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We’re seeking a driven, people-oriented Success Coach to support both graduate and undergraduate students. The Success Coach partners with students in thoughtful and creative ways that guide and motivate them to reach their full potential. Through quality conversation and meaningful exploration, the coach will build and maintain positive and collaborative relationships with a focus on goal setting, overcoming obstacles, and achieving success, while adhering to established guidelines. If you are a professional who is passionate about changing lives through higher education and loves empowering students to achieve their goals in a dynamic and supportive environment, then join us!
Essential Duties:
- Engages in proactive outreach to empower students through positive reinforcement, building rapport, and establishing meaningful academic relationships.
- Coaches students in developing a plan to achieve their academic and career goals.
- Provides high-quality student-centered support using text, social media, email, phone, and chat of a significant volume in a fast-paced environment.
- Works to build student knowledge, skills, attitudes, and beliefs that support success.
- Works collaboratively with internal and external partners and promotes the discovery process for solving problems.
- Invests in students’ success and reflects commitment by answering phone calls, responding to voice or emails messages, texts, or chat within the same business day.
- Monitors student engagement via dashboards and implements interventions as prescribed.
- Serves as the main point of contact for ASU Online students as they progress through their degree program.
- Utilizes resources and critical thinking skills to problem solve, quickly make decisions, and provide the best experience to ASU Online students.
- Takes a proactive approach through challenging the status quo by recommending new and innovative procedures with student success in mind.
- Assumes or coordinates other duties or projects as assigned or directed.
Minimum Qualifications:
Bachelor's degree AND two (2) years previous experience in one or more of the following: advising, student recruitment/retention or related student services utilizing a proactive and innovative approach which results in demonstrated outcomes in retention, graduation, and academic planning; OR, any equivalent combination of experience and/or education from which comparable knowledge, skills and abilities have been achieved.
Desired Qualifications:
- Evidence of a Bachelor's degree or higher in a related field.
- Evidence of service and people-oriented mindset and experience in helping others, especially related to life or career coaching, counseling, or education.
- Evidence of effective and persuasive communication and presentation skills.
- Experience with online programs and students in a higher education environment.
- Experience developing, facilitating, and maintaining strong, collaborative relationships with diverse populations.
- Experience using Salesforce, MS Office and Google Suite.
- Experience in using organizational, time management, prioritization, and attention to detail skills.
- Experience in following guidelines, structure, and established policy to deliver accurate and precise information.
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- Healthcare
- Financial Security
- Retirement
- Family Resources
- Tuition Reduction (Eligible ASU Employee, their dependents and spouse.)
- Discounts
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Essential Duties
Please see above.
Minimum Qualifications
Bachelor's degree AND two (2) years previous experience in one or more of the following: advising, student recruitment/retention or related student services utilizing a proactive and innovative approach which results in demonstrated outcomes in retention, graduation, and academic planning; OR, Any equivalent combination of experience and/or education from which comparable knowledge, skills and abilities have been achieved.
Desired Qualifications
Please see above.
Working Environment
EdPlus at ASU is located at SkySong, the ASU Scottsdale Innovation Center. The center houses a diverse business community that links technology, research, education, and entrepreneurship to position ASU and Greater Phoenix as global leaders in the knowledge economy.
Activities are primarily performed in a regular, climate-controlled office setting subject to extended periods of sitting or standing. Daily use of desktop or laptop computer is required. Ability to clearly to perform essential duties. Regular review of completed tasks.
EdPlus at ASU supports flexible work options, ranging from alternate work schedules to hybrid remote work schedules, subject to approvals per ASU policy.
Department Statement
EdPlus employees are valued, respected, and encouraged to be their unique selves. We know that our ability to deliver high-quality services and educational experiences is strengthened by our culture of inclusion and through the diversity of our employees. Our innovative approach drives outcomes through serving learners, achieving milestones, striving for excellence, solving problems, embracing urgency, and being bold.
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Application deadline is 3:00PM Arizona time on the date indicated.
Please include all employment information in month/year format (e.g., 6/88 to 8/94), job title, job duties and name of employer for each position.
Resume and cover letter should clearly illustrate how prior knowledge and experience meets the Minimum and Desired qualifications of this position.
ASU does not pay for travel expenses associated with interviews, unless otherwise indicated.
Only electronic applications are accepted for this position.
Applicant must be eligible to work in the United States; EdPlus at ASU will not be a sponsor for this position.
IMPORTANT NOTE: What is the meaning of “equivalent combination” in the minimum qualifications? It means one year of higher education or 24 credit hours, is equal to one year of experience. For example, a four year Bachelor’s degree is equal to four years of experience.