Director of Graduate Academic Success (Hybrid) - McKelvey School of Engineering

About the role

The Director of Graduate Academic Success will be responsible for engaging and leading a team of individuals in support of master’s and PhD students’ academic success. This role will engage heavily with faculty leadership in each of the graduate programs, ensuring timely student progression through their programs, and ensuring clear alignment and adherence with academic policies.

Responsibilities

• Leads a team of student-facing individuals in the management of student advising and programming for all McKelvey graduate students.
• Provides indirect support to coordinators within the academic departments with regards to monitoring student progress beginning with student matriculation through graduation.
• Serves as the school advisor to AGES.
• Develops and maintains data models to track student outcomes, identify areas of concern among the programs, and make recommendations for future improvements.
• Participates in the creation of reports and presentations surrounding the academic success of graduate students.
• Engage in and advise students who are experiencing academic concerns such as students placed on probation or suspension.
• Engage with students and mentors to resolve conflicts as needed.
• Advise faculty on school policy and procedure when students struggle academically.
• Direct signature graduate student events such as orientation.
• Develop and offer a suite of co-sponsored events focused on co-curricular topics in coordination with Student Affairs and other CFU Offices such as professional development, career readiness, research promotion and communication skills, etc to prepare students beyond the university.
• Work closely with McKelvey leadership including the Associate Dean, Vice Dean, and Department Chairs to develop communication and implementation plans to support these strategic initiatives.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Relevant Experience (5 Years)
• Master’s degree.
• Experience in higher education and working with international students, faculty, and a highly multi-disciplinary team of students and mentors.
• Knowledge of best practices in graduate advising and supporting adult students.
• Working knowledge of Workday Student.
• In-depth knowledge of relational databases and an ability to develop data visualizations for stakeholder consumption.
• Demonstrated effective communication skills.
• Demonstrated organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Demonstrated experience investigating, interpreting and communicating guidelines, regulations, policies, and procedures.
• Demonstrated supervisory experience, providing direction, support, and mentorship to team members, as a direct line of authority.
• Demonstrated experience collaborating and communicating with individuals from varying cultures, backgrounds, or levels of authority.
• Demonstrated experience using databases or other electronic systems for tracking, managing, and analyzing information (e.g., accounts, data, forms).
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office suite of applications (Word, Excel, Power Point, Access).
• Demonstrated conflict resolution skills.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or combination of education and/or experience may substitute for minimum education.
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Skills

• Not Applicable

Pay

$75,200.00 - $128,800.00 / Annually

Schedule

Scheduled Hours 37.5