Classification Title:

AST DIR, Academic Advising

Job Description:

Serve as the lead academic advisor for several MBA cohorts. He/She tracks student degree status, facilitates changes in student status and communicates these changes to stakeholders. He/she acts as the point of contact for Professional and Full-Time MBA students with academic issues or concerns.

Meet with MBA students to create a student success profile and academic plan. The success profile includes the student’s strengths, opportunities for growth, factors that contribute to or detract from academic success. The academic plan aligns courses in the MBA curriculum with academic, personal and professional goals. Monitor student progress and academic performance across the Professional and Full-Time MBA program. Identify and communicate concerns with academic progress and develop a plan to successfully correct academic issues. Track students with customized academic plans. Process paperwork related to specialized curriculum including combined and joint degree programs. Communicate experiential learning opportunities and elective course offerings to students and collect registration requests to update academic plans. Provide feedback and student insights to the entire MBA team for use in course selection and curriculum changes, academic progress reporting, as well as professional development and career readiness programming.

The Assistant Director oversees course registration and grade collection for all MBA courses and coordinating communication with students, MBA, and department staff and faculty when necessary to ensure timely completion of these tasks. Serve as the point of contact for special registration requests from students outside of the Warrington College of Business.

The Assistant Director supports Professional and Full-Time Orientation and helps staff weekend events in both Gainesville and remotely at our South Florida facility.

Through direct supervision of support staff member, the Assistant Director oversees course material needs, including digital course materials, course packets, software, applications, etc. for MBA faculty to assist in ordering those materials and distribute to students.

Expected Salary:

$57,000 - $63,000 Commensurate with experience.

Minimum Requirements:

Master’s degree in appropriate area of specialization and two years of appropriate experience or a bachelor’s degree in appropriate areas of specialization and four years of experience.

Preferred Qualifications:

Ideal candidates will have strong written and verbal communication skills and be highly organized. Comfort and experience with both virtual and live presentations preferred. Experience working in academic administration and previous collaboration with academic personnel.

Special Instructions to Applicants:

In order to be considered, you must upload your cover letter and resume.

Application must be submitted by 11:55 p.m. (ET) of the posting end date.

Health Assessment Required: No