Assistant Director, Academic Success

80 Lower College Road, Kingston, RI 02881

Posting Number: SF02222

Job Title:

Assistant Director, Academic Success

Position Number: 109959

FTE: 1.00

FLSA:
Exempt

Position Type:
Professional Staff

Union: PSA/NEA - Professional Staff Assoc

Pay Grade Range Salary Hiring Range: $70,000 - $77,000

Status:
Calendar Year, Full-time, Limited

Department:
Retention and Academic Success Center

Kingston

No

Position is full-time calendar year, limited to 06/26/2027 with anticipated renewal.

Search will be open until filled. First consideration will be given to applications received by 10/14/2026. Applications received after 10/14/2026 may be reviewed depending on search progress and needs but are not guaranteed full consideration.

The University of Rhode Island enrolls approximately 17,000 students across its graduate and undergraduate programs and is the State’s flagship public research university, as well as the land grant and sea grant university, for the state of Rhode Island. The main campus is located in the historic village of Kingston, and the Bay Campus is located in Narragansett. Both campuses are near major beaches in a beautiful coastal community.

URI is just 30 minutes from Providence, RI and within easy reach of Newport, Boston, and New York City.

Work collaboratively with faculty and staff, to ensure an accurate and holistic collection and utilization of data related to student retention, persistence, and graduation. Utilize student success platforms to analyze and collect data. Report on academic success metrics related to student retention and persistence, early alert referrals and success coach efforts, impacts of tutoring, writing and academic skills consultation, academic success courses, academic advising, and student-athlete support services.

Monitor barriers to academic success data and share themes, outcomes, and trends with the campus community through reports and presentations. directing and assigning interventions to the appropriate personnel, as necessary.

• Support the data collection and analysis needs for the Academic Enhancement Center, Retention and Academic Success Center, Exploratory Studies Center and Student-Athlete Support Services units in the Fannon Institute for Student Success.
• Triage barriers to academic success and direct student alerts to appropriate campus personnel for interventions and student success solutions.
• Use predictive analytics to develop risk factors for student persistence at the individual and aggregate level. Partner with each member of the Fannon Institute leadership team to recommend interventions based on patterns and themes in the data.
• Maintain the learning block builder utilized for batch enrollment of new students. Make recommendations for streamlining the enrollment tracking process using more advanced systems. Partner with colleagues in the Fannon Institute, New Student Transitions, Enrollment Services, and degree colleges to deliver up to date information to support campus-wide advising efforts in preparation of the orientation program.
• Develop a culturally responsive support framework centered around the care and well‑being of vulnerable student populations.
• Monitor campus‑wide student progress towards graduation; extract, analyze, and report on student trends utilizing available databases and resources (e.g., Starfish, student success platforms, transfer evaluation solution, learning management system, student information system, tutor scheduling platform.
• Collaborate with the Office of Institutional Research for Retention and student success data and communicate or report on Fannon…