College Success Manager

Location: Northern

Job Title:

College Success Manager
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* Location:

** Remote with preference for Boston or Chicago. On-site during Summer Academy in Miami, FL (subject to change)

Employment Type:

Full-time, Exempt  Salary Range:
$69,300 – $71,000  Benefits:
High-quality health and dental insurance, paid vacation, employer-matched retirement plan
** The Organization
** At Thrive Scholars, we provide high-achieving students from under-resourced communities the opportunities they need to thrive at top colleges and in meaningful careers.

Our comprehensive and data-driven program model focuses on the key inflection points that can be the difference between graduating from any college and graduating from a top college with the grades, degree, career skills, and network needed to thrive in any career. Thrive Scholars originated in Los Angeles as South Central Scholars (“SCS”) twenty years ago. Over this time, the organization has refined its program model and, in the last five years, has focused on expanding nationally;

reaching more high-achieving students from under-resourced communities, growing the number of Scholars we serve; and deepening our program impact. Thrive Scholars has begun to grow its footprint with new summer program offerings in three additional cities. The organization has approximately 75 year-round employees and close to 200 summer employees.
** College Success
** In order for Scholars to cross the finish line at graduation, they need to establish a strong foundation in their first year. That’s where the College Success team comes in. College Success creates a holistic program that supports Scholars in their transition to college. Providing tailored coaching around academics, wellness, and career preparation, the College Success Managers give expert advice to our first-year college Scholars.

The College Success team helps Scholars develop strong academic and personal habits so that Scholars can finish their first year with a GPA of 3.3 or higher and set Scholars up for additional summer opportunities that support their economic mobility.
** The Position
** Thrive Scholars is looking to recruit a dynamic, student-focused, and results-driven College Success Manager to join our team. Our College Success program is designed to help first-year Scholars successfully transition to college, achieve academic success, thoughtfully explore their major and career interests, and position themselves for a competitive summer opportunity (i.e. internship, research position). The College Success team advising modalities include 1:1 advising, group coaching sessions, online modules, and in-person summer programming.

Besides serving as the primary relationship manager for first-year Scholars, CSMs collaborate with other departments to connect Scholars with competitive experiential learning and internship opportunities that facilitate their career development. Additionally, CSMs each serve as leads for 2-3 project areas that help advance the work of the department. Sample project areas include academic excellence, Scholar engagement events, summer experience placement tracking, and communications.

While most Scholar-facing work will be virtual, the   CSMs are required to be on-site at one of our Summer Academy sites   for up to four weeks of the Summer Academy that runs from July until early-August.

Key Responsibilities:

* *** College Success Advising***   (50%)  :
* Coach a caseload of up to 90 Scholars to help them earn a first-year GPA of 3.3 or higher by identifying the academic and co-curricular opportunities best suited to their goals, interests, skills, and long term economic mobility.
* Assist students in the development of academic and personal skill-building tied to undergraduate student success (e.g. time…