Job Summary
The Student Success Specialist helps manage student-facing (undergraduate) support activities within the department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, including activities related to recruiting, retention, student success, mentoring, student awards, and scholarships. This position also enhances the efforts of, and makes referrals to, university support offices providing centralized student success services. You will be responsible for the creation and implementation of student recruiting activities within the academic unit in collaboration with HLA faculty and staff and university and college admissions recruiting activities. You will also serve as Schedule Deputy for the department.
What You'll Be Doing:
- Collect, analyze, and report student success metrics
- Participate in the development of new resources/programs or enhancement of existing resources/programs to improve student success, celebrate student achievement, strengthen student retention, and build student community within the unit
- Coordinate with academic advisors and faculty to discover and respond to factors adversely affecting student success and provide guidance to students to overcome barriers to success
- Assess programmatic efforts to ensure effectiveness
- Proactively recommend and implement improvements to programming
- Assess outcome of current activities and recommend and facilitate new or updated activities
- Serve as the unit’s scholarship coordinator and manages the unit’s internal scholarship selection process
- Evaluate scholarship selection process and recommends updates to improve effective and efficiencies
- Ensure all HLA courses are scheduled appropriately
- Oversee large lecture room requests, grade reminders, and other related duties
What We're Looking For:
- Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Human Resources, Education, or related field
- 6 months serving in a student support role in an educational setting or closely related
- In lieu of degree consideration will be given to an equivalent combination of related education and required experience (Associate's degree + 2.5 years of experience; HS/GED + 4.5 years of experience)
- Strong initiative with an ability to work independently
- Familiarity with higher education student success issues and programs, student retention tools, and academic and co-curricular activities
- Ability to manage projects and processes involving multiple stakeholders
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
- Ability to relate well to students, develop rapport, trust, and work within a shared decision-making model with the students
- Ability to work effectively with individuals from different viewpoints and backgrounds and teamwork in daily work activity
- Ability to analyze, interpret, and implement university policies and procedures
- Excellent time management, organizational and problem-solving skills
- Must represent the university with professionalism, tact, and diplomacy at all levels
- Ability to work outside of normal business hours and travel, as business need dictates
Nice to Have:
- Experience serving on a student support team in an educational setting
What We'd Like You to Know:
- Learn more about Purdue’s benefits summary, https://bit.ly/3sHGbls
- Purdue will not sponsor employment authorization for this position
- A Background Check is required for employment in this position
- FLSA: Exempt (Not Eligible For Overtime)
- Retirement Eligibility: Defined Contributions Waiting Period
- Purdue University is an EOE/AA employer. All individuals, including minorities, women, individuals with disabilities, and veterans are encouraged to apply
What You'll Get in Return:
All university employees are afforded a generous benefits package, https://www.purdue.edu/hr/benewell/index.php, including medical/dental/vision insurance, paid time off, and retirement contributions. As part of Purdue University’s expansive employee benefit package, the University is proud to offer its employees the opportunity to grow, learn, and advance by offering a tuition remission opportunity at both Purdue University and Purdue Global.
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