Pathway Retention Specialist (School of MIT

Position: Pathway Retention Specialist (School of MIT)
Location: Northern

## Pathway Retention Specialist (School of MIT)
Apply locations:
North Lake Campus time type:
Full time posted on:
Posted Yesterday time left to apply:
End Date:
August 20, 2026 (13 days left to apply) job requisition :
R13614## ## All Job Postings will close at 12:01 a.m. CT on the specified Closing Date.
** Weekly Work Hours
** 40
* * Compensation Range
** Staff Range N05 Salary
** Salary Minimum**$54,537.00 Annually
** FLSA
* * United States of America (Exempt)
** Position Type
** Staff## ##
** Position Summary
** The Dallas College Pathway Retention Specialist is a program expert who provides proactive support to credit and non-credit students within School-aligned academic pathways to promote successful retention and completion. This role works with Success Coaches and Career and Transfer Specialists in a coordinated effort to remove barriers to student success and provide a seamless student experience with integrated, inescapable student support structures.##

** Core Competencies
*** Student Service
* Case Management and Follow-Up
* Resource Navigation and Referral
* Communication and Interpersonal Skills
* Data Tracking and Organization## ##
** Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
*** Knowledge of the purpose of community colleges and the vision of Dallas College.
* Detailed knowledge of all credit and pathway-aligned non-credit programs of study in assigned School and how these pathways lead to economic opportunity.
* Demonstrate detail-oriented precision in reviewing and mapping student academic, career, and transfer milestones.
* Demonstrate experience in coordinating and delivering presentations to staff, faculty and students and executing goal-oriented tasks.
* Ability to identify and address barriers to student pathway navigation.
* Strong time management, organization, problem-solving, and communication skills, with an emphasis on verbal and written skills that effectively communicate complex ideas with clarity and precision and attention to detail.
* Strong commitment to shared accountability and high-quality customer service and care.
* An ability to work effectively and collaboratively with stakeholders.
* Excellent interpersonal skills using collaboration, tact, patience, and courtesy.
* Experience effectively engaging and supporting students in a virtual environment.
* Respond appropriately to issues in a dynamic rapidly changing educational/economic environment.##
** Key Responsibilities
*** Monitor term-to-term enrollment for students in assigned School and proactively contact success coaches and build academic plans for students who are off-path.
* Conduct academic advising on difficult-to-navigate pathways and/or programs of study with niche or low enrollment.
* Conduct School-driven cohort registration.
* Coordinate re-engagement efforts with students who are close to completion but have stopped out or delayed enrollment, assisting them with re-entry processes and course registrations that will lead to credential completion.
* Conduct pathway-specific communication plans, interventions and programming that promote persistence and completion.
* Meet institutional and departmental goals by executing and tracking assigned activities and evaluating outcomes.
* Prepare and present reports and leverage technology to track and monitor progress; keeps detailed records of assigned activities.
* Participate in required professional development to ensure current knowledge of internal and external resources and services.
* Leverage emerging technology to maintain systemic efficiencies in the delivery and tracking of communications, services, programming, and experiences.
* Support pathways training delivery.
* Support new student orientation, peak registration and commencement events and activities.
* Completes required Dallas College professional development training hours per academic year.
* Performs other duties as assigned.
** Physical Requirements**## Normal physical job functions performed within a standard office environment. Reasonable accommodations may be made to individuals with physical challenges to perform the essential duties and responsibilities.
** Work Location Information*
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