Academic Advising Coordinator

Maryland Connect • Baltimore, MD

13d • $58,000

About The Position

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. The position assesses academic level, attends to student academic inquires, 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.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in school counseling, psychology, education, social work, higher education administration or a closely related field.
• 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.
• 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.

Nice To Haves

• Master’s degree preferred

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.

Benefits

• Coppin State University offers a competitive benefits package to include health insurance options (medical, dental, vision), life and disability insurance, retirement plan contributions, as well as paid leave and federal holidays for all regular employees.
• Please see the link below to view the benefits that Coppin State University has to offer. https://www.coppin.edu/benefits

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 1-10 employees