Academic Support Manager (Tilman J. Fertitta Family College)

Oversees academic support services and wellness initiatives

Ensures alignment with policies and accreditation standards.

Responsibilities

• Provides individualized academic and wellness support
• Fosters student success
• Collaborates with faculty, staff, and external partners to promote well-being
• Led the Office of Academic Support in providing personalized academic advising and guidance to medical students
• Recruits, trains and supervises academic support services staff
• Supports wellness initiatives and collaborates with counseling services, spiritual life, and community providers to ensure comprehensive mental health resources
• Develops and implements strategies to improve student retention, academic performance and engagement
• Tracks outcomes and prepares ad-hoc reports as needed
• Designs and facilitates workshops, seminars, and academic interventions
• Affords assistance in training peer tutors
• Ensures compliance and accreditation by aligning academic support programs with institutional policies and accreditation standards
• Collaborates with marketing teams in the creation of materials that encourage students to use academic support services

Qualifications

• Requires application of advanced principles, techniques and theory in a professional discipline or a thorough general business management knowledge
• Education: Requires a Master's degree or equivalent formal training in a recognized field of specialization that is directly related to the type of work being performed
• Experience: Requires a minimum of five (5) years of directly job-related experience
• Certification/Licensing: None