Salary: $84,623.00 Annually
Location : Mays Landing/Cape May & Atlantic City Campuses, NJ
Job Type: Full-Time
Job Number:Division: Student Affairs and Enrollment Management
Department: Center for Student Success
Opening Date: 07/09/2026
Closing Date: 7/23/2026 11:59 PM Eastern
Description The Director provides leadership for student success, advising, and retention initiatives to promote persistence, graduation, and holistic student development. This position ensures the strategic alignment of services using data, technology, and systems to address student needs. The Director provides operational oversight for Student Affairs functions at all college campuses, including the Worthington Atlantic City and Cape May County Campuses.
Examples of Duties - Provides leadership and oversight for Advising, Retention, and Student Success initiatives college-wide
- Leads and manages academic advising services, implementing best practices and data-informed strategies to enhance student outcomes
- Oversees Student Affairs operations at the Worthington Atlantic City Campus and Cape May County Campus, ensuring alignment with institutional goals
- Supervises staff within assigned areas and makes recommendations for professional development, training, and process improvement
- Collaborates with cross-functional teams to ensure alignment of student support services with the College's Strategic Plan
- Utilizes data, technology platforms (e.g., Early Alert, CRM Advise), and analytics to assess effectiveness of student success strategies and drive improvements
- Works collaboratively with Academic Affairs, Institutional Research and ITS to lead and or develop programs that address student success, retention and completion
- Develops and manages assigned budgets
- Works closely with college leadership to advance the college's priorities for improved persistence and completion
- Works collaboratively with institutional departments to ensure students are provided with essential resources including: Financial Aid, Bursar, Tutoring, Career Services and Student Engagement.
- Monitors the academic status of an assigned student caseload
- Serves on institutional committees and community partnerships related to student success and retention
- Provides leadership and direction in the development, implementation and oversight for the Center for Student Success and related programs
- Provides leadership in the development of outreach activities promote retention collegewide
- Manages advising staff and makes recommendations for new advising techniques
- Oversees the development of student leadership programs
- Manages the budgets for the Center for Student Success
- Recommends appointment of personnel, supervises and evaluates staff
- Supervises, implements, assesses and trains on the use of software/technology including but not limited to Early Alert and CRM Advise
- Offers and participates in meetings and professional development opportunities to remain current in pertinent areas of Student Affairs
- Utilizes the data management system to register and manage student records.
- Provides support with One Stop Enrollment, as needed.
- Collaborates with appropriate staff to provide services related to accessibility and career services
- Oversees the development of appropriate forms and materials to support all functions in the Center for Student Success
- Serves on institutional and community-based committees and boards
- Performs related duties as assigned
Typical Qualifications Education:- Master's degree in Higher Education, Student Affairs, Counseling, Educational Leadership, Social Work, Education or a closely related field
Experience:- 3 - 5 years of progressively responsible experience in higher education, with demonstrated leadership in student success, advising, retention, student affairs or related areas
- Experience collaborating with faculty and campus partners to improve student outcomes
- Experience working with a culturally and ethnically diverse population, preferably in a higher education environment
- Demonstrated experience in managing budgets
- Experience managing staff or departments with 5+ staff a plus
- Experience using a learning management system
Competencies and Skills:
- Excellent written, verbal and interpersonal communication skills • Strong organizational skills Strong skills computer and analytical
Supplemental Information Terms of Employment:- This position may require flexible scheduling to include evenings and weekends and duties at any Atlantic Cape location
Atlantic Cape offers a complete benefits package to full-time employees including:
- Vision
- Flexible spending accounts
- Paid holidays
- Paid time off
