Job Description

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Job Description

• Provide comprehensive academic advising to a cohort of undergraduate students, guiding them in creating meaningful and coherent curricula that align with their goals and interests.
• Assist students in navigating core requirements, programs, and co-curricular opportunities while addressing academic challenges and connecting them to campus support services as needed.
• Oversee their progress toward degree completion, ensuring alignment with long-term objectives.
• Contribute to the Arts and Letters Office for Undergraduate Studies by participating in meetings, committee work, and projects assigned by the Director of Advising.
• Assist in coordinating May Commencement ceremonies and represent the College and University as an advisor at events such as orientations, recognition ceremonies, open houses, Junior Parents Weekend, and Admissions functions.
• Oversee undergraduate administrative processes for an assigned student cohort, including requests for overloads, pass/fail, part-time status, late course changes, and separations.
• Consult on academic accommodations, study abroad approvals, degree audits, and transfer course evaluations in collaboration with relevant campus offices.

• In person (due to the nature of the position, remote/hybrid work arrangements are not possible).

Minimum Qualifications

• Advanced academic expertise in a discipline housed within the College of Arts and Letters or in a discipline that aligns with one of the College’s interdisciplinary or cross-college programs.
• Ability to guide a student in the process of developing, adapting, and pursuing a coherent curriculum of study through in-person academic advising meetings.
• Ability to master the undergraduate curriculum and co-curricular opportunities.
• Commitment to advancing the Dean’s priorities for undergraduate education.
• Knowledge of and adherence to the requirements of FERPA.
• Exceptional organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Ability to master the relevant software and web-based applications.
• Ability to manage a high volume of communication with students, faculty, and staff in a timely and professionally appropriate manner.
• Ability to manage several complex administrative processes and responsibilities simultaneously: degree-requirement audits, schedule audits, study-abroad approvals, transfer-course approvals, drop requests, separation requests, return-to-studies applications, academy review of transfer applications, directed-readings requests, pass-fail requests, part-time status requests, etc.
• Ability to establish and cultivate collaborative relationships within the College and across the University in support of undergraduate education.

• Education: Master’s degree.
• Experience: 1 to 2 years in higher education or a similar field.

Preferred Qualifications

• Terminal degree in a discipline housed within the College of Arts and Letters or in a discipline that aligns with one of the College’s interdisciplinary or cross-college programs.
• Two or more years of teaching experience in higher education. Prior experience in academic administration and/or advising is a plus, but not required.

Special Instructions to Applicants

• Cover letter stating interest in and qualifications for the position.
• Curriculum vitae.
• Names of two academic references who will be contacted for confidential evaluations of candidates who are advanced to the interview stage of the search.

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• 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
• 12 months

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