Senior Academic Advisor

The Ohio State University • Columbus, OH

2d • Onsite

About The Position

The Senior Academic Advisor fosters student success by defining and implementing proactive strategies that help students stay on track to fulfill their educational goals. The individual in this role advises students majoring in Psychology on university policy and procedures, program and degree requirements, and related academic matters. The Senior Advisor consistently directs students to appropriate resources. They identify new resources and collaborations for resolving student cases. The Senior Advisor is a mentor to new advisors and provides leadership in advising community. The Senior Advisor assists with training new advisors. The Senior Advisor assists in coordination and execution of student orientation. The Senior Advisor coordinates with central advising office for orientation planning and delivery. The Senior Advisor teaches student survey course. They update course materials, recommend course improvements, and help to implement course improvements. They assist with graduation activities, including commencement rehearsal and line-up. They provide additional support to assigned department(s) and work on special projects as assigned by supervisor. The Senior Advisor serves as a liaison with department communications staff with regard to the undergraduate program website. They maintain the Psychology Major Information Modules in Carmen. They advance department retention efforts. They facilitate career discovery and career planning for psychology students.

Requirements

• Master's degree required.
• Two years of relevant experience.
• Deep understanding of programs, specialty areas, and academic and university policies.
• Demonstrates adaptive relational skills.
• Demonstrates superior communication skills; able to provide detail, depth, and context.
• Able to recommend policy, practice, and program changes to unit and/or university leadership.
• Understands and follows FERPA guidelines; trains, interprets, and explains FERPA guidelines to colleagues and stakeholders.
• Able to support/mentor other advisors on complex topics.
• Demonstrates sophisticated cultural competence across multiple cultures and/or identities.
• Able to identify and predict ramifications of current and proposed policies and practices on the student population and their programs.

Nice To Haves

• Four years of relevant experience.
• Utilizes and integrates historical knowledge of the academic advising profession.

Responsibilities

• Fosters student success by defining and implementing proactive strategies that help students stay on track to fulfill their educational goals.
• Advises students majoring in Psychology on university policy and procedures, program and degree requirements, and related academic matters.
• Consistently directs students to appropriate resources.
• Identifies new resources and collaborations for resolving student cases.
• Serves as a mentor to new advisors and provides leadership in the advising community.
• Assists with training new advisors.
• Assists in coordination and execution of student orientation.
• Coordinates with the central advising office for orientation planning and delivery.
• Teaches a student survey course.
• Updates course materials, recommends course improvements, and helps to implement course improvements.
• Assists with graduation activities, including commencement rehearsal and line-up.
• Provides additional support to assigned department(s) and works on special projects as assigned by supervisor.
• Serves as a liaison with department communications staff regarding the undergraduate program website.
• Maintains the Psychology Major Information Modules in Carmen.
• Advances department retention efforts.
• Facilitates career discovery and career planning for psychology students.

Benefits

• Medical, dental and vision coverage, with Ohio State paying a significant portion of the cost.
• Paid time off, including sick and vacation time and 11 holidays.
• State retirement plan or an alternative retirement plan, both with generous employer contributions.

What This Job Offers

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