Full-time Student Success Specialist, ACCE

**Please Note: If you are a current Algonquin College employee, apply to this job via the Workday application.** **Department:** ACCE Associate Chair **Position Type:** Full-Time Support **Salary Range:** $38.09-$44.04-Hourly **Sc** **heduled Weekly Hours:** 36.25 **Anticipated Start Date:** December 07, 2026 **Length of Contract:** n/a **Posting Information** Support Staff employees, as defined by the full-time Support Staff Collective Agreement, will be given first consideration. **Posting Closing Date:** November 12, 2026 Please note: jobs are posted until 11:59 pm on the job closing date. **Land Acknowledgment:** Algonquin College campuses in Ottawa and Pembroke are located on the traditional unceded, and unsurrendered territory of the Anishinàbe Algonquin People. The Algonquin People have inhabited and cared for these lands since time immemorial. We take this time to express our gratitude and respect to them and to the land for all that it has provided and will continue to provide. **Job Description:** Reporting to the Associate Chair, the Student Success Specialist plays a vital part in a student's academic success and is an important position in the strategic enrolment management process. Working within an integrated team of Faculty, Program Coordinators, Associate Chair and Chairs, the Student Success Specialist plays a key role in the development and implementation of academic success strategies in a learner's journey and fulfills multiple responsibilities related to specialized progression supports and guidance. A major focus of this position is proactively reaching out to learners deemed "at risk" through various student engagement initiatives and integrate with the work of other internal stakeholders (Faculty, Program Coordinators, and Chairs) by delivering enhancement programming to learners in accordance with a student retention calendar. This position places particular emphasis on programming and interventions on level one students. Working closely with Faculty, the Student Success Specialist brings in supports and resources at key times along the student academic journey. The incumbent supports strategic enrollment management by successfully implementing core student retention strategies, identifying process improvements and recommending new initiatives. As part of their duties, the incumbent will meet with at-risk students considering withdrawing from their program to support an informed decision process that may include referrals and check-ins with various program supports and services. The incumbent will make recommendations based on analysis of student withdrawal data. The incumbent provides students with impartial guidance to support their academic success, offers resources and referrals to College services and respond to questions or concerns learners may have. The incumbent must work closely and partner effective with Student Support Services and programs. **Key responsibilities:*