Position Title: Student Success Advisor & Assistant Director of Strategic Interventions
FLSA: Exempt
Job Type: Full-Time
Staff Term: 12 Months
Staff Work Schedule (hours/dates): Monday-Friday 8:30am-4:30pm
Academic Year Schedule (dates):
Faculty Term:
Position Type: Staff
Department: Filene Ctr Acad Adv & Career Svcs
Job Summary/Basic Function: The Student Success Advisor/Assistant Director supports new and returning students needing academic support by developing and implementing a variety of data-informed academic support plans, advising interventions, and strategies that include individualized and small group learning activities and monitoring academic progress. This is a direct-service and administrative role.
Core Responsibilities:1. Develop, coordinate and implement proactive intervention strategies designed to identify, assess and provide advising and academic supports for new and returning students who may need specifically targeted and structured academic assistance.2. Coordinate and facilitate regularly scheduled, proactive learning labs for first-year students in collaboration with First Year Experience (FYE) programs and faculty. These labs are designed to help students integrate and apply effective study skills, learning strategies, active reading/note-taking, time management and organization skills to their specific courses during the first semester.3. Work with students to create and apply a personalized learning approach and proactive plan of advising and academic support, relevant to students’ individual needs, in areas of connecting with faculty, seeking academic support, academic advising, career counseling, personal counseling, etc.4. Work with new and returning students to help them assess their learning needs, set short-term goals to address immediate needs, discuss long-term goals for ongoing academic development and assist them in reaching those goals.5. Be responsive to the needs of all students as they develop their skills and progress through their studies by closely tracking their progress and adapting responsive strategies to address their changing needs.6. Communicate with faculty, advisors and others as needed regarding student progress.7. Work in partnership with faculty, advisors and other staff to facilitate the academic success of all students.8. Support student engagement, persistence and success by performing other related duties and projects as assigned (e.g. support Starfish Early Alert protocols, train and supervise peer coaches/tutors, provide case-management support for students on Academic Probation).
Minimum Qualifications:
Master’s degree in Education or related field.
2-4 years experience advising and teaching in higher education/learning support services.
Experience working with students who are academically vulnerable.
Excellent leadership, organization, communication and technology skills.
Or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
Preferred Qualifications:
5-7 years experience providing direct services to students in a higher education setting
Compensation and Benefits: To attract and retain the most talented individuals, Wheaton College maintains a flexible and competitive staff compensation and benefits program.
When determining and establishing hiring rates or recruitment ranges for a position, the College considers a number of factors including the budget for the position, the range of the grade, the external market for the position or similar positions, level and scope of responsibilities, required education, skills and relevant experience as well as internal equity. All salary offers must have the prior approval of the Office of Human Resources.
The anticipated hiring or recruitment range for this position is $60,000 – $65,000.
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ADA Statement:
Individuals must possess these knowledges, skills and abilities or be able to explain and demonstrate that the individual can perform the essential functions of the job, with or without reasonable accommodation, using some other combination of skills and abilities.
Eeo Statement: Wheaton College is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer and does not discriminate against any individual or group on the basis of gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, race, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, genetic information, or disability. In a continuing effort to maintain and enrich an intellectually diverse learning environment, the Department and the College actively encourages applications from women and members of underrepresented groups. Wheaton’s core belief is that valuing diversity is pivotal to personal development, intellectual expansion, and societal equity. Our community is united by a shared dedication to equity and access that is essential to providing a transformative education in the Liberal Arts and Sciences.
Posting Date: 11/07/2024
Closing Date:
Open Until Filled: Yes
Contact(s): Office of Human Resources
Contact Phone/Extension: 508-286-8206
Contact Email: careers@wheatoncollege.edu
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Special Instructions to Candidates: The federal government and the state of Massachusetts have made the decision to end the COVID-19 public health emergency. Effective June 1, 2023, the college will no longer require COVID-19 vaccinations and boosters for members of our community. Rather, we strongly recommend that everyone stay up to date on their vaccinations, including boosters, as recommended by their health care provider. While we will no longer require COVID-19 vaccinations, we strongly encourage members of our campus community to adhere to public health recommendations for vaccination to protect against COVID-19, as well as influenza and other diseases.
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