Lead Academic Advisor - Fargo, United States - North Dakota State University

Description

Position Information

Our goal is to support students throughout their academic careers at North Dakota State University. If you are ready to be a part of a team helping to transform students' lives by setting them up for success, this is the place for you.

The purpose of the Lead Academic Advisor is to serve in a leadership role in academic advising and student success. This position will advise a caseload of students, supervise a group of academic advisors within an academic college, and serve as a connecting point between the academic advisors, colleges, and the Career and Advising Center. This position will serve alongside a group of other lead advisors that are responsible for supporting the NDSU mission, vision and values through developmental, proactive academic advising and equity-based student success and retention initiatives.

Details:

Provide leadership and supervision to a group of professional academic advisors (typically 4-5 direct professional staff) within advising unit.

Ensure advising staff is trained on developmental advising, student caseload management, and various advising systems and initiatives used throughout the year.

Coordinate and lead advisor team meetings encouraging advising best practices for discussion and exploration, communicating critical dates and information with team.

Regularly meet 1:1 with direct reports.

Encourage professional development (PD) of advisors and manages PD funding.

Maintain updated knowledge of all programs and curricular requirements for every program represented on their team.

Serve as liaison between academic college leadership (deans, associate & assistant deans, chairs, and directors) and academic advising unit.

Serve as trouble shooting contact within unit for university advising systems and complex advising issues.

Responsible for assessment needs of areas of advising including surveying, reporting, and utilization and dissemination of results.

Report on advising trends and specified metrics to assistant director of advising and relevant department and college contacts.

Provide academic advising services based on the NACADA Core Competencies guiding framework.

Advise approximately 150 students utilizing developmental, proactive, caseload management advising including summer orientation registration.

Utilize student success platform analytics to implement proactive outreach through a variety of strategies to assist students with academic difficulty.

Refer students as needed to other student support services (financial aid, counseling, center for writers, etc.).

Utilizing the NDSU co-curricular model, help students identify and understand opportunities to maximize their student experience at NDSU to positively impact their communities.

Develop and implement innovative advising techniques to support connection with major department, career exploration, student academic success and retention.

Discuss career goals, outcomes, and resources with students utilizing Handshake, FOCUS2, and other available resources.

Meet with students interested in changing majors.

Work collectively with other lead advisors and supervisor to develop and implement ongoing training and professional development to campus (professional, faculty, and support) academic advisors.

Participate in ongoing training for accurate information on innovative and effective advising and career development techniques.

Attend and support all staff meetings and events as required within the Career and Advising Center.

Maintain regular involvement with faculty, administrators, and related campus offices (Registration & Records, Student Success Programs, etc.) for academic curriculum, policy/procedure and other pertinent updates.
Work Schedule:

Academic Year Hours: Monday-Friday: 8am-5pm

Summer and Break Hours: Monday-Friday: 7:30am-4pm

Occasional evening and weekend hours throughout the year.
Advertised Salary:

$52,000/year

Minimum Qualifications:

Master's Degree and 3 years of experience in academic advising.

Supervisory experience or demonstrated evidence of growth in responsibility.

Demonstrated leadership within a team environment.

Ability to work independently and as part of a team.

Evidence of commitment to creating inclusive spaces.

Current knowledge of student development and counseling theory.

Excellent oral and written communication skills.

Exceptional organizational skills, detail oriented, problem-solver and ability to handle conflict situations.
Preferred Qualifications:

5+ years of academic advising experience

2+ years of supervisory experience

Advanced experience and knowledge of student advising issues and university/college policies and procedures, and the ability to translate information to other majors.

Advanced knowledge of degree programs, attention to detail, ability to solve complex problems are necessary.
Applicant Materials Required:

Resume

Cover Letter

Names and contact information of three (3) professional references
Benefits:

NDSU offers a comprehensive benefits package which includes single or family health insurance coverage with premiums paid for by the university - with an effective date for new employees the first of the month following date of hire. Other benefits include: wellness benefits, basic life insurance, retirement plan, tuition waiver, annual leave, EAP, sick leave and holiday pay. Optional benefits include: supplemental life, dental, vision, long-term care insurance, flexible spending account, and supplemental retirement plans.

About Us:

North Dakota State University is distinctive as a student focused, land-grant, research university. We educate leaders who solve national and global challenges by providing affordable access to an excellent education that combines teaching and research in a rich learning environment.

NDSU is in the highest Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education, R1, granted to the top research institutions in the country.

NDSU has offices across the state of North Dakota, and the main campus is in Fargo, on the Minnesota border. Along with Moorhead, Minnesota, Fargo forms one of the largest metropolitan centers between Minneapolis and Seattle. The community is consistently ranked as one of the best places to live.

No Smoking Notice :

As an employer, the State of North Dakota prohibits smoking in all places of state employment in accordance with N.D.C.C. §

EO/AA Statement:

North Dakota State University is an Equal Opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, color, gender expression/identity, genetic information, marital status, national origin, participation in lawful off-campus activity, physical or mental disability, pregnancy, public assistance status, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, spousal relationship to current employee, or veteran status, as applicable.

Diversity Statement:

NDSU strives to be a community of belonging, recognizing unique differences as strengths of our university. We seek to recruit and retain a diverse workforce that supports a community in which diverse populations and perspectives will know and learn from one another. NDSU values candidates who are committed to our core values of respect, inclusivity, community, creativity, excellence, impact, innovation, integrity, resilience, responsiveness, and transformation. Successful candidates will be committed to and help advance our strategic goal to create and maintain an open and respectful environment to promote inclusivity and diversity as a cornerstone of education, research, and outreach.

Veteran's Preference Notice:

This position is subject to North Dakota Veteran's Preference requirements.

Reasonable Accommodation Information

North Dakota State University is committed to providing access and reasonable accommodation in its services, programs, activities, education, and employment for individuals with disabilities. To request disability accommodation in the application process, please contact Human Resources at or .

Land Acknowledgement

We collectively acknowledge that NDSU, a land grant institution, on the traditional lands of the Oceti Sakowin (Dakota, Lakota, Nakoda) and Anishinaabe Peoples in addition to many diverse Indigenous Peoples still connected to these lands. We honor with gratitude Mother Earth and the Indigenous Peoples who have walked with her throughout generations. We will continue to learn how to live in unity with Mother Earth and build strong, mutually beneficial, trusting relationships with Indigenous Peoples of our region. (see ).