Quality Advisor

The University of California-Davis seeks a highly skilled Quality Advisor to join our team. As a Quality Advisor, you will play a critical role in supporting student success and retention for a cohort of students, including those experiencing academic difficulty or having indicators predictive of poor academic performance.

• Provide comprehensive and wide-ranging academic advising and support for undergraduate students in the College of Engineering.
• Serve as an expert resource for and provide leadership to departmental academic advisors on a wide variety of policy implementation guidelines.
• Collaborate closely with appropriate personnel in other campus units to ensure ongoing, individual and holistic advising for students to develop a strong foundation for retention and academic success through graduation.
• Interpret and apply complex Academic Senate, college and campus academic and administrative regulations and policies associated broadly with undergraduate education and advising.
• Make decisions under the direction of the Associate Dean on academic intervention, dismissal and readmission and in consultation with the Associate Dean, the Director of Advising and Policy and college faculty, when appropriate, on course planning and scheduling, schedule adjustments and other similar academic matters.

• Master's degree in a STEM field, academic advising, counseling, higher education leadership, student services, or a related field; or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Experience advising students in a university setting, identifying and determining appropriate levels of advising or referral services for individual students, and providing immediate crisis counseling, triage, and referrals to students in academic, financial, or personal difficulty.
• Experience with computer software for word-processing, spreadsheet, and database applications to perform standard computer-based activities such as recording accurate and complete messages in student files, and preparing correspondence, documents, and reports.
• Experience identifying and documenting patterns of student academic needs and developing strategies and programs to successfully meet those needs.
• Experience using data analysis tools to review, refine, recommend, and support student success.

The University of California-Davis is a smoke and tobacco free environment. This is a critical position, as defined by UC policy and local procedures, and employment is contingent upon successful completion of background check(s), including but not limited to criminal record history background check(s).

The University of California, Davis is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age or protected veteran status.