Academic Coach

Job Description

Rappahannock Community College (RCC), founded in 1970, provides high-quality educational and training opportunities throughout a 12-county service region an hour east of Richmond on the beautiful western shore of the Chesapeake Bay with access to fresh local seafood and water activities.

RCC delivers accessible and affordable educational opportunities, including for-credit transfer and career technical programs, robust distance education coursework, quality dual enrollment courses, and award-winning workforce training and credentialing programs.

RCC’s annualized enrollment of 3,259 credit students and over 1,000 workforce and community development students are supported by over 120 full-time employees and 200 part-time / adjunct employees across two main campuses and four satellite sites.

RCC serves a rural and diverse 12-county area in the Chesapeake Bay region of Virginia, whose mission is to provide inclusive access to exceptional training and educational opportunities meeting the community’s needs and preparing individuals for success as learners, employees, and citizens.

Are you someone who wants to help students achieve their educational and professional dreams?

RCC invites you to apply for our Academic Coach opening. This position is part time with no benefits and works 29 hours / week at our Warsaw campus.

The anticipated hiring range is up to $23.25 per hour, commensurate with experience. We are looking for candidates who share RCC’s values of integrity, diversity, equity, and inclusion, excellence, access, and learning for life.

Reporting to the Dean of Strategic Enrollment Management, the Academic Coach is responsible for working with a target population of college students to support and enhance their success in college.

The Academic Coach will assist these students in developing individualized academic plans, applying for financial aid and scholarships, identifying academic needs and linking to tutoring or other learning support resources, visiting student development course classes, and providing follow up when risk factors such as poor attendance or low grades are evident.

The Academic Coach role is a part of the Title III Strengthening Institutions grant and continuance is subject to funding.

The incumbent will communicate with students in the target population regularly and engage, advise and counsel them in person, individually and / or in small groups, to develop academic and career-related skills.

This position will ensure these students have access to college resources and support that will lead to the completion of their programs.

Special Assignments

May be required to perform other duties as assigned. May be required to assist the agency or state government generally in the event of an emergency declaration by the Governor.

KSA's / Required Qualifications

• Experience providing academic advising services, tutoring and instruction.
• Strong interpersonal skills to help engage, provide support to, and motivate students.
• Ability to develop individualized academic plans with students that will lead to program completion.
• Knowledge of specific needs of underserved populations to attain educational success.
• Ability to work with students with identified risk factors for academic success.
• Ability to work with college faculty and staff in support of student success.
• Strong communication skills.
• Proficient in use of Microsoft Office and social media.
• Successful and demonstrated high performance in providing exceptional customer service.

Additional Considerations Operation of a State Vehicle Yes Supervises Employees No Required Travel TBD.