assignment; logging/tracking individual student
progress/records; flexible work hours including evening and weekend
and planning and tracking relevant budgets and expenditures.
The Student Success Coordinators will meet with students to create
an academic engagement plan, set goals, and share resources to help
students achieve their objectives within and beyond the classroom
environment. The Student Success Coordinators will provide
leadership in the Student Success Program through outreach to
students and campus partners.
This position is located on the COS Tulare Campus. The Tulare
Campus houses the Agriculture and Applied Technology & Trades
pathways (12 Agriculture and 11 Trades areas with 19 degrees and 44
certificates). The coordinator will support students in a wide
range of majors as well as the specific programs mentioned
above.
This position is assigned to the Tulare Campus and is a
full-time 12-month position.
Monday - Friday, 7:45 a.m. - 4:45 p.m.
Initial salary placement is $84,261
College of the Sequoias Community College District serves a
diverse community of learners and is a designated Hispanic Serving
Institution. COS provides a wide range of opportunities in
transfer, general education, career and technical programs for our
students. We are dedicated to recruiting employees who are
committed to helping a diverse population of students achieve their
educational goals. We seek candidates who exhibit an understanding
and commitment to the community college mission, and who have a
passion for student success.
Job Duties
Job duties of the Student Success Coordinator include, in addition
to, and related to, services provided COS Counselors:
- Identify and track students by disproportionately impacted
groups.
- Coordinate an academic success program for students while
promoting an environment of academic excellence and promoting
student success and retention.
Coordinate between instructors, student services staff,
counselors, and administrators to enhance the academic success of
students.
Facilitate appropriate responses to student Early Alerts.
Administer a regular schedule of recurring student meetings to
address student needs.
Record attendance and individualized comments for each student
after each session.
Document progress, goals, to-do list, and any other information
requiring follow-up.
Maintain accurate and confidential records of every student
interaction including in-person visits, phone, and online
consultations.
Through professional development, provide active leadership on
current issues and trends related to college students' academic
success and retention.
Facilitate academic success presentations and workshops to
various campus partners.
Oversee and develop reports to assist in the assessment of the
Student Success Program.
Other duties as assigned including night/weekend assignments,
group meetings, and off-campus outreach.
Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications (Education
& Experience):
- Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution
and
- Two years of professional experience in education or the
equivalent
These positions require strong critical thinking and communications
skills, as well as the ability to work independently while
developing strong collaborative relationships with colleagues,
students, student services, and academic services units. The
individuals must be able to exercise excellent professional
judgment and discretion, making decisions on a regular basis that
impact student welfare and the District.
And
Demonstrated sensitivity to, and understanding of, the diverse
academic, social, economic, cultural, disability, and ethnic
backgrounds of community college students.
Desirable Qualifications:
- Skill assessing academic difficulties, developing appropriate
remedies and evaluating and assessing effectiveness of student
support intervention.
- Experience working with under-represented populations and the
ability to work successfully with students of diverse
backgrounds.
- Organizational skills with the ability to efficiently and
effectively manage multiple work priorities.
- Outstanding customer service skills.
Licenses and Other Requirements:
- Valid California driver's license.
- An incumbent must be insurable at the "standard rate" by the
employer's insurance carrier at all times while employed in this
classification by the College of the Sequoias
Working Conditions
Environment
- Indoor work environment.
- Travel from site to site.
- Multi-project, fast-paced office environment; able to meet
concurrent deadlines.
- Weekend and evening hours
Physical Abilities
Ability to:
- Sit for long periods of time.
- Communicate to provide information over the phone and in
person.
- Remember key information and concentrate for long periods of
time.
- Operate a computer keyboard.
Knowledge and
Abilities
Knowledge of:
- Principles and practices of leadership.
- Purpose, mission and goals of the COS Community College
District
- Laws, regulations, restrictions and requirements related to
college admissions, records, financial aid programs and other
student programs.
- Student services theory and practice
- Needs, interests, issues and concerns of various groups of
community college students
- Academic and co-curricular factors leading to student success
at the postsecondary level.
- Strong data and records management skills
- Analytical and critical thinking skills.
- Oral and written communication skills
- Interpersonal skills using tact, patience and courtesy
Ability to:
- Provide leadership, and support to staff involved in student
success programs and services
- Communicate clearly in both oral and written form
- Work with under-represented populations and the ability to work
successfully with students of diverse academic, socio-economic,
ethnic, cultural and disability backgrounds
- Work independently while developing strong collaborative
relationships colleagues, students, student services and academic
service units.
- Manage multiple work priorities
- Stay current with trends and technological advancements in
assigned areas of responsibility
- Work cooperatively in an environment of shared governance by
maintaining effective working relationships with students, staff
and community organizations.
- Interpret, apply and explain district policies and legal
regulations and requirements
- Select, assign, orient, train, supervise, counsel, discipline
and evaluate performance of direct subordinates
- Learn and abide all COS District academic integrity policies,
academic policies and best practices.
Application Procedure
To be considered, applicants must submit
ALL of
the following required materials before or by the filing
deadline:
- An online job application.
- Letter of interest, which addresses how the applicant's
experience and/or education enables him/her to be able to perform
the job duties.
- Resume
- If applicable - Unofficial copies of transcripts of all
college/university work. Official transcripts required upon
employment. Note: Applicants who have completed college or
university course work at an institution outside of the United
States that is not a post-secondary institution accredited by an
accreditation agency recognized by either the US Department of
Education or the Council on Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA)
must obtain a complete evaluation of foreign transcripts, degrees,
and other relevant documents by either NACES or AICE.
Recruitment Analyst: Nancy Yanes 559-737-4886 or
nancyy@cos.edu
The Sequoias Community College District is an equal
employment opportunity employer committed to prohibiting unlawful
discrimination, harassment, including sexual harassment,
intimidation, and bullying based on actual or perceived race or
ethnicity, color, creed, national origin, religion, sex or gender,
gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, physical
and/or mental disability, age, medical condition, genetic
condition, pregnancy, reproductive health decision making, marital
status, military or veteran status, or
ancestry.
College of the Sequoias does not sponsor H-1B
Visas
To apply, visit https://www.schooljobs.com/careers/cos/jobs/5483071/student-success-coordinator
COLLEGE OF THE SEQUOIAS COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT IS AN EQUAL
OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER: The College of the Sequoias Community College
District is committed to the principles of equal employment
opportunity. It is the District's policy to ensure that all
qualified applicants for employment and employees have full and
equal access to employment opportunity and are not subject to
discrimination in any program or activity of the District on the
basis of ethnic group identification, race, gender, color,
language, accent, citizenship status, ancestry national origin,
age, sex, religion, sexual orientation, transgender, parental
status, marital status, veteran status, physical or mental
disability or medical condition, or on the basis of these perceived
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