Associate Director of Academic Advising, College of Engineering [R0148937]

University of Nevada Las Vegas•Las Vegas, MD

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About The Position

The University of Nevada, Las Vegas invites applications for Associate Director of Academic Advising, College of Engineering [R0148937] . ROLE of the POSITION This position, along with the Director of the Advising Center, academic advisors and an administrative assistant, is responsible for staffing the College of Engineering Advising Center. The purpose of this position is to help achieve the Center’s goals of advising students, retaining existing students, assist with campus and college orientation events, tracking current students and graduates, and other assigned duties as designated by the Director. The Associate Director will be tasked with managing the RPC objectives within the College of Engineering Advising Center. The Associate Director will be responsible for serving as the liaison to the greater UNLV community related to RPC initiatives, and will oversee RPC initiatives within with the College of Engineering. Specifically, the Associate Director will be responsible for coordination of early outreach and will manage advising of the students on academic warning and suspension. This position will work with the first-year student liaison and Director of Student Success for the development, maintenance and expansion of group advising beyond new student orientation to encompass group advising for all first-year students and second-year students with a focus on sophomore retention efforts. The Associate Director will assist the Director in the training of advisors on RPC-related policies as it relates to academic advising. The Associate Director will advise a caseload of undergraduate students within the College – the Associate Director will specifically advise students on academic warning with the college and students being placed onto suspension/returning from suspension. Extensive knowledge of the general education degree requirements for all College of Engineering majors offered at the university is essential for this position. Advisors use their experience in advising to assist students with identifying their strengths, interests, and abilities and interpret how these aspects of personality relate to majors and careers in order to progress through the major selection process. This is a student facing service-based position. Additional duties will include, but are not limited to: review and articulate transfer coursework, advise and evaluate student’s degree progress, interpret and correct degree audits, help at-risk students develop remedial plans of study and refer to appropriate campus services, help students process forms, serve as an advocate for students through communication with appropriate Faculty Senate committees, maintain detailed advising records utilizing a variety of software programs, assist with college and university recruiting, New Student Orientation and service events. This position requires occasional evening and weekend responsibilities.

Requirements

Master’s Degree from an accredited college or university as recognized by the United States Department of Education and/or the Council on Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA)
3 to 5 years of related professional experience
Minimum 1 year supervisory experience
Credentials must be obtained prior to the employment start date.

Nice To Haves

Experience working with students on academic warning or suspension.
Basic evaluation, assessment, data management, and reporting skills.
Solid working knowledge of software programs such as MyUNLV (PeopleSoft), SalesForce, Google Docs, Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint is also desired.

Responsibilities

Staffing the College of Engineering Advising Center.
Advising students.
Retaining existing students.
Assist with campus and college orientation events.
Tracking current students and graduates.
Managing the RPC objectives within the College of Engineering Advising Center.
Serving as the liaison to the greater UNLV community related to RPC initiatives.
Overseeing RPC initiatives within with the College of Engineering.
Coordination of early outreach.
Managing advising of the students on academic warning and suspension.
Development, maintenance and expansion of group advising beyond new student orientation to encompass group advising for all first-year students and second-year students with a focus on sophomore retention efforts.
Assist the Director in the training of advisors on RPC-related policies as it relates to academic advising.
Advise a caseload of undergraduate students within the College – the Associate Director will specifically advise students on academic warning with the college and students being placed onto suspension/returning from suspension.
Review and articulate transfer coursework.
Advise and evaluate student’s degree progress.
Interpret and correct degree audits.
Help at-risk students develop remedial plans of study and refer to appropriate campus services.
Help students process forms.
Serve as an advocate for students through communication with appropriate Faculty Senate committees.
Maintain detailed advising records utilizing a variety of software programs.
Assist with college and university recruiting, New Student Orientation and service events.