Job Description:The Director of Advising is responsible for the large-scale strategic visioning, supervision, administrative and budget oversight, designing programs, and evaluation of Undeclared student advising which averages (approximately 2700 students per year) and Health Profession Advising (25% of incoming freshmen express interest). The Director takes responsibility for building a positive culture around advising, developing and promoting effective advising practices guided by best practices, assessing learning outcomes and institutional data. Additionally, the Director supports unit growth and enrichment that align with the University’s Strategic Plan, diversity goals, Principles of Community, and Student Success Initiatives.
Student Achievement has been a leader for advising across campus for decades, reporting to both the VPUA and the VPSA, and is appointed to collaboratively lead a number of campus-wide programs and initiatives including leadership for campus-wide support for advisors to implement student success initiatives that promote student retention and graduation, share university updates that pertain to advising, and provide resources such as training and websites.
The position is a 12 month, full-time, Administrative Professional position and reports to the Executive Director of the Collaborative for Student Achievement.
Minimum Qualifications:
- Master’s degree required
- Minimum 7 academic advising experience in a higher education setting with knowledge of advising standards, best practices, and trends
- Demonstrated experience and commitment to diversity and inclusiveness, experience working with students from diverse backgrounds
Preferred Qualifications:
- Knowledge of processes on a large university campus
- Ability to provide vision and leadership to the University advising community
- Understanding of undergraduate education and undergraduate planning and implementation
- Developed abilities supervising and evaluating professional staff (through experience and/or training) •
- Knowledge of decision-making processes on a large university campus
- Ability to collaborate and serve in a leadership capacity on campus-wide committees and outside organizations
- Demonstrated ability to plan, coordinate, prioritize, and effectively execute multiple initiatives, programs, and events
- resolving complex issues, proposing and implementing change
- Demonstrated ability to interact effectively with academic and student support leaders
- Demonstrated ability to make data-informed decisions or use assessment to guide practices
- Excellent communication skills, including interpersonal communication skills, presentation writing skills
- Proven ability to utilize technology to promote academic advising
- Affiliation with NACADA, The Global Community for Academic Advising