Student Success Navigator, City College Municipal

Position: Student Success Navigator, City College for Municipal Employment
Position Title Student Success Navigator, City College for Municipal Employment

Requisition Number SCA
00869 General Description

The City College for Municipal Employment is a strategic community and workforce initiative in partnership with the City of Philadelphia, Philadelphia Works, and the School District of Philadelphia that prepares Philadelphia residents for municipal jobs. Reporting to the Associate Director, the Student Success Navigator, provides high-quality recruitment, intake, onboarding, orientation, and bridge experiences designed to get students off to a solid and supported start.

The Success Navigator will work with the entire City College Academy team, Enrollment Management, Educational Support Services, and other areas at the College to successfully take students from the application and enrollment process through orientation, bridge, and onboarding, providing a broad range of guided supports and services to the students. The Success Navigator also works with other members of the City College Academy team to support students as they near completion of their workforce pathway training and prepare to transition to the municipal employment process.

This includes, but not limited to, ensuring the students meet all eligibility requirements for a seamless onboarding experience; helping students' complete application, supporting students in the financial aid process, identifying potential barriers to success and connecting them to supports and resources at the outset; connecting all students to their respective Success Coach and working with students throughout their time at the City College Academy to ensure student success and completion.

This is a grant-funded position. The continuation of employment in this position is based on the continuation of grant funding.

College Intro

Success starts at Community College of Philadelphia. Innovators and difference makers work at Community College of Philadelphia. Diversity thrives at Community College of Philadelphia. We are a college that is committed to promoting a work environment that attracts and retains talented and diverse faculty and staff. We challenge each other and ourselves to achieve at the highest level while contributing to the mission of the College and the betterment of Philadelphia.

We value and support an intellectually dynamic community to prepare our students for global citizenship. Join us and become a part of a community that has long been and will continue to be generators of generational chance in this city and beyond.

Community College of Philadelphia is an open-admission, associate-degree-granting institution which provides access to higher education for all who may benefit. Its programs of study in the liberal arts and sciences, career technologies, and basic academic skills provide a coherent foundation for college transfer, employment and lifelong learning. The College serves Philadelphia by preparing its students to be informed and concerned citizens, active participants in the cultural life of the city, and enabled to meet the changing needs of business, industry and the professions.

To help address broad economic, cultural and political concerns in the city and beyond, the College draws together students from a wide range of ages and backgrounds and seeks to provide the programs and support they need to achieve their goals.

Specific Responsibilities

* Serve as the primary liaison between incoming students and Enrollment Management, supporting students throughout the intake and onboarding process.

* Actively connect students to College departments and community resources to ensure access to specialized services and documented at initial intake and throughout enrollment at the College.

* Assist students in navigating critical enrollment and onboarding requirements such as verifying residency, satisfying application requirements, financial aid and scholarship process completion, workforce pathway placement, successfully completing the intake and onboarding process.

* Under the direction of Associate Director and in partnership with other City College Academy staff and relevant College departments, design and…