Lead Academic Advisor

3 weeks ago

Chicago, United States University of Illinois Full time
Lead Academic Advisor

Hiring Department: Computer Science

Location: Chicago, IL USA

Requisition ID: 1025025

Posting Close Date: June 6, 2024

About the University of Illinois Chicago

UIC is among the nation's preeminent urban public research universities, a Carnegie RU/VH research institution, and the largest university in Chicago. UIC serves over 34,000 students, comprising one of the most diverse student bodies in the nation and is designated as a Minority Serving Institution (MSI), an Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander Serving Institution (AANAPSI) and a Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI). Through its 16 colleges, UIC produces nationally and internationally recognized multidisciplinary academic programs in concert with civic, corporate and community partners worldwide, including a full complement of health sciences colleges. By emphasizing cutting-edge and transformational research along with a commitment to the success of all students, UIC embodies the dynamic, vibrant and engaged urban university. Recent "Best Colleges" rankings published by U.S. News & World Report, found UIC climbed up in its rankings among top public schools in the nation and among all national universities. UIC has nearly 260,000 alumni and is one of the largest employers in the city of Chicago.

Description:

Position Summary
This position has strategic responsibility for ensuring the effective execution of the Computer Science advising team's mission, as well as professional and overall development of the advising team. In consultation with the Director of Undergraduate Studies, the Director of Student Affairs, and senior college leadership, executes the vision of Academic Advising for the Computer Science program. Provides direction and guidance based on service models and student success programmatic offerings. Provides direct service to computer science students from their orientation through graduation. Provides academic advising expertise and guidance to students and the broader advising team on degree requirements and programs; academic and professional planning; University, College and Campus policies and procedures; course selection and registration and available resources and opportunities. Handles and may oversee complex student cases.

Duties & Responsibilities
Creates and provides training, process documentation and refinement, and professional development opportunities for the computer science advising team. Assists in providing strategic direction on academic policies guiding students' degree progress in the computer science program. Regularly meets with students to determine degree progress, assists with regard to academic, cocurricular and professional progress. Provides guidance and support to other advisors in delivering advising to their caseloads. Acts as the lead for the advising team, and the point person for engaging with faculty and other student success professionals and units in the college and beyond. Reviews and understands current research in student support to provide best practices for college advising. Reviews and understands current research in student support to provide best practices for college advising. Works with the Students Services unit to review and assist in articulating courses that transfer students bring in from other community colleges or universities. Chairs or participates on committees (internal and external), task forces and teams. Leads related workshops, and new first-year student orientations. Serves as a Department representative for campus committees that provide strategic direction in academic and student affairs. Plans, assigns and reviews work of advising team to ensure that group objectives are met. Assists the directors in hiring, training, developing and managing staff to ensure that a qualified staff exists to meet group objectives. Primary lead on training new advising team members. Perform other related duties and participate in special projects as assigned. Perform other related duties and participate in special projects as assigned.

Qualifications:

Minimum Qualifications
  • Bachelor's Degree
  • Minimum of 5 years of demonstrated experience providing academic advising in a college or university setting; in a 4- year college or university preferred.
  • Record of student-centered support while maintaining academic integrity of the institution.
  • Strong knowledge of research-based best practices for student success.
  • Knowledge of and participation in Student Success Initiatives preferred.
  • Strong command of campus information technology systems including student tracking and database reporting programs.
  • Demonstrated knowledge of predictive analytics to track student support initiatives and programs preferred.
  • Experience in the development and facilitation of professional staff training preferred.
  • Experience in the chairing of committees or taskforces, or in leading a team of professional peers. Experience developing and executing new advising ideas/programs.
  • Knowledge of UIC policies, procedures, regulations, and standards of practice.
Preferred Qualifications
  • Master's Degree required; in education, student personnel, college counseling or a related field preferred


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