Success Coach and Grants Specialist

The Office of Online and Adult Learning at Wichita State University is seeking a Success Coach and Grants Specialist to advocate for adult learners and help find resources to ensure their academic and personal success. In this role, you will conduct outreach campaigns regarding academic plans, progress, and career goals to assist students in making personal education decisions and meet graduation requirements. Additionally, you will focus on finding and securing available grants for the students we serve.

Summary of Responsibilities

Conducts outreach campaigns, counsels with college(s), and advises diverse, “at-risk” student populations regarding their academic plans, progress, and academic and career goals in order to assist students in making personal education decisions and meeting graduation requirements. Provides risk assessments and interprets student needs for assigned areas. Provides individualized service and assistance while maintaining confidentiality while focusing on student success. Writes and reviews proposals pertaining to grants, sponsored research, service activities and other initiatives. Facilitates grant proposal development and fund sourcing, as well as training efforts. Researches and interprets regulations, guidelines, and standards and oversees the processing of grants.

Essential Functions

Provides student support with life skills development, identification and elimination of retention barriers and academic programs. Facilitates connections with campus and community services and resources when needed. Provides support to assigned academic college(s) and faculty on program-specific strategic enrollment management and retention goals and initiatives. Identifies specific student populations, conducts outreach campaigns and supports campus-wide retention initiatives. Reviews, assembles and submits proposals on behalf of the University. Researches and facilitates compliance with University, state, and federal laws, policies, and regulations in the daily operations of the contract and/or grant lifecycle. Advises leadership regarding potential conflicts of interest and time and dispute resolutions. Assists with the production of reports, proposals, and analyses for the University and for federal, state, educational, and other funding and regulatory agencies.

Requirements

• Master’s degree in related field by hire date.
• Two (2) years of experience in graduate or professional advising or counseling experience with college students or related field.
• Ability to provide adult learners support and guidance with connecting to campus resources that aid in retention and reducing academic and social barriers.
• Ability to effectively communicate and facilitate connections with all levels of the University community.
• Ability to professionally manage conflict and providing high levels of customer service while remaining impartial and demonstrating sensitivity.
• Ability to use reporting tools and manage outreach campaigns for retention.
• Ability to support the production of reports, proposals, and analysis of grant applications.

Preferred Experience

Prior experience working with online and adult learners.

Physical Requirements

Ability to remain in a stationary position. Ability to operate a computer and other office equipment including but not limited to phone, printers, copiers, and calculators. Ability to communicate with others and accurately exchange information.
Ability to move or traverse across campus, within buildings and offices, and/or across external environments. Ability to exert up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or a negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects. Sedentary work involves remaining stationary most of the time.

Wichita State University is committed to inclusive excellence. WSU is the only urban-serving public university in Kansas and has the most diverse student body of all the Kansas state universities. Wichita State University recruits, employs, trains, compensates, and promotes regardless of age, ancestry, color, disability, ethnicity, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, marital status, national origin, parental status, political affiliation, pregnancy, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, or status as a veteran. Wichita State University has a clear goal in this regard: to be the place where our talented faculty and staff reflect and promote the evolving diversity of our society. We pride ourselves on being the most innovative university in Kansas, delivering the best educational experience to our students with the distinction for opening pathways to real-life learning, applied research and career opportunities that make people want to stay in Kansas. Our campus provides an experience that promotes all forms of diversity, equity and inclusion, a place to learn, work, live and play.

https://jobs.wichita.edu/postings/27041