Job Description

Position Summary: The Career Services Coordinator / Student Success Advisor will report to
the Executive Director for Student Success. The position is responsible for providing career
planning, supporting students’ career readiness, assisting students with career placement, and
providing career development opportunities. This position will focus on student-centered support
for retention efforts as well as academic advising for Freshmen and Sophomore students. The
counselor will also assist in orientation weekends at the beginning of each academic semester.
Duties will vary based on specific assignments. Assignments may be changed at any time
during employment based on needs.

Responsibilities include:

• Ensure the success of students by identifying personal/career goals and plans of action based
  on individual strengths and needs
• Help create and implement strategies and campaigns to help improve overall career
  readiness.
• Manage the early alert system, which involves attendance monitoring, academic alerts, and
  progress reports
• Provide educational and emotional support to ensure students’ success in the academic and
  social college environment
• Provide academic advising and schedule new students for their freshman and sophomore
  classes
• Participate in Student Success activities, including freshman orientation, international student
  orientation, Freshman Seminar, etc
• Conduct exit surveys and counsel students who are leaving MVC
• Contact at-risk students and promulgate individualized success strategies
• All other duties as assigned

Qualifications:
A Bachelor’s degree is required, a Master’s degree preferred, with work experience in higher
education. Demonstrated knowledge of the responsibilities and skills required to fulfill the
position’s responsibilities. Demonstrated knowledge and skills in the use of a computer for word
processing, database management, and online student management. Demonstrated effective
communication skills, both verbal and written.

To apply:
Please send resume and cover letter to hr@moval.edu.

Equal Opportunity Employer
Missouri Valley College is an Equal Opportunity Employer and committed to a diverse and
inclusive environment. Missouri Valley College does not discriminate on the grounds of color,
race, sex, religion, marital status, disability, national origin, veteran’s status, age, or sexual
orientation. Employment decisions are based on qualifications, merit, and business needs. All
eligible candidates are encouraged to apply.

Missouri Valley College
Founded in 1889, Missouri Valley College is a private, four-year liberal arts college located in
Marshall, Missouri. Known for its dynamic, richly diverse, and friendly educational environment,
Missouri Valley College offers many opportunities to grow in mind, body, and spirit. Faculty are
personally and professionally engaged in preparing thoughtful citizens for meaningful lives and
careers. Grounded in the liberal arts, undergraduate and graduate studies empower students to
master interdisciplinary skills needed to succeed in a knowledge-based global society.
Stewardship of resources will sustain innovative teaching to stimulate critical thinking, creativity,
aesthetic appreciation, and the joys of lifelong learning.

Employment at Missouri Valley College is contingent upon successful completion of the
background check process.