Position Summary:
The salary range for this position is $62,892.00 to $74,724.00, with most candidates starting at $62,892.00. This is a full-time, permanent, classified, overtime-eligible position with Pierce College District at Joint Base Lewis-McChord and may be eligible for remote work after the 6-month probationary period. This position reports directly to the Director of Advising and Advocacy and requires regular and consistent attendance.
The mission of Pierce College is to create quality educational opportunities to a diverse community of learners to thrive in an evolving world. The Pierce College District is committed to being an anti-racist institution; to truly be anti-racist we must work deliberately to eliminate barriers that have prevented the most promising and capable students from entering and thriving in college. We work to ensure that every student in the Pierce College District feels valued, respected, and inspired to achieve their goals. We provide a brave space for Black, Indigenous, Persons of Color (BIPOC), LGBTQ/QTPOC students, students with disabilities, and all students and staff to seek refuge, and an opportunity for them to cultivate their strengths, intelligence, resilience, and creativity.
To learn more about our Equity, Engagement, and Belonging efforts, please visit: https://www.pierce.ctc.edu/equity-engagement-and-belonging.
We are honored to serve those who serve and have served: Through direct student care, support and innovative programs, Pierce College at JBLM delivers full academic career pathways online and in-person that meet the needs of today’s military-connected students. We L.O.V.E. (Listen, Observe, Value/Validate, Embrace/Empower) our students to success. Serving Military-Connected Students: The Student Success Coach (SSC) serves in a key role for the success of students pursuing their education at Pierce College at JBLM and other locations within Pierce College District. The SSC works under the general direction of the Director of Advising & Advocacy. The SSC provides advising and student support to a caseload of students with a primary focus on military-connected students (servicemembers, spouses, dependents, and veterans). This position also serves as a liaison with multiple military education partners on the installation, as well as those located in other geographic areas around the world.
Advancing Pierce College Mission: The Pierce College Student Success Coach (SSC) works to advance the equity-centered mission of Pierce College through a purposeful focus on serving marginalized students and commitment to Black and Brown Excellence. This includes relational engagement to close college access gaps and areas of inequity in order to increase retention, degree completion, university transfer and workforce readiness. The SSC will work in close collaboration with Pierce College’s Student Engagement Services team to support student engagement and belonging.
Advancing Guided Pathways: Within the context of a Guided Pathways framework, the student success coach will engage in culturally sustaining practices that center racial equity in order to remove barriers and support students in successfully navigating the Pierce College experience. The student success coach provides expertise and builds relationships with students to identify interests and needs, develops a Graduation Plan, and advance the strategies, skills, and self-efficacy that lead to individual and community growth and success.
To view the full job bulletin, and to apply, please visit: https://www.schooljobs.com/careers/piercedist/jobs/5143363/student-success-coach-jblm?pagetype=transferJobs
