"Multicultural Student Success Coach - PJ # 7180"

• Search NumberPJ # 7180TitleMulticultural Student Success CoachCategoryProfessionalDepartmentDiversity, Equity and InclusionAbout The Position:The Multicultural Student Success Coach plays a crucial role in helping students navigate through the challenges of higher education by guiding, mentoring, and advocating for student success and completion. This position is designed to use evidence-based practices for retaining and successfully graduating multicultural and other vulnerable student populations NOT affiliated with existing campus student support programs such as the Educational Opportunity Program (EOP), Student Support Services (SSS), Cardinal Achievement Program (CAP), and the Global Education Office (GEO). The Multicultural Student Success Coach is required to promote holistic student well-being and success by helping to develop strategies to reduce equity gaps in retention and graduation rates and by helping to foster positive outcomes for multicultural students and vulnerable populations through case management and equity-minded advising. This position will rely upon connecting students from diverse backgrounds to essential campus resources including tutoring, holistic and culturally competent academic advising, accessibility and accommodation resources, and trauma-informed counseling services and support that allow students to be successful. This position will utilize and monitor Cardinal Star records of caseload students to assess attendance, progress, and to note areas of concern. This position will utilize an established university process through Cardinal Star for responding to academic flags related to student success, and will serve as a member of the Multicultural Student Retention Committee led by the Vice President of the Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion. The division of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion leads the campus community to make diversity, equity and inclusion a priority in the way the college functions through support of intentional actions. As a division, we are committed to offering a range of programs, policies, and practices that engage with the unique range of human experiences that everyone brings to our campus. As SUNY Plattsburgh is an institution that delivers challenging and high-quality educational experiences to a diverse group of learners, the successful candidate must demonstrate an understanding of and sensitivity to diversity, inclusion, and equity-minded policies, programs and practices.Required Qualifications:Bachelor’s degree
• Experience working effectively with people and teams with a variety of identities, cultures, and backgrounds
• Ability to respond effectively to challenging student and community issues, including skills to lead difficult conversations and dialogues across differences
• Ability to work independently to resolve problems including the development of relevant alternatives and recommendations
• Ability to form strong coalitions with internal and external constituencies
• A demonstrated ability to work effectively and collegially with faculty, staff and administrators
• Preferred Qualifications:Master’s degree
• Demonstrated experience working with BIPOC, multicultural, and diverse students, and helping them to be successful and persist in adverse campus environment
• Strong organizational, analytical, written, and oral communication skills
• Two (2) years minimum of experience working with students in a higher education setting

Salary (Applicant View)$53,151 minimum, plus excellent benefits.About Our UniversitySUNY Plattsburgh, home of the Cardinals, is part of the largest comprehensive university system in the United States. The university offers a diverse selection of more than 60 academic programs across three schools – Arts & Sciences, Business & Economics, and Education, Health & Human Services. Many of these programs are highly ranked and carry strong national and regional reputations that allow students to work with highly skilled faculty who prepare them to excel in their chosen fields and industries upon graduation. Our campus prioritizes enrollment growth and stabilization, student success, equity and inclusion, and engagement with our North Country region as our four pillars of success. And we are committed to providing each and every Cardinal student a high quality liberal arts education grounded in academic excellence and a well-rounded college experience.

SUNY Plattsburgh is a destination campus located in northern New York between the iconic Adirondack Mountains and Lake Champlain. The campus is a short walk from historic downtown Plattsburgh, New York, where area residents have access to a wide array of arts, food, and events throughout the year, and just over a 1 hour car ride from the cities of Burlington, Vermont, Montreal, Quebec, and Lake Placid, New York, which is best known by locals as a former site of the 1980 Winter Olympic Games.Closing DateOpen Until FilledYesTo receive full consideration, supply all requested documents by:02/18/2024Special Instructions to ApplicantsReview of applications will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled. Please include a cover letter of interest that specifically references your diversity philosophy, resume/CV, and contact information for three current professional references. Additional information may be requested at a later step in the process. Official transcripts from an accredited institution will be required prior to employment.EEO StatementSUNY Plattsburgh is fully committed to excellence through diversity, equity and inclusion, and to supporting a welcoming environment for all students, employees and visitors. As an equal opportunity employer and a government contractor subject to the Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act (VEVRAA), the university guarantees equitable consideration to all qualified applicants with regard to race, color, national origin, religion, creed, age, ability, assigned gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, familial status, economic status, pregnancy, predisposing genetic characteristics, military status, domestic violence victim status, criminal conviction, or any other legally protected status per federal or state laws.Pay Equity StatementPursuant to Executive Order 161, no State entity, as defined by the Executive Order, is permitted to ask, or mandate, in any form, that an applicant for employment provide his or her current compensation, or any prior compensation history, until such time as the applicant is extended a conditional offer of employment with compensation. If such information has been requested from you before such time, please contact the Office of Employee Relations at (518) 474-6988 or via email at info@oer.ny.gov