Nursing Careers Success Navigator (minnstate)

Job Description

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Working Title:

Nursing Careers Success Navigator

Institution:

Minnesota State Community and Technical CollegeMnSCU Academic Professional 2

Bargaining Unit / Union:

214: Minnesota Association of Professional Employees

City:

MSTA - Moorhead CampusFergus Falls, MSTA - Detroit Lakes Campus, MSTA - Wadena Campus

FLSA:

Non Job Exempt

Full Time / Part Time:

Full time

Employment Condition:

Unclassified - Limited Academic (Fixed Term)

Salary Range:

$25.29 - $36.71

NOTICE OF VACANCY

Nursing Careers Success Navigator

Classification:    MnSCU Academic Professional 2

                                Limited (temporary), Full-time

Salary Range:     Annually from $52,806 - $76,650 / Hourly from $25.29 - $36.71

*Salary placement is dependent on education and experience

Application Procedure:

The vacancy is posted online from March 26, 2025 through April 165 2025. Applications must be submitted by 12:01 a.m. on April 16, 2025.  Note: Internal applicants need to apply through the Jobs Hub in Workday.

Application must include:

• Letter of interest
• Curriculum vitae (or resume)
• Name and contact information for three professional references
• College transcripts (copies are acceptable for initial application screening)

Job Description:

Minnesota State Community and Technical College is accepting applications for a Nursing Careers Success Navigator. This position is fixed-term (temporary) grant funded through February 2027 and the home campus is to be determined.

This position focuses on enhancing student outreach, retention, and wraparound support for selective admissions programs, with a primary emphasis on Associate Degree Nursing programs college wide. Responsibilities include coordinating outreach efforts to engage prospective, inquiry, and accepted students while collaborating with nursing faculty, pre-nursing advisors, and the selective admissions advising specialist to ensure seamless student support.

The Nursing Careers Success Navigator, under general supervision, serves as a member of a professional team providing comprehensive advising services for students who are: clarifying their academic interests, and pursuing declared major by advising students on multiple areas including curriculum, admissions and enrollment procedures, business office policies, financial aid policies, residency and program requirements. This position works effectively with staff, faculty, and academic departments to meet the goals and objectives of the office division, an institution, as well as participates in program and event development.

Travel to other M State campuses will be required, approximately, as follows:

• Monthly: 3-6 times /month

This is a grant funded position (PATH-MN). Continuation of this position after the conclusion of the PATH-MN grant will be dependent upon securing appropriate funding. The grant expires February 2027.

The values that guide our work include access and opportunity, equity, inclusion and belonging, cultural competence, culturally responsive pedagogy & service, and community engagement. Our educational environments are culturally relevant, responsive, and innovative to the students we serve. Our students are assets, we affirm their identities and lived experiences and provide spaces that are emotionally safe and reflect who students are.

Responsibilities:

• Live the mission, vision and values of M State to ensure a positive experience for all students and stakeholders.  Service to M State students and stakeholders is a core component of the position and work responsibilities.
• Provide holistic advising and success coaching for students throughout their academic career at M State.  
• Collaborate with college faculty, staff, administration, and external partners to support the M State mission, vision, values, and strategic plan.
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• Develop and implement college-wide and campus-specific strategies to increase retention and persistence.
• Facilitate non-credit workshops to better prepare students for the first day of classes.
• Perform other duties as assigned to meet PATH-MN grant requirements.
• Support for campus and college operations.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Minimum of 1 year of professional experience in any of the following: advising, counseling, academic coaching, higher education student success focus, working with diverse populations, or human services. A bachelor’s degree may substitute for 1 year experience, an associate’s degree may substitute for 6 months experience.
• Customer service skills sufficient to actively listen to and understand customer needs and provide accurate information and appropriate alternatives in a timely, thorough, courteous, respectful, and professional manner.
• Ability to work effectively with individuals from diverse and traditionally underserved backgrounds.
• Problem solving skills with the ability to set priorities, reason analytically, determine alternative solutions, and analyze and interpret information with a high degree of accountability and accuracy.
• Experience using Customer Relationship Management system, computer software applications and systems sufficient to enter data and create basic business correspondence, document interactions and training presentations.
• Communication, both oral and written, in individual and group settings via phone or in person, sufficient to motivate students and influence behavior or turn a situation around and work with colleagues in a cooperative and respectful manner. Page 4 of 5 Minnesota State Community & Technical College is an EO/AA/Vet/Disability employer/educator committed to the principles of diversity.
• Ability to explain and help interpret complex policies involving multiple departments, systems, and levels, such as records and registration, support programs, financial aid, business services, bookstore, and admissions (this is not an exhaustive).

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master’s degree in education, social sciences, higher education, human services, or related field.
• Familiarity with higher education and/or Minnstate educational policies and procedures, programs and curriculum, services, and resources for admissions, financial aid, support programs, records and registration to assist students in making sound career and educational decisions.
• Experience working in a two-year community and technical college setting.
• Experience working with student record systems, project management and specialty software such as DARS, ImageNow, Customer Relations Management Systems, and Office 365.
• Familiarity with research design, interpreting data, and making data driven decisions.

About

M State is a regional student-focused institution that is poised for a strong future. It is the sixth-largest outstate college in the Minnesota State system and the largest two-year college in Greater Minnesota, serving more than 10,500 students in credit and non-credit courses each year. M State offers big-college resources and a small-college feel on our four welcoming campuses and in our many online courses and programs. Our faculty and staff are dedicated to the values of integrity, inclusion and innovation, and that dedication is reflected in our programs and in the support we offer to our students.

Minnesota State is an equal opportunity employer/educator committed to the principles of diversity. We prohibit discrimination against qualified individuals based on their race, sex, color, creed, religion, age, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, or membership in a local commission as defined by law. As an affirmative action employer, we encourage applications from women, minorities, persons with disabilities, and individuals with protected veteran status. All applicants must be able to lawfully accept employment in the United States.

If you need accommodations to take part in the application process, please contact Human Resources at (218) 736-1512. For more information regarding M State, refer to our website at: www.minnesota.edu. Minnesota State Community and Technical College, a member of the Minnesota State system, is an affirmative action, equal opportunity educator and employer.

NOTICE:  In accordance with the Minnesota State Vehicle Fleet Safety Program, employees driving on college/university business who use a rental or state vehicle shall be required to conform to Minnesota State’s vehicle use criteria and consent to a motor vehicle records check.                                                                                                     

Benefits Information:

At Minnesota State, we have a GREAT BENEFITS PACKAGE! Our generous benefits include 11 paid Holidays, Vacation Time, Sick Time, six weeks of Paid Parental Leave, low cost medical and dental insurance with low deductibles ($250 - $1500), a Pension Plan, 457(b) and 403(b) retirement plans and other retirement investment options, pre-tax medical and dental expense (with roll-over option) and dependent care accounts, employer paid life insurance, short and long term disability, as well as professional development and a tuition waiver program for employees and their dependents, etc.  We promote the health and well-being of our employees and take work/life balance seriously.

Desired Start Date:

05-12-2025

Position End Date:

02-28-2027

Open Date:

03-26-2025

Close Date:

04-16-2025

Posting Contact Name:

Heidi Ruth Balgaard

Posting Contact Email:

gr1317cf@minnstate.edu