Job Details

ID #52647572
Estado Virginia Occidental
Ciudad Morgantown
Fuente West Virginia University
Showed 2024-10-05
Fecha 2024-10-05
Fecha tope 2024-12-03
Categoría Etcétera
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(Hybrid) Senior Academic Advisor - College of Business and Economics

Virginia Occidental, Morgantown
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Description

The John Chambers College of Business and Economics at West Virginia University is currently accepting applications for a (Hybrid) Senior Academic Advisor.

About the Opportunity

The Senior Academic Advisor is primarily responsible for advising students and coordinating activities and events at a public, land-grant university. The position serves as a senior-level advisor and assumes instructional and program management responsibilities as determined by the dean/director

We strongly believe in work-life balance and keeping time for things we love outside our work. WVU offers generous benefits, including:

37.5-hour work week

13 paid holidays (staff holiday calendar)

24 annual leave (vacation) days per year

18 sick days per year (for when you're ill, for when you need time to care for sick family, for your own, or your family's, regularly scheduled medical appointments. Who is family for the purpose of this leave? A lot of people in your life including immediate relatives and in-laws as well as others considered to be members of your household living under the same roof)

WVU offers a range of health insurance and other benefits (this position is a benefits-eligible non-classified staff position)

401(a) retirement savings with 6% employee contribution match, eligibility to continue health insurance, and other retiree perks. Looking for more retirement benefits information? Check out retirement health insurance benefits, retirement income, and FAQ's.

Wellness programs

What you'll do:

Plan, implement and coordinate programming that includes, but is not limited to, recruitment, new student orientation, academic academies, multi-year retention initiatives and academic support services.

Assist senior leadership in collecting and analyzing enrollment data for the purpose increasing retention, persistence and completion.

Collaborate with recruitment staff by supporting initiatives to increase yield of first time admits to deposits.

Coordinate with career services center staff within colleges and centrally to assist students in selecting a major, identifying career pathways and building a professional profile for eventual placement.

Serve on college- and/or university-wide task forces/committees that impact student success at WVU.

Provide timely and effective academic counsel to assist students with selecting, matriculating to, and completing baccalaureate and professional degrees.

Develop and prepare a four- or five-year academic plan for each advisee and records plan in degree audit system (i.e. DegreeWorks). Track and monitor persistence and completion in accordance with academic plan and revises when necessary.

Employs a combination of appreciative, developmental, intrusive, and prescriptive academic advising to assist students in persistence and completion of degree.

Interpret the WVU Undergraduate Catalog for the purpose of remaining updated on policies and procedures that regulate conferral of degrees.

Utilize student information systems (i.e. Banner and SSC Campus) to track and monitor academic history and in-progress work.

Conduct outreach to students who are identified as at-risk during early alert or midterm grade reporting processes and makes referrals to academic, career, and other support services.

Provide guidance to students submitting appeals for academic and federal financial aid suspensions, which includes creating an academic success plan For full info follow application link.West Virginia University is proud to be an Equal Opportunity employer and is the recipient of an NSF ADVANCE award for gender equity. The University values diversity among its faculty, staff, and students, and invites applications from all qualified applicants regardless of race, ethnicity, color, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, nationality, genetics, disability, or Veteran status.

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