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Academic Advising

The Academic Advising Manager oversees advising programs; directs professional/faculty adviser training; ensure students are equipped to make well-informed academic decisions through assessment of alternatives, use of academic resources, and navigation of University, college, and departmental policies.

• Direct and provide academic planning and advising for assigned college/campus students; develop and implement assessment plans
• 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
• Direct the creation and appropriate dissemination of changes in program curricula, policies, procedures, and other academic information
• Direct unit assessment; analyze data and recommend policy/procedure modifications; propose process and technology improvements
• Direct recruitment and retention activities
• May teach in accordance with academic unit/campus policies
• May speak on behalf of the unit as prescribed by senior administration; work with peers from across the University to discuss common issues
• May direct strategic planning for the unit
• Provide budget information; assist in forecasting staffing and program resource requirements; exercise established expenditure authorization; may delegate responsibility for developing budgets to lower-level manager(s); ensure accuracy
• Plan and carry out complex assignments; recommend new methods, approaches, and procedures; provide advice and guidance on issues impacting programs and policies
• Supervise, hire, 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