Lead Academic Success Advisor and Retention Specialist

About the role

We are the Division of Undergraduate Education, a student-centered department dedicated to fostering and enhancing the ever-evolving undergraduate academic experience. We implement and support innovative teaching, advising, and student interventions that strategically promote student success, retention, and graduation.

Responsibilities

The Lead Academic Success Advisor and Retention Specialist plays an active role in efforts to support student retention, graduation, and other University-defined student success goals. As a key member of the Undergraduate Retention Initiatives and Success Engagement (U-RISE) unit, this position is responsible for retention-related tracking, outreach, and intervention design to support students toward retention and graduation.

• Plan and coordinate evidence-based interventions to address retention and graduation gaps.
• Provide coordination support for university success initiatives, projects, or processes such as academic standing, at-promise student persistence, or general retention/graduation program support.
• Develop events and activities to build class-year community and academic success skills.
• Provide high-quality success advising and retention support to undergraduates in an assigned cohort.
• Assist with student record/degree audit each semester and follow up with students who need high support.
• Collaborate on retention-focused advising strategies and research-driven outreach plans to support institutional goals.
• Participate in the Student Success Through Applied Research (SSTAR) lab and use research to drive best practices.

Requirements

• Master’s degree (foreign equivalent or higher) and one (1) year of full-time professional experience in academic advising, counseling, or student services at the college or university level working with undergraduates.
• In lieu of a Master's degree, a Bachelor's degree (foreign equivalent or higher) and three (3) years of full-time professional experience in an academic advising, counseling, or student services at the college or university level working with undergraduates may be considered.
• Experience coordinating projects, programs, and/or events.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree (foreign equivalent or higher) in higher education, social sciences, social work, counseling, or related discipline.
• Additional professional experience in academic advising, counseling, or student services at the college or university level working with undergraduates.
• Experience working in undergraduate student retention, or directly with student success programs.
• Experience using and/or analyzing data.
• Experience interacting with a diverse student population in an academic environment.

Benefits

This position is eligible for $4,000 UUP annual location pay, paid biweekly.

Pay

The salary for this position is $68,000.

Schedule

This is a full-time appointment.