Breakthrough Central Texas · 7 hours ago
Chief College and Career Success Officer
Austin, TX
Full-time
Onsite
Director/Executive
$105K/yr - $142K/yrBreakthrough Central Texas is seeking a Chief College and Career Success Officer to lead its College and Career Success program. This role involves overseeing a growing team to provide advising services to students post-high school graduation, ensuring their success in achieving postsecondary education goals.
Higher Education
Hiring Manager
Rebecca Brown
Responsibilities
Lead the strategic development, implementation, and continuous improvement of Breakthrough’s College and Career Success (CCS) program
Establish clear, measurable goals for college enrollment, persistence, credit momentum, and degree completion, and ensure the team uses data and research to drive progress toward these outcomes
Create and maintain advising protocols, program frameworks, and service-delivery models that ensure high-quality, equity-centered support from postsecondary entry through completion
Develop and oversee targeted interventions for students at high risk of stopping out, including financial aid strategies, academic supports, and crisis-response systems
Stay current on emerging research, policy trends, and best practices to inform program design and strengthen student outcomes
Oversee the integrity, accuracy, and usefulness of all CCS data, including enrollment data, financial aid information, transcripts, case notes, and student progress indicators
Lead the development and refinement of systems, tools, workflows, and dashboards that enable the CCS team’s student monitoring and strong performance against organizational goal outcomes
Partner with the Data and Research team to implement evaluation processes and learning cycles that translate insights into program enhancements and staff capacity-building
Ensure adherence to FERPA, data privacy standards, and organizational data security practices
Work closely with the Chief Operations Officer to develop and manage the CCS program budget, including forecasting staffing needs, allocating resources, and ensuring alignment between financial decisions and programmatic goals
Design, negotiate, and implement innovative partnership models with higher education institutions and nonprofit partners, including shared advising structures, data-sharing agreements, micro-grant models, and coordinated persistence initiatives
Build and steward relationships with institutional leaders, administrators, and community partners to address systemic barriers and improve student outcomes
Manage partnerships with scholarship providers to ensure aligned, coordinated supports for students
Maintain and expand contracts, MOUs, and/or formal agreements that advance shared partnership goals
Supervise, support, develop, and evaluate the Directors of College and Career Success, while also providing strong team leadership to all CCS staff members so that they are positioned to deliver high-quality programs and services
Lead recruitment, hiring, onboarding, and retention efforts to build a diverse, high-performing team
Create performance management systems, professional development structures, and leadership pathways that strengthen staff skills and team performance
Foster a healthy, inclusive, high-trust culture within CCS and help shape positive organizational culture across Breakthrough
Serve as an active member of the organizational Leadership Team, supporting successful implementation of Breakthrough’s strategic plan and organization-wide priorities
Partner with leaders across departments to ensure alignment of services and seamless student pathways across middle school, high school, and college success programming
Collaborate with the Development team to identify resource gaps and design proposals or funding strategies that strengthen CCS program sustainability
Report, alongside the Executive Director and Leadership Team members, to the Board of Trustees on program impact, progress, and challenges
Represent Breakthrough in local, statewide, and national forums focused on postsecondary access and persistence, sharing insights from our work and contributing to broader field learning
Liaise with Breakthrough's Development and Communications team members, as needed, to support fundraising, messaging, and organizational storytelling
Qualification
Required
Lead in a school, district, higher education institution, or college-success nonprofit, including knowledge of best practices in leadership and evidence-based postsecondary access and success practices
Drive innovation and develop programs from idea to impact to scale, particularly initiatives that involve collaboration with postsecondary partners
Build partnerships by establishing clear collaboration protocols, cultivating trust, and communicating shared goals and outcomes effectively
Create and improve systems that support program efficiency, effectiveness, and performance management
Manage complexity by exhibiting sound judgement and thoughtful decision making in ambiguous situations, responding with flexibility and a bias toward thoughtful action
Approach conversations and decisions with openness and humility, and awareness of identity, power, and privilege
Create the conditions for high performance and talent retention by setting priorities, delegating effectively, managing conflicts, stewarding team culture, and coaching the team to ensure progress toward goals
Lead collaboratively with other teams and department heads to set strategic vision, ensure alignment, maintain operational efficiency, and create meaningful impact
Deliver or oversee strong postsecondary advising to skillfully support young adults to cultivate a sense of belonging, connect to campus resources, identify strong ‘fit' institutions and programs, complete degree steps, explore careers, and address barriers to their continued enrollment
Align systems, structures, and resources to support student success, and organize complex projects to achieve defined outcomes
Communicate Breakthrough's mission, student stories, and community strengths to diverse audiences through compelling and inclusive messaging strategies
Prioritize effectively and consistently deliver on commitments in a timely manner
Benefits
Health, dental and vision insurance(Breakthrough pays 100% of employee premiums)
Life insurance
Matching 401K retirement plan
Thirty days of PTO annually, with immediate accrual, recognizing that staff have lives outside of work
Additional leave benefits, including company holidays and FMLA eligibility (varies by year)
Company
Breakthrough Central Texas
Breakthrough is the leading college access and success non profit in Central Texas.
Founded in 2001
51-200 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageLeadership Team
Andrea Guengerich Harper
Chief Program Strategy Officer
Donnie Spier
Chief Operations Officer
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