Director - ACE program

State University of New York • Farmingdale, NY

375d • $75,000 - $78,400

About The Position

The Director of the SUNY Advancing Completion through Engagement (ACE) program at Farmingdale State College is responsible for overseeing the comprehensive academic support program aimed at helping students complete their bachelor's degrees on time. This role involves managing program components, staff supervision, and ensuring compliance with internal and SUNY regulations while fostering relationships that support the program's success. The director will implement policies, develop strategies for recruitment and enrollment, and provide innovative solutions to meet student needs.

Requirements

• Minimum of a Master's degree in higher education, counseling, or related field.
• Demonstrated successful experience in program development and management within higher education that is inclusive of coordination of services, strategy development, staff supervision, data management, and outcomes assessment.
• Experience with expenditure planning and budget oversight.
• Experience working within a college-related setting supporting student development and success.
• Strong understanding of the academic, financial, and wellness needs of college students.
• Strong oral and written communication skills.
• Demonstrated ability to cultivate and develop inclusive and equitable working relationships with students, faculty, staff and external stakeholders.
• Knowledge of, and experience with, best practices for student retention and completion within higher education.

Nice To Haves

• Experience working with a wide variety of College constituents from both the student affairs and academic affairs divisions.
• Prior experience with instructional technology and student information database applications such as Brightspace and Banner.
• Proficiency in computer systems, including Microsoft Office.
• Creative, organized, and motivated individual interested in student development.

Responsibilities

• Overall development and administration of program components, data management, outcomes assessments, and timely submission of reports for the program.
• Recruit, hire, and supervise all program staff, encouraging and promoting opportunities for professional development and growth.
• Manage the development of processes to regularly and consistently enter, share and analyze student participation and outcome data to ensure successful progress toward student engagement and program academic performance benchmarks.
• Coordination, supervision, and assessment of new student summer immersion programming for incoming freshman and transfer students.
• Oversight of the program budget, managing expenditures in accordance with campus policies and procedures.
• Develop recruitment strategy and processes to maintain enrollment targets, in collaboration with the admissions and financial aid department.
• Assess and develop processes for program incentive distribution in coordination with appropriate college departments.
• Develop strategy and mechanisms to increase FAFSA completion and reduce SAP/verification issues.
• Monitor the development of a comprehensive framework to provide opportunities for ACE students to progress toward career of choice.
• Regularly attend required meetings with SUNY Central ASAP|ACE staff, prepares reports for the University ASAP|ACE Executive Director, SUNY Office of Academic Affairs, and share outcomes each semester with college leadership.

Benefits

• Health insurance options
• Retirement plans

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director
• Industry: Educational Services
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree