Academic Advisor - Health and Public Safety (Part-Time)

Academic Advisor - Health and Public Safety (Part-Time)

Academic Advisors are responsible for providing students with information about requirements and academic policies, connecting students with appropriate resources to clarify their interests, aptitudes and goals. Health and Public Safety advisors provide course planning for students preparing to apply to one of the Division's selective admission programs in a high-volume, high-stakes environment. In addition, Academic Advisors assist with and support College recruitment, enrollment, and program events.

Essential Duties:

• Collaborates with administrators, faculty and staff to aid a wide range of student populations.
• Orients students to the demands of college curriculum.
• Provides encouragement and support to students struggling with academic challenges. Initiates outreach to at risk and low performing students.
• Provides information and advice on academic requirements, selective admission requirements, programs and services to prospective, incoming and current students
• Provides advice in keeping with the students' interests, values, abilities and program major.
• Monitors the academic progress of students toward degrees, certifications, and/or educational goals to identify current and potential needs or problem areas (i.e. study skills, tutoring) and refers students to appropriate campus resources for assistance.
• Presents, participates, and/or facilitates various campus activities and events as well as attends and/or engages with various members of the campus community.
• Encourages students to engage in opportunities across campus relevant to their needs.
• Interprets and explains college policies and procedures.
• Provides updates to student files, databases, and records in accordance with federal guidelines (FERPA) and documents interactions with students, using systems as prescribed such as Starfish.
• Supports data collection and analysis.
• Assesses the development and personal growth of students in establishing realistic and attainable academic and career goals.
• Other duties as assigned.

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution.
• At least 1 year of higher education work experience in a student-facing role.
• Knowledge of best practices in academic advising and student success.
• Understanding of the mission of Cincinnati State and the Health and Public Safety Division.
• Strong organizational and communication skills.
• Proficient using technology such as Office, Teams, Zoom and the ability to learn advising management software such as Starfish and Colleague.
• Ability to work collaboratively to support enrollment, retention and completion goals.
• Flexibility to work in a dynamic, hybrid environment.

Preferred Requirements:

• Master's degree from an accredited institution.
• Background in Health, Public Safety and/or Biology, or experience working in Health, Public Safety or Biology programs to adequately assist with course placement and progression toward student goals.
• College-level academic advising and/or coaching experience with ethnically, culturally, socially and economically diverse student populations.

Details:

• Reports to: Lead Advisor
• Hourly Rate: $25.00/hr.
• Contractual Affiliation: Non-Bargaining
• Exempt Classification: Non-Exempt
• Status: Part-time, not to exceed 29 hours per week
• Cincinnati State is an E-Verify employer: If you're hired, you must complete a Form I-9, which verifies your identity and your legal right to work in the U.S. You'll need to provide original, acceptable documents —no photocopies—to complete the I-9 process. A list of acceptable documents can be seen here: USCIS I-9 website.

Statement of Commitment:

1. The institution declares that it will educate students by means of free, open, and rigorous intellectual inquiry to seek the truth.
2. The institution declares that its duty is to equip students with the opportunity to develop the intellectual skills they need to reach their own, informed conclusions.
3. The institution declares its commitment to not requiring, favoring, disfavoring, or prohibiting speech or lawful assembly.
4. The institution declares it is committed to create a community dedicated to an ethic of civil and free inquiry, which respects the autonomy of each member, supports individual capacities for growth, and tolerates the differences in opinion that naturally occur in a public higher education community.
5. The institution declares that its duty is to treat all faculty, staff, and students as individuals, to hold them to equal standards, and to provide them equality of opportunity, with regard to those individuals' race, ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression.