Job Profile:

Academic Advisor 2

Job Family:

Academic Advising

Time Type:

Full time

Max Pay – Depends on experience:

$60,000.00 USD Annual

Apply before 11:59 PM Arizona time the day before the posted End Date.

Minimum Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree and three (3) years of experience appropriate to the area of assignment/field; OR, Any equivalent combination of experience and/or training from which comparable knowledge, skills and abilities have been achieved.

Job Profile Summary:
Resolves complex issues and also take the lead on projects built around student support and is both an individual-contributor position; works with a broad knowledge of overlapping functions and processes; team lead/holds team accountable/reports up to leadership/trainer.

Job Description:

The School of Molecular Sciences is seeking a motivated, student centric Academic Success Advising Coordinator to support the school academic advising team. The Academic Success Advising Coordinator promotes and supports student retention and graduation by ensuring timely progress toward degree completion through a range of in-person/virtual academic counseling and student support strategies. In addition, this role will assist in coordinating the ASU/Creighton University 3+4 Doctor of Pharmacy program in collaboration with Creighton University, advise undergraduate SMS and non-SMS students in taking biochemistry and chemistry courses, assist with event planning, and other duties as assigned to support advising initiatives, student persistence, and student retention in the school. This position supports both immersion (i.e. on-campus) and online student populations for undergraduate students.  This role reports directly to the Associate Director of Academic Services for the school.

                                                                                                          

Hybrid work or an alternative work schedule may be considered after hire and training.

Position Salary Range:

$55,000-$60,000; DOE

Essential Duties:

• Proactively monitors undergraduate student academic performance, addresses, responds to, and works to resolve student concerns, questions, or issues and collaborates closely with students

• Assists with advising School of Molecular Sciences and ASU students on a weekly basis

• Acts as a leader to coordinate the 3+4 ASU/Creighton University Doctor of Pharmacy program including collaborating with ASU and Creighton University staff, meeting with continuing and prospective students; developing continuing education, materials, and programming to prepare students for admission to Creighton University; meeting with university and department partners to provide regular program updates, data analysis, and other duties as assigned to support the program

• Serve as the pre-health representative for the unit at various meetings, events, and initiatives related to pre-health at ASU; help support college and university wide pre-health initiatives as needed

• Identifies all academic options including, but not limited to: degrees, tutoring, counseling, career services, success coaching, extracurricular activities, study abroad program(s), research, and internships; supports and provides counsel to students in selection of options best suited to the student's goals, interests, and skills

• Provides individual and group academic advising and/or interacts with students in support of academic success; work with various student populations including graduate, undergraduate, online, on-campus students, international, etc.

• Assist the Associate Director of Academic Services and unit in event planning for undergraduate events

• Works closely and collaboratively with students, faculty, and staff to support academic success

• As required, act as a college/department/school representative to current and prospective students, faculty, staff, and external groups on issues related to academic success; attend and/or present at orientation or recruiting events/activities/workshops

• Manages escalated issues from both internal and external constituencies

• Demonstrates mastery of conflict resolution principles and techniques

• Coordinates training and development related to projects and programs for staff

• Assist in training and supporting new advising staff

• Utilizes and demonstrates fluency with a wide range of relevant and appropriate software and retention-focused strategies including Salesforce, DARS, Peoplesoft, MyAnalytics, eAdvisor, etc.

• Prepares detailed documents, proposals, reports, and provides analysis of data for identification of trends

• Applies collaborative approaches and strategies to devise solutions for student requests and clearly develops and conveys the nuances of outcomes verbally and in writing

• Navigates complex environments with evolving priorities and communication plans, establishes and maintains effective professional working relationships

• Works as a university agent in ensuring ongoing satisfaction for students with their program and successful progress to completion, provides follow up to ensure satisfaction with and effectiveness of services, and utilizes a variety of university data and programmatic direction to promote student academic success

• Possesses a clear understanding of the unit goals of the college and departmental processes and expectations; drives unit initiatives with holistic understanding of the unit goals

• Collaborate with leadership to provide solutions associated with specific programs or projects

• Ability to manage projects by engaging peers and/or students to complete project goals.

• Other duties and projects as assigned

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Desired Qualifications:

• Experience in a higher education environment

• Experience working with undergraduate students

• Experience advising online students

• Experience in coordinating a program, event, and/or initiative that supports student success

• Demonstrated knowledge of university curricular requirements

• Ability to direct and provide support to undergraduate students enrolled at the university. 

• Ability to utilize a wide range of software for data analysis, advising theories, and retention-focused strategies.

• Experience in designing presentation materials and giving oral presentations in group settings

• Knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite and comfortable working in an environment focused on continuous improvement and innovation

• Evidence of effective written and verbal communication skills

Working Environment:

Activities are performed in an environmentally controlled office setting subject to extended periods of sitting, keyboarding, and manipulating a computer mouse; required to stand for varying lengths of time and walk moderate distances to perform work. Frequent bending, reaching, lifting, pushing and pulling up to 25 pounds. Regular activities require ability to quickly change priorities which may include and/or are subject to resolution of conflicts. Ability to clearly communicate verbally, read, write, see and hear to perform essential functions.

Department Statement:

The School of Molecular Sciences is now:

• Ranked in the top 10 in annual number of graduating chemistry/biochemistry majors

• Ranked number 6 worldwide in high-impact publications in chemistry

• Among the top 25 U.S. Ph.D. institutions in chemical research spending

Our students are offered a wide range of research and learning experiences from the traditional areas through highly interdisciplinary and collaborative projects for which ASU is famous. Our faculty and students are tackling some of the most challenging molecular problems of today, combining theory, spectroscopy, structural analysis, synthesis, molecular biology and biogeochemistry to forge new fundamental understandings of the molecular world around us. Such understanding is applied to the design and construction of new nanostructures, drugs, and materials for energy conversion and sustainability.

Please visit our website at https://sms.asu.edu

Driving Requirement:

Driving is not required for this position.

Location:

Campus: Tempe

Funding:

No Federal Funding

Instructions to Apply:

Current Employees and Students should apply directly within Workday using the Jobs Hub. Use this link and log in using SSO:

https://www.myworkday.com/asu/d/inst/1$9925/9925$17454.htmld

To be considered, your application must include all of the following attachments:

• Cover letter
• Resume/CV

Note: Multiple documents can be submitted into the attachment box. Alternatively, merge all documents into one PDF for submission.

Please include all employment information in month/year format (e.g., 6/88 to 8/94), job title, job duties and name of employer for each position. Resume should clearly illustrate how prior knowledge and experience meets the Minimum and Desired qualifications of this position. NOTE: GA and Intern positions are counted as .5 for job experience (ie. 1 year equals 6 months experience equivalency). Only electronic applications are accepted for this position.

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