College Outreach and Retention Coordinator

The College of Arts and Sciences invites applicants for a College Outreach and Retention Coordinator.

The College of Arts and Sciences is a welcoming and diverse academic community, providing a world-class, Alaska-rooted education that prepares students for the challenges of today and tomorrow through educational excellence, transformative research, creative expression, and community engagement. It is where innovative research and creative work culminate to transform Alaska’s next generation. We seek candidates dedicated to promoting an environment that increases student knowledge about local, national, and global communities.

The University of Alaska Anchorage is the largest of three universities in the University of Alaska system, serving nearly 12,000 students from all over the United States and 89 countries.

Anchorage, the largest city in Alaska, sits on the lands of the Dena’ina and Eklutna peoples and has an ethnically diverse population of 295,000. Anchorage offers a lively intellectual and cultural life, including opera, symphony, theater, art events, and a variety of restaurants. Set between snow-capped peaks of the Chugach Mountains and the ocean waters of Cook Inlet, the city offers ready access to state and national forests and parks, year-round outdoor recreation, and unsurpassed natural beauty.

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The successful candidate will have knowledge of student outreach and retention principles, relevant policies and procedures, and appropriate handling of confidential information, or the ability to learn these areas quickly. Additionally, the successful candidate will have the ability to learn and use complex databases and information systems and to work accurately with spreadsheets, reports, and records; ability to organize and analyze data, identify patterns, prepare clear status reports, and recommend practical courses of action.

The successful candidate will have strong project coordination, documentation, time-management, and event-planning skills, including the ability to manage competing deadlines and recurring projects; effective written, interpersonal, presentation, and collaborative communication skills, with the ability to work independently within established priorities and as an influential member of a team.

The ideal candidate will have experience coordinating complex projects or programs involving multiple stakeholders and recurring deadlines;
Experience in higher education, student outreach, enrollment management, retention initiatives, scholarships, or related administrative work is preferred;
Experience using Banner, Navigate, or comparable enterprise information and student-success systems is desirable but not required;
Experience using data to support planning, evaluate activities, or improve programs would be valuable. Successful candidates will be organized, analytical, collaborative, and able to move plans from concept to implementation.

Bachelor’s degree in related field and two years relevant experience, or an equivalent combination of training and experience. Relevant experience may include student services, enrollment management, institutional research, program coordination, outreach, recruitment, retention, event coordination, data reporting, or related work in higher education.

This position is located on University of Alaska, Anchorage campus in Anchorage Alaska. This is a full-time, term-funded, non-exempt staff position complete with both a competitive salary and full employee benefits package. UA provides a generous compensation package that includes retirement options, annual leave, 12 paid holidays per year, tuition waivers for employees and family members, and affordable medical, dental and vision care coverage.

New hires will be placed on the UA Staff Salary Schedule, Grade 78, based on education and experience.

Application review will begin on October 1, 2026
. Applications received by this date will receive priority consideration; however, the recruitment will remain open until filled.

If you have any questions regarding this position, please contact

Kristen Ogilvie, Associate Dean of Students, CAS at kaogilvie.

* To be eligible for this position, applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States without restriction. Applicants who now or may in the future require visa sponsorship to work in the United States are not eligible.

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