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Posted: 19-Feb-26
Location: Geneva, New York
Type: Full-time
Categories:
Staff/Administrative
Student Affairs/Services
Internal Number: 6938070
Director of Student Success and Retention
Hobart William Smith Colleges
Location: Geneva, NY
Open Date: Nov 25, 2025
Description
The Director of Student Success and Retention provides strategic management and coordination in advancing Hobart and William Smith Colleges' commitment to student persistence, engagement, and degree completion timeline. This role oversees the design and execution of institution-wide retention strategies and leads the implementation and optimization of Slate for Student Success. The Director collaborates across academic and student affairs to foster a data-informed, equity-centered culture of student support.
Key Responsibilities
o Assist campus leaders in developing and implementing a comprehensive student success and retention strategy aligned with HWS's mission and strategic priorities.
o Serve as a key advisor on student success trends, risks, and opportunities.
o Co-chair cross-functional committees focused on student retention and persistence.
o Translate national best practices and research into locally relevant initiatives that drive student persistence.
o Provide executive oversight of the Slate for Student Success platform, ensuring its effective use for case management, early alerts, forms and workflow, scheduling, and communication campaigns.
o Partner with IT Services and Institutional Research to ensure data integrity, system integration, and actionable analytics.
o Lead the development of dashboards and predictive models to identify at-risk students and inform interventions.
o Create and maintain documentation, user guides, and onboarding materials to ensure consistency in platform use across departments.
o Ensure staff and faculty are trained and supported in using Slate effectively for case management and early alerts.
o Coordinate with deans, registrar, campus life, faculty, and student support services to align and scale retention efforts.
o Promote shared ownership of student success across departments through training, consultation, and capacity-building.
o Partner with Enrollment Management and Institutional Research to align retention efforts with recruitment strategies and student profile insights.
o Coordinate with Communications Office on targeted branded communications to specific cohorts.
o Establish and monitor key performance indicators related to student success and retention.
o Lead the assessment of programs and initiatives, using data to drive continuous improvement.
o Contribute to institutional reporting and accreditation processes.
o Conduct regular reviews of student feedback, engagement data, and retention trends to inform programming.
o Engage with students to gather information required for collection of data for assessment.
Other Information:
This is a full-time, hybrid possibility available, 12 month, benefits-eligible position. This position description is not all-inclusive as other tasks or responsibilities may be assigned. Work hours are 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. during the academic year, with a possible shortened workweek during the scheduled summer hours' time period. Annual salary range is $75,000 - $80,000.
Qualifications
The ideal candidate will have strong data analysis and systems-thinking skills, with the ability to translate complex information into clear, actionable insights. They should be highly motivated, proactive, and thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment. A sense of humor, strong interpersonal skills, and the ability to connect with a wide range of stakeholders-from senior leadership to students-are essential. We're looking for someone who's a go-getter, a great communicator, and a reliable collaborator who knows how to get things done.
Required:
Master's degree in higher education administration, student affairs, data analytics, or a related field.
At least 5 years of progressive leadership experience in student success, retention, or academic support in higher education.
Demonstrated expertise in CRM platforms; Slate Student Success experience strongly preferred.
Proven ability to lead cross-functional teams and manage complex projects.
Core Competencies:
Strategic thinking and systems-level leadership.
Strong analytical and data visualization skills.
Understand data across platforms in order to help build integrations, lead data governance, and optimize data for analytics.
Excellent communication and interpersonal abilities.
Commitment to equity, inclusion, and holistic student development.
About HWS
A liberal arts and sciences institution, Hobart and William Smith is known for consistent success in preparing students for meaningful lives and fulfilling careers through an outcomes-based focus on their futures. Our nationally ranked faculty are accessible teachers and scholars known for the impact of their research and distinguished by the depth of their mentorship. World challenges are studied in the classroom where critical thinking, problem-solving, and communication skills are honed. In the field, knowledge turns into discovery. In office hours, plans are carefully crafted to tie interests and talents to an academic path that motivates beyond graduation.
Our location in the heart of the Finger Lakes allows faculty, staff and students to live and work collaboratively on the banks of a resource-rich lake. Student-athletes play for 30 varsity teams boasting 24 national titles, including the 2023 and 2024 NCAA DIII Men's Ice Hockey Championships. With three graduate programs, students can build on their undergraduate degree with a Master of Arts in Higher Education Leadership, Master of Arts in Teaching, or a Master of Science in Management. Together, the experiences and mentorship at HWS prepare students to lead lives of consequence.
Application Instructions
For more information and to apply, visit https://apply.interfolio.com/174815
The Colleges are an equal employment opportunity employer and prohibit discrimination and harassment in their programs and activities against employees or applicants based on race (including traits historically associated with race, such as hair texture and protective hairstyles), color, religion, creed, national origin, ancestry, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), gender, gender identity or expression, age, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, citizenship, genetic information or predisposing genetic characteristics, marital status, familial status, domestic violence victim status, caregiver status, military status, including past, current, or prospective service in the uniformed services, social class, or any other category or characteristic protected by applicable law.
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About Hobart and William Smith Colleges
Hobart and William Smith Colleges are a future-focused liberal arts and sciences institution led by a faculty of accessible teacher/scholars known for the impact of their research and distinguished by the depth of their mentorship. Founded as two institutions - Hobart for men and William Smith for women - today's Colleges enjoy the exponential benefits of shared resources and combined spirit. Both maintain their own traditions, deans and athletic programs but together share a single administration, faculty, campus and curriculum. Located in Geneva, N.Y., a small, diverse city in the Finger Lakes Region of New York, the Colleges have an enrollment of approximately 1,800 students, and offer undergraduate, pre-professional and graduate programs. Students complement broad, interdisciplinary study with hands-on learning experiences made possible by a constellation of centers for experience, action and thought.
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