Student Success Advisor

Student Success Advisor

Southwest Virginia Community College (SWCC) offers meaningful work, a collaborative campus environment, opportunities for professional growth, and a comprehensive benefits package that includes health insurance, retirement benefits through the Virginia Retirement System, paid leave, and other valuable state employee benefits. SWCC seeks a Student Success Advisor to work closely with potential and currently enrolled students to identify career pathways in academic and workforce programs that match interests and skills. This position will serve as a resource to assist individuals in overcoming non-academic barriers that may affect their ability to complete their educational goals successfully.

Job duties include: working with a student population that reflects the diversity of backgrounds; providing resources, identify needs, and create plans of success for underserved populations with a commitment to success; proactively assist students in completion of a credential or degree by communicating regularly with students, maintaining records of student outreach and other interactions, making connections to available college and community support services, and assisting with academic interventions when necessary; utilizing a variety of technology solutions in addition in-person interactions with students; this position will travel to off-site locations as well as to local high schools.

This position requires a one-year probationary period for both new hires and transfers. This is an in-person position, not a remote position.