Title: Senior Project Associate II - Nursing Retention Coach
Employee Classification: Professional F/T 52 Wks Unit
Department: Nursing
Salary Range: $61,425 (Commensurate with experience)
Who we are:
We are not-for-profit: St. Louis Community college (STLCC) is a non-profit institution dedicated to empowering students, expanding minds, and changing lives. Employees are committed to strengthening the St. Louis community with inclusive and transformative education.
We are a respected employer: For 60 years, STLCC has served the St. Louis community, expanding to 4 main campuses, 2 education centers, 2 workforce training centers, and 5 centers of excellence. More than one-half of the households in St. Louis have at least one member who has taken classes at STLCC.
We make an impact in the community: Through credit courses, continuing education, and workforce development programs, STLCC annually serves nearly 69,000 students. More than 80% of career and technical graduates employed in their fields or continue their education at four-year institutions within six months of graduation. STLCC sends more transfer students to Missouri’s four-year colleges/universities than anyone else.
We value Diversity, equity & inclusion: STLCC is committed to fostering an atmosphere of appreciation for all people, regardless of race, color, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, national origin, ancestry, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, or class.
What you get:
Benefits package [for full-time employees]: STLCC offers one of the best benefit packages in the St. Louis area. As a STLCC employee you will have access to a 100% match on your contribution to retirement, two health insurance plans options that are no cost to the employee - including an HSA option, low-cost life insurance with a 3x salary benefit, and other low-cost benefits including dental, vision, AD&D, ST LT disability insurance.
Opportunity to grow: Over half of our employees have served the college for more than 12 years, exploring different career paths and advancing to higher level positions.
Education & training opportunities: STLCC offers tuition waivers for employees [full-time and part-time] + their dependents. Full-time employees can take advantage of tuition reimbursement for other institutions after just 6 months of service, and an annual professional development allotment.
Work/life balance: Full-time STLCC employees have access to a generous time off package, including holidays, vacation, personal days, medical leave, and other leave options. Our holiday schedule even includes a paid winter holiday at the end of the calendar year.
Commitment to wellness: STLCC HR boasts a dedicated health and wellness specialist who is enthusiastic about creating a culture of wellness throughout the College. With access to college wellness vendors, employees are educated, motivated, and rewarded for healthy behaviors. STLCC employees and anyone living in their household also have access to an employee assistance program (EAP) that can help them with virtually any life need.
The basics of this position:
**This position will be located at the Forest Park Campus**
The goal of the nursing retention coach is to develop and implement successful retention strategies for nursing students using a systemic approach focusing on social and academic barriers of the student, incorporating various systems within the STLCC network as well as the community. Creating and implementing a culture that focuses on equity, diversity and inclusion is an integral part of achieving a quality nursing program that will have a positive impact on the community in which those graduates will serve. Nursing retention coaches not only support and advocate for students but identify issues that may complicate learning by collecting data that can be analyzed for possible barriers that may affect student retention. Then analyzed data can be used to recommend strategies to minimize barriers.
What you'll do:
- Manage and monitor student progress on a continuous basis to be proactive with intervention strategies regarding student success within the program.
Meet with students individually/groups to assist with learning issues, financial barriers, and various life obstacles that may hinder the progress of the student within the school of nursing. The nursing retention coach will foster student success, focusing on developing student skills in organization, time management, developing study plans, test preparation, focusing on specific student learning styles as well as assisting with campus and community referrals to various resources that may be needed.
Assist students with resources that foster the development of critical thinking skills, problem solving, learning strategies, and communication skills to improve success in the classroom/clinical setting.
Identify policies, processes, procedures, that create barriers to student success and work with faculty, staff, and nursing student organizations/committees to address and resolve such barriers collectively. Work collaboratively with key areas to support persistence, and graduation initiatives.
The nursing retention coaches are charged with leading the Nursing Retention Committee in a holistic district wide team approach with Nursing Faculty/Staff to identify student and program barriers and needs that impact retention. The committee will use evidence-based research and data to inform, develop, guide, and assess interventions and strategies used to support district wide retention and student success.
Work collaboratively with key departments within the college to support perseverance and retention leading to successful graduation rates in the college of nursing.
Attend Professional Development sessions and read education/nursing journals to stay informed on current trends in the field of Education and Nursing Student retention.
Collect and analyze data to identify barriers and develop strategies to increase student success.
Education, experience, and other requirements:
Master’s degree in Nursing, Counseling, Education or related field.
Preferred Qualifications:
Experience working with health care students in an academic setting a plus.
