Student Success AdvisorStudent Success Advisor
Job Description:
The Student Success Advising team at Southern Utah University is growing!
Student Success Advisors (SSAs) fulfill a vital role for students by providing academic advising, career guidance, and holistic support focused on well-being beyond the classroom. They inspire, motivate, and challenge students to achieve on-time degree completion. Through their meaningful relationships with students, SSAs make a crucial contribution to student retention, persistence, and completion.
We have positions open in: Business, Natural Sciences, Health Sciences, Performing & Visual Arts, Aviation, Engineering/Computer Science, and Education/Human Development. (subject to change)
To be guaranteed full consideration, please submit your application before May 19, 2024.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Provide holistic advising to students, which includes:
- Going beyond academics to build relationships focused on the whole student; empowering students through those relationships to make the most effective decisions for their education.
Ensuring student understanding of academic requirements, degree audit tools, and related registration and enrollment processes. - Meeting individually with students to identify strengths and challenges and to help create success plans that address needs and offer academic, personal, and campus engagement opportunities.
- Proactively outreaching to all new/continuing students to assist in the creation and/or modification of completion plans that position students to achieve self-defined personal, career, and academic goals.
- Going beyond academics to build relationships focused on the whole student; empowering students through those relationships to make the most effective decisions for their education.
- Advise incoming first-year and transfer students throughout their enrollment process, including occasional events for recruitment purposes, to ensure they are best set up for success during their time at SUU.
- Maintain knowledge of university resources related to student finances, holistic wellness, academic support, and other high-need services. Refer and follow-up with students as necessary.
- Collaborate regularly with college faculty, staff, and administrators as well as a wide network of other campus colleagues and partners regarding enrollment, retention, and completion initiatives.
- Function as a Strong Certified Practitioner and conduct career assessments with students to further refine their career goals and planning over the course of their degree.
- Other duties as assigned.
Education and Experience Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree required.
- Demonstrated ability to build rapport in developing meaningful relationships with students and campus colleagues.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills.
- Demonstrated ability to build strong and authentic relationships with students from a variety of backgrounds.
- Demonstrated ability to both collaborate with teammates and to work independently on efforts that support institutional and team goals.
- Strong problem-solving skills, including the ability to synthesize data and take action based on complex information.
- Experience using and comfort with technology (student information systems, basic Office programs, etc.), as well as the ability and willingness to quickly learn new computer-based programs.
Documents Needed to apply:
- Resume
- Cover letter
- Contact information for 3 professional references
To apply, visit https://suu.applicantpro.com/jobs/3340264
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