Required Qualifications (as evidenced by an attached resume):
Master's Degree. Three (3) years of full-time experience in academic advising, teaching, counseling, or student services at the college or university level working with undergraduates (Student work experience may be considered). Experience coordinating projects, programs, and/or events.
Preferred Qualifications:
Master's Degree in higher education, student affairs, social work, counseling, or related discipline. Additional years of experience in academic advising, counseling, teaching, or student services at the college or university level working with students. Experience teaching new student seminars or student-development related courses. Academic advising experience. Working knowledge of PeopleSoft and Tableau. Experience making data-driven decisions. Experience interacting with a diverse student population in an academic environment.
Brief Description of Duties:
The College of Business Academic Advisor provides individual academic advising to undergraduates in the College of Business. The Academic Advisor teaches a student success course (SBU101) and supports students in promoting their academic success. This position is an active leader and participant in assisting with the orientation and registration process, planning activities and events throughout the year, developing and implementing advising strategies, and building connections with faculty, staff, and student constituents. The incumbent provides a significant link to students transitioning from prior educational institutions and serves to strengthen student satisfaction and retention. The incumbent coordinates specific activities related to student success and organizational goals. The successful incumbent will have excellent customer service and interpersonal skills, exercising strong organizational and time-management skills with an exceptional attention to detail. Essential for this role is the adeptness to work independently as well as part of a team with a collaborative approach to problem solving.
Academic Advising and College Administration:
- Provide high quality, proactive academic advising to undergraduates in the College of Business. Such advising will occur in individual and group settings on an ongoing basis, and will include regular communication about courses, majors, degree requirements, and policies/procedures. Provide active support, follow-up, and strategies for success either individually or in a group setting, to students on academic action. Serve as a general walk-in and/or appointment advisor for undergraduates as needed. Support the training and development of Student Assistants and Interns via communicating policy, procedure, curricular, and other relevant knowledge.
- Participate in the planning and development of team meetings, trainings, and activities within the College of Business in conjunction with advising staff, and other constituents. Manage the administrative tasks for the College of Business, including programming, and special initiatives. Develop, coordinate, and manage activities that build community and support academic success. May serve as a task supervisor for Office of Student Service interns and/or student employees.
- Facilitate the internship process for business majors using the Handshake system, ensuring students meet requirements and receive academic credit for their internship(s).
- Evaluate business course transfer credits.
Project Coordinator:
- Analyze trends in student enrollment and registration using databases such as Tableau and SBU reporting to provide actionable recommendations to the Director of Student Services, focusing on enrollment needs, improving student retention, success and overall service quality.
- Analyze enrollment data to prepare eligibility lists for CoB honor societies. Maintain records of all inductees and liaise with campus partners to ensure notations are added to student records, and inductees are recognized at commencement ceremonies. Work with CoB leadership to solicit Dean’s support letters to be included in honor society invitations as needed.
Orientation and Registration:
- Assist in the coordination and implementation of orientation sessions for incoming students in a particular cohort or group. Provide 1:1 and group advising for new students regarding academic planning, policies, course requirements, and the process of registration. Participate in student orientation and opening weekend programs in January and the summer, including assisting in the development, planning, and implementation of new student related events and activities.
New Student Seminar Instruction:
- Participate in relevant training and provide instruction for a new student seminar class, comprised of approximately 20 students per class. Supervise, train, and evaluate an assigned teaching assistant.
Program Development and Event Planning:
- Participate in initiating, planning, and developing events and activities which build community and support academic success. Participate in one or more office committees. Participate in various University programs and services including training/staff development, campus events, special events, admissions open houses, search committees, commencement and University-wide committees
Other duties or projects as assigned as appropriate to rank and departmental mission.
Special Notes:
This is a full-time appointment. FLSA Exempt position, not eligible for the overtime provisions of the FLSA. Minimum salary threshold must be met to maintain FLSA exemption.
In addition to the employee's base salary, this position is eligible for $3,400 UUP annual location pay, paid biweekly.
For this position, we are unable to sponsor candidates for work visas.
Resume/CV and cover letter should be included with the online application.
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