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Student Advocacy 

The Student Advocacy Manager assists with the oversight of units serving specialized student populations intended to promote and support academic success. This role engages in the planning, implementing and assessing of all activities conducted within the unit as well as oversees the hiring, training, and supervision of both students and professional staff.

• Provide direction and leadership for an office, center, or unit that supports the academic, social, emotional, and engagement needs of specialized student populations; may include those external to the University
• Design, implement, and evaluate initiatives and programs in alignment with the mission of the assigned center/program
• Develop relationships with external entities including government agencies, corporations, non-profits to cultivate and garner support for programming efforts
• Hire, train, supervise, mentor and evaluate assigned professional staff
• Develop and administer budget for assigned center/program
• Prepare grant proposals and investigate other sources of funding
• Complete and submit performance and financial status reports as required by funding sources and/or University policy
• Develop and administer policy and procedures and direct strategic planning for the assigned center/program
• Maintain all records as required by regulations, grant contract, and/or University policy
• Facilitate the administration of federal grant programs including participant eligibility, federal reporting requirements, and budget management
• Liaison with Student Affairs Directors, University staff, and/or other organizations across the University to establish and assess educational programs and information dissemination
• May lead and direct federally funded programs for community groups aimed at providing avenues for success, eliminating barriers, and preparing students for secondary education
• Oversee the recruitment, enrollment, and retention strategies within a specific region with a focus on increasing diversity in the student body
• May analyze application trends, acceptance rates and other related data for assigned geographical area
• May act as a liaison to secondary school officials
• May advise and coordinate with students’ organizations in accordance with the mission of the assigned center/program
• May provide crisis intervention and referrals as required for students, staff, and faculty

Level:

– Senior Manager

Base Description:

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

Level Summary:

– Demonstrates advanced skills in critical functions related to unit's success. Demonstrates advanced knowledge of emerging technologies and processes. Monitors completed work of others to ensure effectiveness and adherence to requirements. Sets clear expectations and holds team accountable. Establishes a shared team/unit vision. Demonstrates ability to evaluate and enhance team/unit practices that promote a strong commitment to inclusionary practices. Coaches others using appropriate strategies. Demonstrates diplomacy. Demonstrates ability to serve as liaison between senior-level management and staff. Resolves complex, controversial, or unprecedented issues and problems.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

– Oversees large team or teams of individual contributors and/or supervisors/managers
– Leads a department or functional area

Fiscal Responsibilities:

– Monitors and tracks large budgets
– Plans, forecasts, and/or develops budgets
– May approve budgets for specific area
– Typically has final signature authority for specific area

Problem Solving:

– Encounters highly varied and complex problems that impacts the team and possibly the unit
– Develops creative and/or novel approaches to resolve problems that are difficult in nature
– Independently resolves complex and/or unprecedented issues and problems

Independence of Action:

– Work results are not clearly defined
– Generally sets own goals and determines how to accomplish results with few or no guidelines to follow
– Monitors completed work of others to ensure soundness of approach, effectiveness of meeting requirements, the feasibility of recommendations and adherences to requirements
– Delegates more advanced tasks to others

Communication and Collaboration:

– Communicates with both internal and external audiences
– Collaborates closely with team members and various areas across the University
– Fosters collaboration between units and engages others' coordinated efforts to reach desired outcomes with broad scope

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