Adjunct Faculty - Accounting

About the role

Ivy Tech Evansville seeks an Academic Advisor to provide developmental academic advising for new and continuing students using a case management approach.

Responsibilities

• Demonstrate strong commitment to student development and success through advocacy, positive attitude, adaptability, approachability, problem solving, and support.
• Demonstrate developmental academic advising that assists students in clarifying personal and academic career goals through the use of appropriate student development, human development, and student learning theories.
• Affirmatively assist students in interpreting and understanding placement scores, program curricula, and pre-requisites, etc.
• Affirmatively assist students in gaining a basic understanding of the College's registration process and processes that need to be completed prior to the beginning of each semester.
• Maintain current knowledge of the institution's academic programs, curriculum, practices and academic and student policies.
• Carefully coordinate with other Student Affairs and Academic Affairs areas to ensure accuracy of advising materials distributed to students, faculty, and staff.
• Proactively manage academic advising case load in a manner that promotes retention, persistence, and student success through proactive interactions and interventions.
• Affirmatively assist students in the development of an Individualized Academic Plan.
• Motivatively monitor student progress through regular meetings, communications, interventions, assessments, and data collection.
• Affirmatively maintain academic advising records in compliance with College and the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA).
• Affirmatively develop and maintain appropriate relationships with students, faculty, and staff.
• Affirmatively utilize a communication plan to engage the college community in the academic advising process.
• Affirmatively actively participate in professional development opportunities and professional organizations, as well as college-wide committees, etc.

Other Responsibilities

• Possess a working knowledge of the various types of student financial assistance programs.
• Affirmatively utilize a communication plan to engage the college community in the academic advising process.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in education, psychology, counseling, social work, or related fields.
• Three (3) years of experience in academic advising, admissions, career counseling or related higher education area is required or one (1) year of experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's degree in college student personnel, higher education, counseling psychology, or related discipline is preferred.
• Community College experience or credential preferred.

Benefits

• Health & Wellness
• Dental plan with no-cost preventive services and coverage for orthodontia
• Vision plan with low-cost exams and allowances for glasses or contact lenses
• Employee Assistance Program offering no-cost confidential counseling sessions, legal consultations, financial planning consultations, and other resources
• Wellness program with opportunities to earn $250 in Wellness Rewards
• Flexible Spending Accounts for healthcare (limited purpose) and dependent care
• Retirement & Financial Security
• 10% employer retirement contribution, fully vested after two years
• Basic life insurance equal to annual salary paid by the College, with optional supplemental coverage
• Short-term and long-term disability benefits
• Educational Benefits Fee remission for employees, spouses, and dependent children
• Tuition assistance for undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral programs
• Paid professional development opportunities

Work Hours

Typical business work hours, may be adjusted during peak times.

Hiring Range

This role is budgeted between $40,000 and $45,000 per year.

Note

Note: Employees who re-hire with the College within 180 days of leaving a full-time position with the College may be eligible for additional benefits depending on their bridged seniority date.