Assistant Director, Sallyport Fellows Program

Rice University•Houston, TX

5d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Assistant Director of the Sallyport Fellows Program (SFP) provides hands-on advising, coaching, and other support to Rice first-generation/limited-income (FGLI) undergraduate students. Using a relationship-centered, proactive advising model, the Assistant Director helps students transition to college and achieve their student-determined goals at and beyond Rice. The role uses holistic, student-centered advising, proactive advising practices, innovative learning strategies, and coaching techniques to engage students, connect them with university resources, and support their retention. The Assistant Director tracks student progress and designs interventions to proactively support student success. This is a hybrid, full-time, benefits-eligible position requiring four days per week on campus, with the option to work remotely one day per week. The schedule is largely Monday through Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.; occasional evenings and weekends may be required. The hiring range is $60,000–$65,000 annually, depending on qualifications and experience. This is an exempt salaried position and is not eligible for overtime.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree.
Two years of related professional experience in a four-year college or university setting, including previous advising or coaching experience.
Coaching and instructional skills, organizational abilities, attention to detail, and the ability to quickly assess the effectiveness of an intervention.
Knowledge of student development, learning, and identity development theories, and professional experience applying those frameworks.
Ability to problem-solve and support or advise students in personal and/or academic crisis.
Strong communication and rapport-building skills.
Experience collaborating with faculty, staff, students, alumni, families, and administration.
Experience and comfort working with diverse student populations, including first-generation, limited-income, first- and second-year, and underrepresented students.

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree, preferably in college student personnel, counseling, student affairs, or a related field.
Experience employing holistic proactive or intrusive advising strategies.
Experience providing academic support, leadership development, and program development.
Experience supporting student success or undergraduate retention initiatives.
Experience collaborating with faculty.
Experience working at a highly selective college or university.
Familiarity with a fast-paced, results-oriented environment.
Ability to work in a collaborative, team-oriented environment.

Responsibilities

Identify and advise FGLI students who need additional support, providing sustained, individualized, developmentally appropriate coaching for academic, social, leadership, and interpersonal development.
Help students develop roadmaps for success at the university and use varied strategies to identify and implement their goals.
Monitor academic performance and persistence toward graduation; update advising notes in Navigate, prepare reports, and maintain detailed student files as needed.
Apply best practices in proactive advising, student success coaching, and higher education/student affairs to advising practice.
Help develop student-success interventions, workshops, and other programs that facilitate the transition to college.
Teach a section of University 110, a first-year student transition course.
Collaborate with residential college Magisters, Wellbeing, faculty and academic departments, Campus Life entities, and other campus resources to coordinate comprehensive student support.
Support other FGLI student-support initiatives as needed, potentially including Orientation Week, office-wide marketing initiatives, and programming for first-generation and/or limited-income students.
Perform other duties as assigned.