Specialist - Advisor-Continuing

Position Summary

The Michigan State University Office of Undergraduate Education oversees undergraduate academic policies and facilitates institutional wide initiatives focused on enhancing undergraduate learning. We engage in everything from the orientation and welcome of first-year students to the enhancement and oversight of selected academic programs and co-curricular initiatives. Focused around the five opportunity areas for student success https://undergrad.msu.edu/strategyretention/sues, Undergrad Ed seeks to ensure every student MSU admits can learn, thrive, and graduate.

Primary Duties

• Supplemental Advising, Student Mentorship, and Academic Support (50%)
  • Provide supplemental academic advising to first and second year RISE students to address academic, career planning, and socioemotional aspects of the transition to college and successful launch into their major.
  • Develop, implement, and supervise a holistic peer mentoring program designed to address the five opportunity areas for student success with specific attention to the unique needs of students pursuing environmental majors.
  • Serve as the program advising lead to participating colleges and academic advising community.
• Outreach, Partnerships, and Advocacy (25%)
  • Assist PD in the annual recruitment and outreach for each new cohort of incoming students.
  • Report, document, and present student success data and program outcomes at campus, regional, and national conferences.
  • Represent the Pathways Persistence Programs at outreach and engagement events.
• Teaching (5%)
  • Co-teach UGS seminar course for first- and second-year students
• Administrative and Program Management (20%)
  • Career Development
  • Support management of co-curricular activities across multiple environmental interest areas.
  • Plan, manage, and implement programming around the five opportunity areas of student success including RISE summer retreat and early arrival program.
  • Hire, train, supervise, and evaluate RISE student staff, undergraduate Peer Mentors and Undergraduate Learning Assistants.
  • Support program recruitment and early arrival programs.
  • Coordinate academic support and potential tutoring services.

Qualifications

• Masters -higher education, student affairs, environmental education, or other related field.
• Two to four years of experience with undergraduate student support programs or academic advising in higher education, preferably in areas related to environmental sustainability.
• Demonstrated competency in workplace technologies including Microsoft Office Products and experience with student support technology systems.
• Proven commitment to undergraduate student success.
• Excellent communication skills; including the ability to work diplomatically and effectively with campus partners.
• Demonstrated ability to work with students and colleagues from diverse backgrounds and evidence of promoting effective teamwork among faculty and staff.
• Ability and experience managing and supervising student staff towards program goals.
• Ability to access, interpret, document, and track data from multiple sources to facilitate and promote student success through pro-active and innovative student services to promote student success.

Benefits

Salary commensurate with experience.