Pre-Health Academic Advisor

3 weeks ago


Ephraim, United States Snow College Full time
Salary: $19.00 Hourly

Location : Snow College - Ephraim, UT

Job Type: Part-time

Job Number: 00480

VP Organization: Student Affairs and Enrollment Management

Opening Date: 04/26/2024

Closing Date: Continuous

Description

Snow College seeks a highly collaborative student advocate on the Ephraim campus to serve as an academic advisor to students as they pursue degrees, certificates and pathways to transfer. The selected candidate will work as a member of a team of 16 highly motivated student success professionals. This position reports to the Director of the Student Success Center. The Student Success Center has a strong commitment to professional development and generally sends both full and part-time employees to at least one professional conference each year.
This is a 12-month position. Work hours are somewhat flexible and will fluctuate some during the academic year during busier months. Generally, hours are Monday-Thursday 9:00 am-2:30 pm & 8:30 am-12:30 pm on Friday.
Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree required
  • A minimum of two years' experience working with college students and/or high school students in a student development, academic affairs, student services, or related capacity; experience in academic advising and/or student life strongly preferred. Experience working with non-traditional college students is a plus.
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills; report writing and assessment skills.
  • Ability to establish strong professional relationships with on-campus as well as off-campus stakeholders
  • Technologically proficient with email and MS office suite; student-information-system experience (e.g., Banner or similar) is strongly preferred.
  • Strong organization skills; the ability to prioritize multiple tasks
  • Strong attention to detail, follow-up and problem solving
  • Strong commitment and motivation to contribute to the success of Snow College students
  • A working knowledge of student development theory, best practices, and FERPA are highly desirable

Major Responsibilities/Duties

  • Provide high quality, personal academic advising to Snow College students on the Ephraim campus, which includes, but is not limited to: selecting majors, selecting coursework/scheduling, connecting students to campus resources, tracking student progress, and assisting students in the transfer process
  • Participate in early intervention activities with at-risk students
  • Stay current with: general education requirements, major requirements, prerequisite requirements, transfer requirements, graduation requirements, and campus policies & scheduling
  • Attend state, regional, and/or national conferences and training as needed.
  • Collaborate and participate in admissions and orientation events as needed.
  • Stay current with Student Success Technologies (Banner experience is a plus)
  • Perform other duties as assigned by the Director of the Student Success Center
Some paid travel is required of this position (conferences, meetings, training, and recruitment activities) outside of normal work hours. This may include occasional over-night stays depending on the location of the activity attended. Occasional evening and weekend work are required of this position in support of special events.
Additional Information

Applications received by 11:59 PM on May 10, 2024, will be eligible for review by the hiring committee. Applications received after that date may not be reviewed by the hiring committee unless deemed appropriate by the college administration.

Snow College is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer and educator.

With campuses in both Ephraim and Richfield, Snow College offers programs and courses that are highly interactive and are designed to reach a broad spectrum of students: high school students desiring college courses, traditional on-campus students, technical education students, online students, non-traditional students who wish to start or complete a degree. Snow is committed to the success and positive experience of every one of these students.

Snow College is a two-year public college, and in January 2020, The Chronicle of Higher Education ranked Snow College #1 in the nation for student success in two-year colleges. Located in the heart of Utah, at the foot of the Wasatch Mountains, Snow College is one of the oldest comprehensive two-year college in the Western United States.

The College was established in 1888; excellence continues to be the hallmark of all our work and activities. We are the preferred choice of approximately 6,000 students, with 600 students attending the Richfield campus, who want a small College experience filled with a variety of many different activities, events, and performances. With campuses located in Ephraim, Richfield, and online, students complete degrees in Associate of Arts, Science, or Applied Science with numerous specialized, short-term technical training certificates and diplomas including a few Bachelor's degrees. To learn more about Snow College, please visit our .

To find out the most current information on perks offered by Snow College to part-time employees, please review the following

362 PART-TIME EMPLOYEE PRIVILEGES
April, 1997; Rev/May, 2000 (Effective July 1, 2000)

Definition.

A part-time adjunct faculty member is employed at less than 75% time annually and teaches at least one credit hour or more.

A part-time staff member is employed at less that 75% time annually. The employment time is three continuous months at an average of 15 hours a week.

Student hourly employees are exempt from the part-time privileges of this policy.

Privileges.

Upon authorization by the hiring department, part-time employees as defined under this policy will be issued a Snow College Part-Time Staff/Faculty Identification Card at the time of hire. The card entitles the holder to all of the privileges associated with a Full-Time Staff/Faculty Identification Card including, but not necessarily limited to, general admission or discounted prices for athletic and cultural events; Snow College library card issuance; computer network, Web, and e-mail access; bookstore sponsored discounts; and other discounts associated with the ID card at either campus. Supervisors have the right to terminate the privileges at any time during the fiscal year.

Non-inherent Privileges.

Privileges of full-time employees such as, but not necessarily limited to, college parties or gatherings, professional development activities, office/computer/telephone access, current expense budgets may be provided to part-time employees only at department discretion.

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