Director – Career and Academic Advising – 995197

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Job Title:
Director – Career and Academic Advising –
995197

Location:
Fort Lauderdale-Davie, Florida

Work Type:
Full Time with Full
Benefits

Job Category:
Exempt

Hiring Range:
$82,000

Pay
Basis:

Annually

Subject to Grant Funding?:
No

Essential Job
Functions:
1. Plans, directs, supervises, and coordinates work activities of subordinates and staff, including hiring, coaching,
evaluating, and terminating, all in accordance with university policies and procedures.

2. Ensures all processes and procedures,
necessary to deliver optimal career and academic advising services are administered and followed on a day-to-day basis.

3. Represents
and promotes career and academic advising services by fostering collaborative relationships with faculty and staff across NSU.

4.
Ensures adequate data and appropriate assessment tools to measure career and academic advising services are collected, maintained, and
disseminated to executive leadership and university stakeholders.

5. Oversees the development and implementation of a comprehensive
academic and career advising program that will result in increased student retention, degree attainment, graduation outcomes and student
satisfaction.

6. Collaborates with Deans and faculty to remove unnecessary or unintended barriers to degree progress.

7.
Ensures students are provided consistent, accurate and prompt academic career and advising services.

8. Serves as a liaison between
the Center for Academic and Professional Success and admissions units; works actively to promote communication and develop seamless transfer
of student services as applicants become enrolled students.

9. Investigates student, staff, and interdepartmental concerns;
participates in problem resolutions and recommends corrective action when necessary.

10. Creates a reputation of excellence within
the university by developing and maintaining relationships with students, staff, and faculty across NSU.

11. Leads and supports
employee engagement initiatives.

12. Assists in the organization, implementation, and coordination of special events and
programming.

13. Acts as a backup to the Assistant Dean in her/his absence.

14. Participates on university
committees.

15. Completes other projects as assigned.

17. Performs other duties as assigned.

Marginal Job
Functions:
1. Attends workshops, career fairs, seminars, professional meetings, and conferences. Participates in NSU-wide events
and programs.

2. Evaluates, updates, and maintains departmental policies and procedures.

3. Researches current trends in
academic advising.

4. Assists with compiling data of surveys/reports; creates assessment tools to evaluate programs and
services.

Required Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities:
Knowledge:
1. Personnel and Human Resources – Advanced
knowledge of principles and procedures for personnel recruitment, selection, training, and supervision.
2. Customer and Personal Service
– Thorough knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services.
3. Administration and Management –
Thorough knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, budgeting, leadership
techniques, and/or coordination of people and resources.
4. English Language – Thorough knowledge of the structure and content of the
English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
5. Education and Training – Thorough
knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups.
6.
Psychology – General knowledge of human behavior and performance, individual differences in ability, personality, and interests; and
learning and motivation.
7. Therapy and Counseling – Thorough knowledge of principles, methods, and procedures for career counseling and
guidance.
8. Advanced knowledge of MS Office Suite (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
9. In-depth knowledge of university policies
and procedures.

Skills:
1. Active Listening – Advanced skills in giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking
time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
2. Speaking –
Advanced skills in talking to others to convey information effectively.
3. Social Perceptiveness – Advanced skills in being aware of
others’ reactions and understanding why they react as they do.
4. Critical Thinking – Advanced skills in using logic and reasoning to
identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems.
5. Writing – Proficient skills in
communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.
6. Judgment and Decision Making – Proficient skills in
considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the appropriate one.
7. Complex Problem Solving – Proficient
skills in identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.
8.
Service Orientation – Advanced skills in actively looking for ways to help people.
9. Supervisory skills – Advanced supervisory, training
and leadership skills, manage and motivate a large team.

Abilities:
1. Problem Sensitivity – The ability to tell when something is
wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem.
2. Deductive Reasoning –
The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
3. Inductive Reasoning – The ability to
combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (including finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated
events).
4. Fluency of Ideas – The ability to come up with a number of ideas about a topic (the number of ideas is important, not their
quality, correctness, or creativity).
5. Ability to work collaboratively with faculty, staff, and administrative units.
6. Ability to
create and implement strategies.
7. Ability to set expectations and communicate clear feedback to staff.

Physical Requirements and
Working conditions:
1. Speech Recognition – Must be able to identify and understand the speech of another person.
2. Speech Clarity –
Must be able to speak clearly so others can understand you.
3. Near Vision – Must be able to see details at close range (within a few
feet of the observer).
4. May be required to work nights or weekends.
5. Travel – Must be able to travel on a daily and/or overnight
basis.
6. May be exposed to short, intermittent, and/or prolonged periods of sitting and/or standing in performance of job duties.
7.
May be required to accomplish job duties using various types of equipment/supplies, to include but not limited to pens, pencils, mobile
devices, and computer keyboards.

Job Requirements:

Required
Certifications/Licensures:

Required Education:
Master’s Degree

Major (if
required):

Required Experience:
1. Minimum seven (7) years’ experience in academic advising and/or
career advising in higher education.

2. Experience in staff supervision, leadership development, and advising college-level
students.

Preferred Qualifications:

Is this a safety sensitive
position?
No

Background Screening Required?
No

Pre-Employment
Conditions:

To ensure a safe learning environment for students and staff, as a condition of employment the selected
candidate will need to provide proof of a completed COVID-19 vaccination prior to commencement of employment or an approved exemption and
reasonable accommodation.

Sensitivity Disclaimer:
Nova Southeastern University is in full compliance with the
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and does not discriminate with regard to applicants or employees with disabilities, and will make
reasonable accommodation when necessary.