Senior Director of Student Success

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Ft Academic Support Services Hackettstown, NJ, US

2 days ago Requisition

Salary Range: $70,000.00 To $85,000.00 Annually

Senior Director of Student Success

Centenary University seeks a dynamic, student-centered leader to serve as its inaugural Senior Director of Student Success. This newly created position represents a significant investment in Centenary's commitment to student achievement, persistence, well-being, engagement, and career readiness. The Director will play a central role in shaping and leading a comprehensive, collaborative model of student success that empowers every student to thrive academically, personally, and professionally.

At Centenary, our mission is to launch students into successful careers and meaningful lives. We are guided by our strategic priorities of Student Success, University Vitality, and World Engagement and our values of Curiosity, Respect, Innovation, Service, and Excellence (RISE).

Through Centenary RISE, the Sr, Director of Student Success advances a culture where academic achievement, wellbeing, belonging, and personal growth work together to promote student persistence, graduation, and lifelong success. The Sr. Director serves as the University's primary leader for retention, accessibility, academic support, wellbeing initiatives, and intervention services, ensuring every student has the opportunity, resources, and support necessary to thrive.

Through a personalized educational experience and a strong sense of community, Centenary helps students develop the knowledge, skills, confidence, and purpose needed to succeed in an increasingly complex world.

The Sr. Director of Student Success will lead the development of an integrated student success framework that coordinates academic support, advising, accessibility services, educational opportunity programs, early-alert initiatives, student well-being efforts, tutoring, coaching, and retention strategies through a case management services.

The successful candidate will bring a deep understanding of how students learn, persist, and achieve their goals. They will use data-informed decision making, proactive intervention strategies, and collaborative leadership to improve student outcomes while fostering a culture of belonging, care, accountability, and excellence.

Applicants are encouraged to read the position description and case statement.

The ideal candidate will be:

• Passionate about student success and committed to helping students overcome barriers to achievement.
• Knowledgeable about how students learn, retain information, develop resilience, and persist to graduation.
• Experienced in designing and leading student support, advising, retention, accessibility, coaching, or case management programs.
• Skilled in supervising, mentoring, and developing high-performing teams.
• Comfortable using student success technologies, predictive indicators, and data analytics to drive decision making and interventions.
• An effective collaborator who can unite faculty, staff, and campus partners around shared student success goals.
• Committed to fostering an inclusive environment where all students feel valued, supported, and empowered to succeed.

Qualifications:

• Master’s degree or related experience in Higher Education Administration, Student Affairs, Counseling, Education, Social Work, Psychology, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and experience preferred.
• Five or more years of progressively responsible experience in student affairs, student success, retention,…