Finish What You Started (FWYS) Student Success Coordinator

ABOUT COLORADO NORTHWESTERN COMMUNITY COLLEGE:

Colorado Northwestern Community College
(CNCC) fosters educational excellence and student success, prepares students for local and global citizenship, anticipates and responds to
the needs of surrounding communities, and contributes to evolving regional economic development. CNCC is a small, rural community college
located in Northwest Colorado with campuses located in Rangely, CO and Craig, CO. CNCC offers an exceptional experience to employees with
outdoor activities, wildlife, and small rural communities.

The College has various unique programs including Aviation
Technology (Flight), Aviation Maintenance Technology, National Park Service Academy and the Paleontology Plan of Study. We also offer great
opportunities for our students in Nursing, Dental Hygiene, Emergency Medical Services and Automotive Technology. The college provides AA,
AS, AAS, and certificate programs so students have excellent choices in their degree plans.

GENERAL SUMMARY:

This position is responsible for leading all aspects of the Colorado Opportunity
Scholarship Initiative (COSI) Finish What You Started (FWYS) program at CNCC. The FWYS Student Success Coach will provide academic and
personal adjustment support for low to high achieving students. This position will also assist COSI cohort students in developing a
comprehensive academic support plan for success and promote persistence at CNCC by identifying and providing strategic outreach to various
student populations who are at risk and/or are in need of ongoing assistance.

The COSI Student Success Coach will also administer and
conduct academic coaching meetings and workshops focusing on time management, learning strategies, and creating academic goals and action
plans. This position will be administratively supervised by the Associate Dean of Student Success.

PRIMARY
DUTIES:

The incumbent shall be able to demonstrate the ability to lead a successful program
at the collegiate level. Duties to be fulfilled include, but are not limited to:

Scholar Support (45%)

• Recruit and coach to completion a caseload of students who began their degrees prior to COVID but did not complete a credential. Meeting
  the statement of work outlined in the Finish What You Started grant agreement.
• Provide high-touch individualized support toward
  academic, transfer, social, leadership, and life-skills development.
• Develop comprehensive learning systems designed to engage
  students in their education and empower students to become active and responsible learners.
• Track scholars’ academic progress
  and facilitate their academic, career and financial success plans.
• Reinforce and maintain college-wide model to directly impact and
  improve success rates of scholarship recipients.
• Understand financial needs of scholars and work with financial aid office to
  reduce the loan amounts borrowed by FWYS scholars.
• Host Work & Career Preparation workshops and provide other teaching/workshop
  presentations as needed for the cohort of Colorado Opportunity Scholarship Initiative (COSI) participants and scholars.
• Use EAB
  Navigate to document coaching sessions.

Programming Development and Support (30%)

• Participate in the
  operation and management of the college-wide Colorado Opportunity Scholarship Initiative student success program including working with the
  Grants Administrator and Director of Student Support to administer FWYS program funds and complete required reporting.
• Recruit COSI
  Scholars to participate in COSI FWYS Student Success Program.
• Develop system to track scholar success and academic progress
  including, but not limited to, fall-to-fall retention, academic standing, number of credit hours taken per academic year, compliance with
  program requirements, and progress toward receipt of a credential.
• Perform other duties as assigned or required by the COSI
  Collective Bargaining Agreement.
• Participate in required COSI trainings and opportunities for networking with other COSI grantees
  to share best practices and ideas.

Program Assessment and Evaluation (20%)

• Compile and report success
  metrics of scholar progress for CNCC and COSI staff.
• Monitor compliance with COSI guidelines.
• Execute assessments such as
  scholar satisfaction surveys and exit surveys.

College-Wide (5%)

• Attend and participate in department,
  division and college meetings.
• Keep posted office hours.
• Demonstrate commitment to professional development including, but
  not limited to, activities such as: participation in professional conferences, workshops, seminars, membership in professional
  organizations, research projects, publishing academic work, participation in statewide committees or organizations, etc.
• Demonstrate sensitivity in working with students and staff of diverse racial, ethnic, academic and socioeconomic backgrounds, sexual
  orientation, and disabilities by showing respect for differences and the dignity of others.
• Foster a professional work and learning
  environment.

MINIMUM/ESSENTIAL QUALIFICATIONS:

This job
requires any equivalent combination of knowledge, skills, abilities, education, and/or experience as indicated below:

1. Education and Training: Associate’s Degree
2. Prior Related Experience:

· Previous experience in learning strategies, academic intervention and support

· Previous experience in the
development and administration of a budget

1. Licensure/Certification: Valid CO driver license
2. Equipment Skills: Computer literacy and overall familiarity with MS Office (primarily Word and Excel)
3. Other: Demonstrated sensitivity, knowledge of, and understanding of the diverse academic, socioeconomic, gender, gender
   identity, cultural, disability, and ethnic backgrounds of the students we serve. Demonstrated sensitivity to, knowledge of, and
   understanding of groups historically underrepresented, and groups who may have experienced discrimination.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

1. Education and Training: Bachelor’s
   Degree
2. Prior Related Experience: Relevant experience at the collegiate level, case management experience
3. Equipment Skills: BANNER Software, EAB Navigate Software

APPLICATION
INSTRUCTIONS:

All interested and qualified applicants are asked to submit a cover letter, resume and
three letters of recommendation, along with a completed Colorado Northwestern Community College application for exempt employment to the
Department of Human Resources.

Colorado Northwestern Community College is an Equal Opportunity Employer

Colorado Northwestern Community College prohibits all forms of discrimination and harassment including those that violate federal and
state law, or the State Board for Community Colleges and Occupational Education Board Policies 3-120 and 4-120.

The College
does not discriminate on the basis of sex/gender, race, color, age, creed, national or ethnic origin, physical or mental disability, veteran
status, pregnancy status, religion, genetic information, gender identity, or sexual orientation in its employment practices or educational
programs and activities. Colorado Northwestern Community College will take appropriate steps to ensure that the lack of English language
skills will not be a barrier to admission and participation in vocational education programs.

The College has designated Jennifer
Rea, Associate Director of Campus Life, as its Title IX/EO Coordinator and David Hardman, Vice President of Student Services as its Interim
ADA/Section 504/Title II with the responsibility to coordinate its civil rights compliance activities and grievance procedures. If you have
any questions regarding Title IX/EO please contact Jennifer Rea, at (970) 675-3229 or jennifer.rea@cncc.edu and for questions regarding ADA/Section 504/Title II please contact David Hardman at 970-675-3215
or david.hardman@cncc.edu. Reasonable accommodations are
available. To request a reasonable accommodation, please contact Angela Miller, Human Resource Manager, at 970.675.3235 or angela.miller@cncc.edu.

You may also contact the Office for Civil Rights,
U.S. Department of Education, Region VIII, Federal Office Building, 1244 North Speer Boulevard, Suite 310, Denver, CO 80204, telephone (303)
844-3417.

Title IX/EO Coordinator

Name: Jennifer Rea

Address: 500 Kennedy Drive, Rangely, CO 81648

Phone:
970.675.3229

Deputy Title IX Coordinator

Name: Angela Miller

Address: 500 Kennedy Drive Rangely, CO 81648

Phone: 970.675.3235

Deputy EO Coordinator

Name: Angela Miller

Address: 500 Kennedy Drive Rangely, CO
81648

Phone: 970.675.3235

Interim ADA/Section 504/Title II Coordinator

Name: David Hardman

Address: 500
Kennedy Drive Rangely, CO 81648

Phone: 970.675.3215