Student Success Specialist

6 months ago


Auckland City, New Zealand RUSH Full time

**This role is with **Take2**, an organisation that partners with** RUSH Digital
Take2 is a pioneering end-to-end technology education and reintegration program for individuals caught within the justice system. We deliver industry-relevant training in web development and advanced life skills, and provide access to apprenticeship opportunities within leading companies. By enabling access to high-skill, high-wage jobs, we aim to prove that talent is evenly distributed, but opportunity is not. We transform the lives of individuals in our justice system and create opportunities to break the cycles of crime and intergenerational poverty. Inspired? So are we

To understand the impact you can have and how rewarding it is to work at Take2, take a quick look at a couple of our videos below

Together with our teachers and a part-time clinical psychologist, you will help us run a high-performance classroom, allowing students to grow and develop while supporting the learning of their peers. This is a student-centric role that focuses on providing comprehensive support and guidance to help our students overcome barriers, develop essential skills, and achieve their full potential within our program.

This is a contract, part-time position, with the possibility of extension based on project outcomes.

**Key Responsibilities**
- Build and reinforce classroom culture and expectations, in a learning environment largely focussed on group work
- Work with teachers to document and manage student attendance and performance
- Deliver human skills workshops and lesson content on self-transformation topics like mindfulness and DBT
- Provide pastoral support for students, 1:1 coaching and mentoring
- Work with students to create clear, individual learning pathways
- Assist with student recruitment and screening
- Build feedback processes from all major angles: classroom, teachers, students

**Need to have**
- Good listening, patience, empathy, firmness and tenacity. Making sure students feel supported and at the same time, not shying away from difficult conversations.
- Consistency. Setting and reinforcing expectations takes time and repetition.
- Organised mindset. We value great documentation and follow-through as ways to seamlessly work in a team and consistently produce outcomes that exceed our students’ and donors’ expectations.

**Nice to have**
- Social work, either formal education or work experience in a related field
- Experience working in startups
- Experience working in a justice system context, i.e. with incarcerated or formerly incarcerated people
- A desire to start with less and still create great outcomes
- Experience working in adult education

This is a unique role, with an even more unique company. If you’re on the fence, please apply—even if you don’t tick all the boxes Sound right up your alley? Want to learn more? So do we
- What is it about the work of Take2 that speaks to you?
- What strategies have you used in the past to engage and motivate students from diverse and underserved backgrounds?
- How can data be used to improve student outcomes?
- What do you think is the secret to making difficult conversations productive?



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