Assistant Director, Academic Counseling

University of Mississippi • University, MS

1d • Onsite

About The Position

The University of Mississippi — fondly referred to as Ole Miss — stands as a premier public research institution with a proud legacy of academic distinction. We are devoted to nurturing a vibrant, inclusive community where every member — student, faculty, and staff — can achieve their fullest potential. Join the Ole Miss Family — Build Your Legacy Here! This work involves providing academic guidance, retention strategies, and individualized success interventions to help college athletes navigate educational requirements and overall college life. It includes supporting at-risk populations, coordinating targeted programs, and ensuring progress toward academic goals.

Requirements

• Bachelor's (Required)
• Relevant experience | 6 Years | Required

Responsibilities

• Serves as a main point of contact for students on revenue producing sports who pose high academic retention risks, providing complex organizational information about educational options, academic requirements, and institutional resources and addressing their needs.
• Supports student programs and facilitates individual student success interventions designed for targeted student populations, such as students who are deemed as academically at-risk, have diagnosed learning disabilities, including but not limited to students who are first-year, transfer, first-generation, and/or high financial need.
• Tracks grades, academic progress and meet regularly with coaches to provide updates.
• Meets with prospective student-athletes/families with coaching staffs via unofficial and official visits to campus.
• Provide leadership, guidance, training and supervision to full and part-time employees, including but not limited to graduate assistants, tutors.
• Lead, direct and assist in the development and facilitation of program operations and components.
• Assist with providing leadership for the center with direct oversight of academic counseling and academic enrichment areas, while serving on primary leadership team assisting in the administration of key program initiatives.
• Expectation is to assist students in achieving academic success and maintaining athletic eligibility while persisting.
• Coordinates and participates in assigned special and recurring projects and programs to include planning, development, implementation and evaluation of tutorial program.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level