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Academic Advising

The Academic Advising Manager oversees the design, development, implementation, and assessment of an advising program within an assigned area; directs a comprehensive advising program that promotes student success, retention, and equity; ensures program alignment with University academic values, objectives, and policies; equips students to make well-informed decisions that advance their academic goals; collaborates closely with faculty, leadership, and staff to ensure consistent advising practices; provides leadership for advising staff.

• Establish, direct, and evaluate the academic advising program for an assigned college or unit; develop a responsive, proactive advising structure; ensure the delivery of an advising program that utilizes innovative, evidence-based, best practices; oversee the implementation of advising technologies to improve program efficacy
• Direct all assessment activities for an advising program; develop, analyze, and report on performance goals; recommend changes to improve student outcomes and advising performance
• Serve as a liaison with the Division of Undergraduate Studies, college leadership, and commonwealth campuses; facilitate cross-unit collaboration between all groups including program coordinators, college staff and faculty, and student-facing departments, in order to advocate for and promote student outcomes
• Develop strategies to help students access resources, opportunities, and services that promote engagement and student success
• Monitor compliance with accreditation standards, state and federal regulations, and University requirements related to advising and student services
• Interpret and apply academic policies; assess the impact of policy changes on the advising program; develop procedures that align with University policies and standards
• Lead change management efforts related to advising redesign, policy updates, technology implementations, and organizational restructuring
• Administer testing, consulting, advising and related programs/services for designated student populations; may be responsible for provisional enrollment programs
• Direct academic advising training and development for faculty and professional advisers; disseminate changes in program curricula, policies, procedures, and other academic information
• Administer the academic advising budget; forecast staffing and program resource requirements; exercise established expenditure authorization; develop and present financial reports; may delegate responsibility for developing budgets to lower-level management
• Serve on college, campus, and University wide committees related to curriculum, student success, advising policy, enrollment planning, and academic standards
• May teach in accordance with academic unit/campus policies
• Supervise, hire, mentor, evaluate, and train staff, students, and volunteers

Level:

– Principal Manager

Base Description:

– Manages direct reports where primary duty is the management of a working unit.

Level Summary:

– Demonstrates awareness of broad issues and management trends. Applies exemplary management principles. Evaluates impact of policy and adjusts accordingly. Ensures appropriate skills are developed and maintained within team/unit. Realigns staff responsibilities to meet desired changes. Provides administrative and policy direction. Develops and articulates broad goals. Fosters collaboration between units. Engages in written and verbal communications that reach a university-wide and/or broad external audience. Develops and implements solutions to highly complex and often controversial problems.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

– Oversees teams of other supervisors/managers
– Leads a business unit

Fiscal Responsibilities:

– Plans, forecasts, develops, and/or approves budgets
– Typically has final signature authority for business unit

Problem Solving:

– Encounters highly varied and complex problems that may have a significant impact on multiple units and/or the University
– Regularly develops creative and/or novel approaches to resolve the most difficult problems
– Creates an environment that encourages imaginative solutions to problems

Independence of Action:

– Work results are not clearly defined and may be frequently changing
– Sets own goals and determines how to accomplish results with few or no guidelines to follow
– Oversees completed work of others and is accountable for unit results
– Delegates advanced tasks to others and provides guidance to team members

Communication and Collaboration:

– Communicates with both internal and external audiences
– May represent the University externally
– Collaborates closely with team members and other leaders across the University
– Communicates a compelling vision that inspires and motivates others

• Comp Grade – 12
• Minimum – $76,700.00
• MidPoint – $95,900.00
• Maximum – $115,100.00

• Advising
• Consulting
• Customer Service
• Document management
• Organizational training
• Records management
• Reporting
• Scheduling
• Writing