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Success Coach (SSPC II) #2713

State of South Carolina

Charleston County, SCFull-time$40–54K/yrPosted 1w agoStill listed 3 days ago

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At a glance

Compensation
$40–54K/yr
Location
Charleston County, SC
Schedule
Full-time
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

Bachelor's degree

Job overview

The Success Coach provides comprehensive support to prospective, new, returning, and continuing students, serving as a primary contact for onboarding, academic planning, registration, and referrals. The role works across Academic Affairs and Student Services to help students navigate college and pursue educational and career goals. It also supports an assigned student caseload through progress monitoring, proactive interventions, and connections to college resources.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Student ServicesAcademic AdvisingEnrollment ManagementStudent RetentionStudent SuccessStudent Information SystemsAdvising PlatformsCase Management SystemsMicrosoft OfficeWritten CommunicationVerbal CommunicationCustomer ServiceInterpersonal CommunicationIndependent WorkSound JudgmentPriority ManagementRelationship Building

Qualifications

Bachelor's Degree2 Years Student Services Experience

Full job description

The Success Coach provides comprehensive student support services designed to promote student enrollment, persistence, and success. This position serves as a primary point of contact for prospective, new, returning, and continuing students, assisting them with onboarding, academic planning, registration, academic support, and referrals to college resources. The Success Coach works collaboratively across Academic Affairs and Student Services to help students navigate the college experience and achieve their educational and career goals. Key responsibilities include:

  • Counsel, advise, and assist prospective, new, returning, transfer, and continuing students with onboarding, academic planning, registration, and referrals to appropriate college resources and services. Serve as a primary point of contact for students interested in attending the College.
  • Develop and maintain relationships with assigned academic departments to support student success initiatives, stay informed of program requirements and academic procedures, and assist with advising-related communications and processes.
  • Provide ongoing support and guidance to an assigned caseload of students by helping them navigate academic, financial, and personal challenges that may affect their success. Assist students in identifying resources and services that support their educational goals.
  • Monitor student progress, review student performance information, respond to early alert notifications, and implement proactive intervention strategies designed to improve persistence, retention, and completion.
  • Utilize student success technologies and reporting tools to track student engagement, academic progress, and performance outcomes. Maintain proficiency in applicable software systems and provide timely communication regarding student progress and support needs.
  • Review, process, and maintain student records, onboarding documentation, forms, reports, and other related records while ensuring compliance with institutional requirements and maintaining confidentiality.
  • Assist students with identifying financial aid resources, registration processes, academic support services, counseling resources, career services, and other available support programs.
  • Participate in student success initiatives, outreach activities, professional development opportunities, and institutional committees that support student engagement and achievement.
  • Perform other duties as assigned.

This position requires a bachelor's degree and experience in student services programs.• Bachelor's degree and two (2) years of experience in student services programs.

  • Experience in student services, academic advising, enrollment management, retention, or student success programs within a higher education environment.
  • Knowledge of student support resources, academic advising practices, enrollment processes, and student success strategies.
  • Experience utilizing student information systems, advising platforms, case management systems, or related technologies.
  • Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications and other technology used to support student services operations.
  • Excellent written, verbal, customer service, and interpersonal communication skills.
  • Ability to work independently, exercise sound judgment, manage multiple priorities, and function effectively in a fast-paced environment.
  • Demonstrated ability to establish positive relationships with students, faculty, staff, and community stakeholders.

How this job compares

Set against the 569 open Student Services jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 4, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$40–54K/yr
  • US median$55–65K/yr241 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $47K, is 21% below the US median midpoint ($60K) — in the lowest quarter of Student Services salary ranges across the US.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 12 open Student Services jobs in South Carolina and 569 across the US. 2% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most across the US
Experience
This posting asks for at least 2 years of experience; Student Services postings that state a minimum ask for 2 years at the median (343 postings).
Education
This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 173 of the 569 open Student Services jobs (30%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 4, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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