Job Title: Student Affairs Administrator, Associate

Req Id: 43697 | West Lafayette

About the role

The Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture (HLA) is seeking a Student Success Specialist. In this role, you will manage student-facing (undergraduate) support activities within the academic unit, including activities related to recruiting, retention, student success, student awards, and scholarships. You will enhance the efforts of, and make referrals to, university support offices providing centralized student success services. You will also serve as Schedule Deputy for the department.

Responsibilities

• Manage student success programs within the academic unit to assist undergraduate students with achieving a variety of goals including academic, leadership, social, or career-focused objectives.
• Collect, analyze, and report student success metrics.
• Develop new resources/programs or enhance existing ones to improve student success, celebrate student achievement, strengthen student retention, and build student community within the unit.
• Coordinate with academic advisors and faculty to discover and respond to factors adversely affecting student success and provide guidance to students to overcome barriers.
• Proactively design, recommend, and implement improvements to programming in conjunction with program leads and academic advisors.
• Assess outcomes of current activities and establish, implement, and facilitate new or updated activities.
• Serve as the unit’s scholarship and student awards coordinator and manage the unit’s internal scholarship selection process.
• Evaluate the scholarship selection process and recommend updates to improve effectiveness and efficiencies.
• Ensure all HLA courses are scheduled appropriately, oversee large lecture room requests, grade reminders, and related duties.
• Work with the undergraduate chair and program leads to assure course scheduling meets student needs, manage Curriculog, course modifications, and other curricular issues related to scheduling.
• Onboard and manage a minimum of one student worker for the Student Success office, assigning tasks and projects while ensuring completion is accurate and on time.
• Serve as the Advisor to the HLA Ambassadors, create and maintain a schedule of events, and monitor involvement to ensure shared responsibility.
• Attend multiple annual education events and career fairs for Purdue students and 4-H and FFA student groups of all ages.
• Attend high school career fairs within the area as well as industry career fairs annually at Newfields Botanical Gardens.
• Coordinate and execute annual events for the HLA department, including but not limited to: Undergraduate Welcome Dinner, College of Ag Boiler Gold Rush Carnival, Awards Ceremony and Graduate Celebration, and Senior Recognition Reception.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Human Resources, Education, or related field.
• 6 months of experience serving in a student support role in an educational setting.
• In lieu of a degree, an equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered (Associate’s + 2.5 years of experience; HS/GED + 4.5 years of experience).
• Strong initiative with an ability to work independently.
• Familiarity with higher education student success issues and programs, student retention tools, scheduling, and academic and co-curricular activities.
• Ability to manage projects and processes involving multiple stakeholders.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Ability to relate well to students, develop rapport, trust, and work within a shared decision-making model.
• Ability to work effectively with individuals from different viewpoints and backgrounds and collaborate in daily work activity.
• Ability to analyze, interpret, and implement university policies and procedures.
• Excellent time management, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
• Must represent the university with professionalism, tact, and diplomacy at all levels.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with scheduling and curricular management.

Benefits

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FLSA: Exempt (Not Eligible For Overtime) | Retirement Eligibility: Defined Contributions Waiting Period