Job Description

Job Description Summary The Learning Commons is seeking driven, compassionate, and growth-oriented students for a part-time peer coaching position. The Academic Success Coaching Program serves SF students through online and in-person formats at all Santa Fe Colleges locations across Alachua and Bradford counties. Peer Coaches build supportive relationships with students and help them manage academic challenges through coaching conversations, connecting them to college resources, and helping to cultivate skills around goal setting, time management, academic anxiety, resource utilization, and effective study habits. Peer coaching offers students a unique opportunity to make a meaningful impact on fellow students academic journeys while developing their own leadership, communication, and mentorship skills. Job Description

Responsibilities and Duties Include:

• Supports students through coaching conversations, especially those who are transitioning to college life or are experiencing personal challenges that impact their academic progress.

• Provides individualized support in areas including time management, syllabus utilization, academic stress and anxiety management, prioritization, and study skills

• Refers students to appropriate on-campus resources with in-person handoffs when available.

• Contributes to the development and deployment of Learning Commons resources and programming.

• Participates in student outreach initiatives and events including at-risk student communication campaigns, college recruitment events (Open House, Family Preview Day), and classroom presentations.

• Engages in professional development opportunities facilitated by Learning Commons (CRLA Certification) and other training offered to all Learning Commons employees.

• Complies with all published College Rules, procedures, guidelines, and laws/regulations governing public employees, including but not limited to those related to document retention and destruction, FERPA, and confidentiality.

• Strictly honors the privacy, security, and confidentiality of records and other sensitive information according to appropriate state, federal, and college regulations, policies, and procedures.

• Provides service excellence through courteous, informed, accessible, and professional engagement.

• Performs other duties as assigned.

Reports to: Coordinator, Learning Commons

QUALIFICATIONS

Required: Must be a currently enrolled SF student, in good academic and behavioral standing, and taking six (6) or more credit hours for each semester of hire.

Additional Requirements: A criminal background check will be conducted.

Preferred: Familiarity with providing interpersonal support and successful completion of coursework in psychology, sociology, and/or college success.

General Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Ability to work successfully in a multicultural environment.

• Adaptability to Change able to be flexible and supportive, able to positively and proactively assimilate change in a rapid growth environment.

• Communication able to effectively communicate in a professional, diplomatic, empathetic, and tactful manner using preferred method and level applicable to the job.

• Customer Service ability to respond promptly and courteously to all questions from students and faculty, demonstrating patience and persistence when helping students with little or no computer skills.

• Ethics able to demonstrate integrity, professionalism, civility, and a high degree of ethics in all job-related actions.

• Organization & Time Management able to plan, schedule, and organize tasks related to the job to achieve goals within or ahead of established time frames.

• Problem Solving proven skills in identifying issues, determining their cause, developing creative solutions, and following through with implementing resolutions.

• Detail Oriented - Proven accuracy and attention to detail.

• Multi-task - Ability to expeditiously organize, coordinate, manage, prioritize, and perform multiple tasks simultaneously to swiftly assess a situation, determine a logical course of action, and apply the appropriate response.

If you are a retiree of the Florida Retirement System (FRS), please check with the FRS on how your current benefits will be affected if you are re-employed with the State of Florida. Your current retirement benefits may be canceled, suspended or deemed ineligible depending upon the date of your retirement.

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Santa Fe College reserves the right to extend deadlines and/or not to offer advertised positions. Preference will be given to eligible veterans and spouses of veterans.

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