Academic Advisor Pre-Pathway, Business Technologies

Academic Advisor Pre-Pathway, Business Technologies (Part-Time)

Overview:

Academic Advisors are responsible for providing students with information about requirements and academic policies, connecting students with appropriate resources to clarify their interests, aptitudes and goals. Pre-pathway advisors work with students whose academic skills need refreshing or developing in order to qualify for admission. The advisors serve as guides, connecting students to internal and external support services to prepare students to take courses at the college. In addition, Academic Advisors assist with and support College recruitment, enrollment, and program events. This position is not to exceed 29 hours per week with a minim of 20 hours per week on the Clifton campus.

Essential Duties:

• Within his/her assigned Division, the Academic Advisor provides information and advising of academic requirements, programs and services to prospective, incoming and current students.
• Collaborates with administrators, faculty, and staff to provide assistance to an ethnically, culturally, socially and economically diverse student population.
• Works closely with academic support services such as the Writing Center, Math Center, Tutoring Center, and TRiO to prepare students to improve their course placement.
• Provides encouragement and support to students struggling with academic challenges.
• Monitors the academic progress of students toward degrees, certifications, and/or educational goals to identify current and potential needs or problem areas (i.e. study skills, tutoring) and refers students to appropriate campus resources for assistance.
• Presents, participates, and/or facilitates various campus activities and events as well as attends and/or engages with various members of the campus community.
• Interprets and explains college policies and procedures.
• Participates in new student orientation advising and presents academic information to new students and parents during these orientations.
• Provides updates to student files, databases, and records in accordance with federal guidelines (FERPA) and documents interactions with students, using systems as prescribed such as StarFish.
• Supports data collection and analysis.
  
  
  

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution.
• Strong organizational, technological, and communication skills.
  
  
  

Preferred requirements:

• Experience in college-level academic advising and/or coaching with ethnically, culturally, socially and economically diverse student populations.
• Demonstrated understanding of student development theory and the purpose and advantages of a community college education
• Experience with higher education management systems such as Starfish, Colleague, and Self-Service
  
  
  

Details:

Reports to: Dean/Associate Dean

Hourly Rate: $25.00/hr.

Contractual Affiliation: Non-Bargaining

Exempt Classification: Non-Exempt

Status: Part-time, not to exceed 29 hours per week average

Cincinnati State is an E-Verify employer:

• If you're hired, you must complete a Form I-9, which verifies your identity and your legal right to work in the U.S.
• You'll need to provide original, acceptable documents—no photocopies—to complete the I-9 process.
• A list of acceptable documents can be seen here: USCIS I-9 website
  
  
  

STATEMENT OF COMMITMENT

• The institution declares that it will educate students by means of free, open, and rigorous intellectual inquiry to seek the truth.
• The institution declares that its duty is to equip students with the opportunity to develop the intellectual skills they need to reach their own, informed conclusions.
• The institution declares its commitment to not requiring, favoring, disfavoring, or prohibiting speech or lawful assembly.
• The institution declares it is committed to create a community dedicated to an ethic of civil and free inquiry, which respects the autonomy of each member, supports individual capacities for growth, and tolerates the differences in opinion that naturally occur in a public higher education community.
• The institution declares that its duty is to treat all faculty, staff, and students as individuals, to hold them to equal standards, and to provide them equality of opportunity, with regard to those individuals' race, ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression.