Student Success Assistant

Student Success Assistant

Location: Atlanta Metropolitan State College

Regular/Temporary: Temporary

Full/Part Time: Part-Time

Job : 288382

Welcome to Atlanta Metropolitan State College (AMSC)!
We are committed to creating a vibrant, growth‑oriented community where innovation thrives, collaboration is celebrated, and contributions are valued. As a proud member of the University System of Georgia (USG) and fully accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC), AMSC is a dynamic institution dedicated to transforming lives. AMSC embraces core values, Excellence, Integrity, Leadership, Belonging, and Public Service, that guide our culture and work.

We strive to create an atmosphere where individuals feel respected, supported, and inspired to reach their full potential. Here, gratitude and recognition are not just practices but embedded in everything we do.
Located on a picturesque campus in Southwest Atlanta, AMSC offers the perfect blend of accessibility and opportunity. Just ten minutes from downtown Atlanta and fifteen minutes from Hartsfield‑Jackson Atlanta International Airport, our campus is an ideal destination for those ready to make a meaningful impact.

This is a part‑time, twelve‑month state funded position, which reports to the Director for Academic Advising & Student Success. The Student Success Coordinator coordinates the overall experience for the Laker‑Trailblazer students on Atlanta Metropolitan State College or the Clayton State University campus. The position provides hands‑on support to students and coordination of student success activities. The position will focus on the retention of Laker‑Trailblazer students through holistic individual support and student success programming that connects students with appropriate tutorials in order to achieve success as they matriculate.

The Student Success Coordinator primary function and majority of time is spent providing academic intervention for student success. Coordinators in this classification must possess communication and public relations skills as they are required to interact continually with students, parents and the public.

• Provides academic support services, workshops, individual and/or small group consultative services designed to assist students with developing and implementing tools to succeed academically.
• Provide academic coaching, outreach efforts to students who have been identified within a special population (i.e. cohort‑partnership groups, at‑risk, or academic warning).
• Identify academic support resources for improving students achievement and persistence.
• Work closely with Faculty for students who have received an academic alert referral and in academic jeopardy.
• Assist and connect students with discipline specific study materials to achieve academic success.
• Possess effective communication, and public relations skills, as they are required to interact continually with students.
• Adhere to strict confidentiality and other ethical standards.

Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited institution (Master’s preferred) and at least one year of experience working with undergraduate students or young adults in a tutorial, coaching, academic, retention, or career services counseling capacity at a high school level or in a higher education support setting. Demonstrated experience or interest in helping students transfer into and out of bachelor‑level degree granting programs.

Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite.

• Able to work independently, self‑starter, strong initiative to meet metrics that are results‑driven.
• Be able to collaborate as a team member. Exhibit superior interpersonal and problem‑solving skills.
• Demonstrable passion for AMSC's mission, values, and strategic plan.
• Persistent.
• Attention to Detail.
• Excellent organizational and prioritizing skills.
• Mature and proactive.
• Open‑Minded.
• Focus on Student Success.
• Consistent improvement and accountability.
• Exhibit confidence and professional diplomacy.
• Sensitive to issues of ethnicity, disability and diversity.
• Ability to analyze and interpret data.
• Adhere to…