Academic Advising Coordinator (2) positions
Job Description
Job Description
Job Summary:
The goals of the Eagle Achievement Center is to promote
student academic success, increase retention, and provide services to empower student development. The Academic Advising Coordinator
supports academic advising for new and continuing undergraduate students. This position assesses academic level, attends to student academic
inquiries, assists in the resolution of individual academic problems, conducts degree audits, and participates in university-wide retention
initiatives. The Academic Advising Coordinator is well-versed in all undergraduate curriculum to assist students, and each coordinator is
assigned to a particular college to provide a more expert level of curricular understanding and serve as a liaison to that college. The
position serves as primary advisor to first-year students and secondary advisor to upper class students.
The goals of the Eagle Achievement Center is to promote
student academic success, increase retention, and provide services to empower student development. The Academic Advising Coordinator
supports academic advising for new and continuing undergraduate students. This position assesses academic level, attends to student academic
inquiries, assists in the resolution of individual academic problems, conducts degree audits, and participates in university-wide retention
initiatives. The Academic Advising Coordinator is well-versed in all undergraduate curriculum to assist students, and each coordinator is
assigned to a particular college to provide a more expert level of curricular understanding and serve as a liaison to that college. The
position serves as primary advisor to first-year students and secondary advisor to upper class students.
Essential
Responsibilities:
- Provide academic advising and coaching services to all fully admitted undergraduate students.
- Develop and maintain close working relationships with faculty and other administrators for the purpose of collaborative efforts for
student success especially in college assigned. - Ensure the effectiveness of the academic advising process by maintaining the
academic advisement verification form, updated individualized student academic plans of study, daily student interaction log, student
referral form, student hard copy and electronic files, and academic advising reports. - Assist undergraduate students in making a
decision to change their academic major and update their academic plans from the current academic major to their newly chosen academic
major. - Facilitate student engagement by recommending resources, conducting referrals, and supporting overall services of the Eagle
Achievement Center - Conduct degree audits of assigned students at designated levels of obtaining 30, 60, and 90 credit hours.
- Connect students with off-campus resources, on-campus student services, tutoring programs, mentors, and other programs designed to help
them reach graduation. - Assess and develop appropriate remedies to assist students with their academic, career, personal, and social
needs to help them persist to graduation. - Maintain a thorough knowledge of academic program requirements, academic policy
information, and university policies, processes, and mandates. - Keep abreast of the legal guidelines regarding academic advising and
registration including those regulating confidentiality and privacy such as FERPA, HIPAA, etc. - Work closely with students in the
Academic Recovery Program, in a state of appeal with Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP), or in a probationary status - Facilitate
high quality engagement that promotes academic success and student satisfaction for all undergraduate students; especially high performing
students. - Assist in orientation presentations and academic student workshops that include support for study strategies, time
management, academic self- advocacy, test-taking skills, critical reasoning, problem solving, and coping skills development. - Participate in Eagle Achievement Center sponsored programs and events .
- Assist in execution of policies, procedures, reporting,
and assessment of assigned retention initiative. - Other duties as assigned.
Required
Qualifications
Education:
- Bachelor’s degree in school counseling, psychology, education,
social work, higher education administration or a closely related field. - Master’s degree preferred.
Experience:
- Minimum of three years’ experience in academic advising or professional experience in a
higher education environment in student support services. - Experience in providing academic advising and support for traditional and
non-traditional students, and experience working with exploratory/undecided students.
Knowledge, Skills, and
Abilities:
- Student centered, self-starter with working knowledge of academic advising and coaching theories and
practices. - Strong critical thinking, communication, and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to work as a team member and
independently while developing strong collaborative relationships with colleagues, students, student services, and academic services
units. - Ability to exercise excellent professional judgment and discretion, making decisions on a regular basis that impact student
welfare and success. - Ability to work with students of diverse backgrounds.
- Ability to work under minimal supervision to
meet deadlines, manage multiple tasks, and prioritize duties. - Knowledge of student development and resources to promote student
success. - Ability to maintain highly confidential information.
- Excellent knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite programs.
Physical Demands:
- Occasional evening and weekend academic advising and/or retention
activities required. - Occasional travel required for retention initiatives and professional development.
- Ability to lift
and carry small parcels, packages, and other items as needed for outreach to students and retention programs and events.
Posting Number: ST2023-0017
Close Date: 07/14/2023
Open Until Filled:
No
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