Retention Specialist/SGA Advisor-BKN
Company: Career Systems Development Corporation
Location: Brooklyn
Posted on: October 19, 2024
Job Description:
Description:Job Summary: Coordinates day to day
operations/activities related to comprehensive student services
program and other related activities that support successful
student satisfaction and graduate outcomes. Helps verse, coordinate
and coach Student Government Association (SGA) in leadership,
organization, professional etiquette, center policy and
organization. Duties/Responsibilities:
- Demonstrates and abides by the Company Core Values and the
operating principles.
- Coordinates with the Career Counselors to ensure all
appropriate parties are kept abreast of at-risk students.
- Enhances student success through personal and academic
coaching, developmental workshops, increased student engagement,
and referrals to other campus resources.
- Meets regularly with identified students to access their needs,
assists in academic planning and goal setting, and monitors their
attendance and academic progress.
- Assists students in navigating academic and non-academic
resources on campus, online, and in the community.
- Employs various techniques to help students finish the program,
including but not limited to improve study skills, assist student
in improving test taking skills and provide student with
time-management tools.
- Serves as a mentor, role model and facilitator and provides
guidance and academic support for students.
- Refers students to community organizations and social service
agencies for assistance as appropriate.
- Maintains documentation of all student interactions and
generates regular performance reports summarizing student
progress.
- Maintains advising related student records with the necessary
information for each individual student, i.e.; progress towards
program requirements, goals and objectives, information, and
concerns.
- Develops strategies to meet program retention goals. Works with
the campus administration, staff members to improve operations in
the Student Services area and student satisfaction rates.
- Develops key metrics to track and report retention rates and
outcomes for the purpose of notifying and updating leadership
committees as it relates to overall successful operation outcomes
for college. Identify key areas of concern as it relates to student
success and retention.
- Develops a written institutional retention plan, complete with
historical analysis, goals, and strategies for the purpose of
managing, developing, implementing and assessing a comprehensive
retention action plan.
- Interprets existing retention practices and develops and
implements new retention practices and policies to successfully
navigate and achieve retention goals. May serve as a member of
interdepartmental committees to review and modify existing and
revised practices and policy.
- Reviews, recommends, and implements improvements and
enhancements to the consistency and quality of course offerings,
course/program development, and curriculum.
- Follows proper procedures/channels of communication.
- Utilizes daily data reports to develop accurate assessments and
guide daily actions. Reviews data and progress updates with
Counseling daily.
- Facilitates monthly student services meetings for the purpose
of reporting progress and areas of concern; presents
recommendations for modifications and adjustments to meet
goals.
- Analyzes student attendance, student satisfaction and other
retention related data to develop a protocol and strategies for
reaching out to students for whom traditional retention programs
have not been successful.
- Evaluates the effectiveness of individual overall retention
strategies.
- Collaborates and participate in maintaining a student and
learner-centered philosophy and focuses student services
initiatives on successful student outcomes including retention,
graduation, placement, and transfer success.
- Provides administrative oversight in the academic and social
integration of the student into Campus life assisting the student
in achieving their educational, career and personal goals; and
advocates those programs and services that students require to be
successful in their academic career pursuits.
- Provides administrative oversight for student attrition,
retention, and re-entry activities in collaboration with all staff.
Additional activities include graduation, special
events/programs/awards/appreciation days, along with interventions
such as: student advocacy, mediation, conflict resolution, problem
resolution, student clubs and student development centers.
- Prepares appropriate reports; monitors and reports on student
retention data; prepares trend analysis indicating variances from
year to year or month to month and projects student retention
figures to be used in strategic decision making/planning.
- Utilizes tracking system for early identification of at-risk
students and contacts the student to provide success strategies,
services, and resources.
- Acts as a liaison with students and the Campus to enhance
services and acts as a student advocate and mediates
conflicts.
- Provide ongoing feedback to SGA members regarding performance
and engagement in SGA & Leadership.
- Supervise SGA coordinated/sponsored events.
- Promote SGA sponsored activities and initiatives.
- Recruit potential SGA members and coordinate incentive/team
building opportunities for Student Government.
- Coordinate and promote evening leadership programs including
consistent extended training opportunities for student
leaders.
- Coordinate and implement monthly evening leadership
curriculum.
- Facilitate evening leadership class.
- Liaison with outside partners & center staff to coordinate
guest speakers for extended leadership training.
- Advise trainees in creating and maintaining student-run
clubs.
- May participate in Evening & Weekend studies programming.
- Work with SGA members in operation of the Student
Store/Canteen.
- Involvement in the process of SCA Executive Board Members
election.
- Participate in the Centers HEALS programming and the year to
year initiatives.
- Support students in promotion of evening clubs.
- All other duties assigned. Requirements:Qualifications:Minimum:
Associate's degree. One-year related experience. Preferred:
Bachelor's degree. Previous Job Corps experience. Knowledge:
Knowledge of Job Corps or similar training program. Excellent
communication skills, both oral and written. Excellent presentation
skills. Ability to effectively relate to students. Excellent
organizational skills.Physical
Requirements:FrequentlySittingSeeingHearingSpeakingOccasionallyStandingWalkingBendingStoopingSquattingFlexibilitySeldomClimbingLifting
50 poundsCarryingKneelingPushing/PullingRunningDrivingEnvironmental
Demands:Equipment: Ability to operate office equipment Work Alone:
Occasionally works aloneWork With Others: 85% of time spent working
and interacting with team and other departmentsReading: Ability to
read at a college levelWriting: Ability to write at a college level
Compensation details: 20-24 Hourly
WagePI816b143908f6-31181-35835488
Keywords: Career Systems Development Corporation, Greenwich , Retention Specialist/SGA Advisor-BKN, Other , Brooklyn, Connecticut
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