Academic Success Specialist, Graduate Students - Academic Success Center
Academic Success Specialist, Graduate Students - Academic Success Center
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APU is seeking employees who desire to engage in our thriving culture by cultivating community through professional interactions demonstrating a posture of lifelong learning and modeling Christlike character. Working together employees at APU commit to establishing a university atmosphere that is pleasing to God and edifying to one another.
The Academic Success SpecialistGraduate Students position will provide and document holistic academic support (e.g. success coaching referral to campus resources etc.) for students in graduate programs. This position is funded through the Title V Grant Developing Hispanic Serving Institutions Program and will focus on efforts to increase services retention and degree completion for firstgeneration and lowincome graduate students. This is a 12month oneyear appointment with a possibility for renewal and is currently funded by a Title V Grant which ends in 2027. This is a fulltime position with benefits.
The Academic Success SpecialistGraduate Students will assist with onboarding persistence efforts and support students referred through the C.A.R.E.S. system (similar to an early alert system). The Specialist will monitor the academic progress of referred students by coordinating with the students major/program departments and other student services offices. The Specialist will be responsible to the Associate Provost for Student Success for providing administrative programmatic and technical support with analyses of students progress collaborations with campus offices registration and add/drop coordination and campus events including or related to academic support services. Finally Azusa Pacific University supports a diverse student population which requires the Academic Success SpecialistGraduate Students to have a strong commitment to diversity equity and inclusivity with a particular emphasis on graduate students.
Required Education
- Bachelors degree or equivalent experience; Masters degree strongly preferred.
Required Experience
- One or more years of staff experience in a clientbased serviceoriented environment. Academic advising experience preferred.
Primary Duties/Essential Functions
- Provide an academic StrengthsBased approach to equip resource and guide students in achieving their academic goals.
- Support onboarding persistence efforts and students referred through the C.A.R.E.S. referral system through intrusive academic support initiatives.
- Connect students with appropriate APU resources (e.g. Writing & Tutoring Center career services mental health services financial assistance etc.).
- Collaborate with academic departments to support the development of academic success resources based on identified needs.
- Liaise with Enrollment Management Services Student Belonging and other offices to coordinate and staff campus events that promote graduate and doctoral student success.
- Develop and implement assessment efforts to identify graduate student needs and to measure the impact of developed programs.
- Develop and maintain Canvas Success Resource Courses (noncredit).
- Guide students through the utilization of Canvas and HighPoint to meet program requirements expectations and overall academic success.
- Organize and maintain the office and uptodate student records.
- Maintain daily electronic timekeeping to document regular punctual attendance.
- Execute projects as assigned by the Associate Provost.
Skills
- Proficient in Google Workspace and Microsoft Office products.
- Exceptional oral written analytical interpersonal decisionmaking and problemsolving skills.
- Must be able to keep information confidential.
- Must demonstrate exceptional multicultural competence.
- Must be wellorganized detailoriented and capable of managing multiple tasks concurrently.
- Ability to focus on details. Ability to prioritize and handle multiple tasks/deadlines.
- Selfstarter with strong management/ organizational skills.
Mental Demands
- Ability to exercise independent judgment and discretion with the ability to work under pressure with many distractions handle multiple tasks simultaneously and meet deadlines.
- Ability to interface in a friendly caring effective manner with students parents faculty and staff.
- Ability to work collaboratively with a team.
- Agree with the purpose and goals of Azusa Pacific University in providing a Christianbased higher education for its students.
- It is imperative that the Academic Success SpecialistGraduate Students demonstrate a desire to learn about the varying needs of diverse populations and can appropriately engage and celebrate the difference of all students we work with.
Physical Demands
- Requires repetitive motions and sitting at a computer keyboard.
- Hearing and speaking on the telephone.
- Able to conduct business at other offices on campus.
- Able to lift bend grasp reach lift up to 20 lbs. occasionally.
Visual Demands
- Reading writing notes and working with records systems on a computer monitor.
Environment
- Pleasant office comfortable temperature.
Technologies
- Proficient in Google Work and Microsoft Office products.
Compensation
- Grade 8: $21.44 to $24.66 is the hourly compensation for this role and reflects what Azusa Pacific University reasonably expects to pay for this position. Actual compensation may vary based on the qualifications experience and internal equity. In addition to compensation APU offers a competitivebenefits package.
Azusa Pacific University is a Christcentered multicultural community that values and seeks faculty and staff who are committed to diversity work effectively with diverse populations and engage others in ways that honor our rich cultural mosaic and biblical foundation. Please click the links to learn more aboutwhat we believe ourmission statement and our statement of faith.
You can learn more about APU by watching the stories of faculty staff and alumni as they carry out our mission here: Pacific University will conduct a background check on all final candidates.
Review of applications will begin immediately and the position will remain open until filled unless otherwise stated. Azusa Pacific University does not discriminate on the basis of race color national origin sex age disability or status as a veteran in any of its policies practices or procedures. Women and minorities are encouraged to apply.
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