Director for Academic Engagement
Director for Academic Engagement
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03-05-2025
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03-05-2025
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Job Summary
The Director for Academic Engagement develops and coordinates select initiatives in the University Advising and Engagement Center and the Division of Student Success related to enhancing student and advisorfacing experiences. An emphasis will be placed on improving measurable student belonging and student career readiness through enhanced advising and engagement practices. Employee will manage the Major Exploration Center (including dual credit and other programming) firstyear student success seminar courses experiential learning career coaching advising professional development and more. Services are designed to help students cultivate foundational decisionmaking skills gain awareness of critical resources and enhance their major and career readiness while ultimately improving their ability to persist and graduate at UTA .
Essential Duties And Responsibilities
Program Oversight: Oversees and manages the success of multiple programs including the Maverick Major Exploration Program UT CAP Dual Credit career engaged experiential learning and firstyear student success seminar courses. Collaborate with direct reports University Advising and Engagement Center campus academic advisors and leads along with other key campus partners to develop enhance deliver and maintain structured processes and highimpact strategies impacting the firstyear student experience and major and career decisions for exploratory students and those in transition. Ultimately implementation of strategies will improve student engagement and belonging. Leadership and Supervision : Provide ongoing leadership of functional areas that includes hiring training and supervising staff. Manage a team of approximately seven (7) fulltime staff members. Maintain and implement annual staff evaluations and a student feedback survey; additionally ongoing assessment of programming will occur. Enhancing Engagement : Assist the Assistant Vice Provost for Advising and Engagement with alignment and development of a high quality firstyear experience for students. This includes the development implementation and ongoing maintenance of advisor career coaching training and professional development. Build relationships and partner with other units in the Division of Student Success and on campus especially the Career Development Center to create consistent messaging and curriculum in studentfacing experiences in support of the strategic plan including but not limited to orientation materials advising materials firstyear student success seminar materials etc. New Maverick Orientation: Provide academic advising student support and assistance for Academic Engagement students and advisors involved with New Maverick Orientation. Develop and manage the Academic Engagement studentfacing advising experience for New Maverick Orientation in collaboration with key Division and campus partners. Serve on committees as assigned participate in professional development activities and perform other relevant service. Perform other duties as assigned.
Minimum Qualifications
Masters degree. Five (5) years of experience working with college students in an academic advising capacity career coaching capacity or the equivalent experience. Two (2) years supervisory experience.
Preferred Qualifications
Terminal degree in related field. Eight (8) years of experience working with college students in an academic advising capacity or the equivalent experience. Four (4) years supervisory experience. Experience with PeopleSoft. Experience developing curriculum and studentfacing instructional materials.
Work Schedule
Monday Friday; 8:00am 5:00pm Travel to different campus locations. May include remote and virtual work outside an office. Some evening or weekend work required.
The Director for Academic Engagement develops and coordinates select initiatives in the University Advising and Engagement Center and the Division of Student Success related to enhancing student and advisorfacing experiences. An emphasis will be placed on improving measurable student belonging and student career readiness through enhanced advising and engagement practices. Employee will manage the Major Exploration Center (including dual credit and other programming) firstyear student success seminar courses experiential learning career coaching advising professional development and more. Services are designed to help students cultivate foundational decisionmaking skills gain awareness of critical resources and enhance their major and career readiness while ultimately improving their ability to persist and graduate at UTA .
Essential Duties And Responsibilities
Program Oversight: Oversees and manages the success of multiple programs including the Maverick Major Exploration Program UT CAP Dual Credit career engaged experiential learning and firstyear student success seminar courses. Collaborate with direct reports University Advising and Engagement Center campus academic advisors and leads along with other key campus partners to develop enhance deliver and maintain structured processes and highimpact strategies impacting the firstyear student experience and major and career decisions for exploratory students and those in transition. Ultimately implementation of strategies will improve student engagement and belonging. Leadership and Supervision : Provide ongoing leadership of functional areas that includes hiring training and supervising staff. Manage a team of approximately seven (7) fulltime staff members. Maintain and implement annual staff evaluations and a student feedback survey; additionally ongoing assessment of programming will occur. Enhancing Engagement : Assist the Assistant Vice Provost for Advising and Engagement with alignment and development of a high quality firstyear experience for students. This includes the development implementation and ongoing maintenance of advisor career coaching training and professional development. Build relationships and partner with other units in the Division of Student Success and on campus especially the Career Development Center to create consistent messaging and curriculum in studentfacing experiences in support of the strategic plan including but not limited to orientation materials advising materials firstyear student success seminar materials etc. New Maverick Orientation: Provide academic advising student support and assistance for Academic Engagement students and advisors involved with New Maverick Orientation. Develop and manage the Academic Engagement studentfacing advising experience for New Maverick Orientation in collaboration with key Division and campus partners. Serve on committees as assigned participate in professional development activities and perform other relevant service. Perform other duties as assigned.
Minimum Qualifications
Masters degree. Five (5) years of experience working with college students in an academic advising capacity career coaching capacity or the equivalent experience. Two (2) years supervisory experience.
Preferred Qualifications
Terminal degree in related field. Eight (8) years of experience working with college students in an academic advising capacity or the equivalent experience. Four (4) years supervisory experience. Experience with PeopleSoft. Experience developing curriculum and studentfacing instructional materials.
Work Schedule
Monday Friday; 8:00am 5:00pm Travel to different campus locations. May include remote and virtual work outside an office. Some evening or weekend work required.
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