Academic Professional - Director of Graduate Advising Operations & Engagement; Faculty Position - Academic

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Overview

Georgia Tech prides itself on its technological resources, collaborations, high-quality student body, and its commitment to building an outstanding and diverse community of learning, discovery, and creation. We strongly encourage applicants whose values align with our institutional values, as outlined in our strategic plan. These values include academic excellence, diversity of thought and experience, inquiry and innovation, collaboration and community, and ethical behavior and stewardship.

Georgia Tech has policies to promote a healthy work-life balance and is aware that attracting faculty may require meeting the needs of two careers.

About Georgia Tech

Georgia Tech is a top-ranked public research university situated in the heart of Atlanta, a diverse and vibrant city with numerous economic and cultural strengths. The Institute serves more than 45,000 students through top-ranked undergraduate, graduate, and executive programs in engineering, computing, science, business, design, and liberal arts. Georgia Tech's faculty attracted more than $1.4 billion in research awards this past year in fields ranging from biomedical technology to artificial intelligence, energy, sustainability, semiconductors, neuroscience, and national security.

Georgia Tech ranks among the nation's top 20 universities for research and development spending and No. 1 among institutions without a medical school.

Georgia Tech's Mission and Values

Georgia Tech's mission is to develop leaders who advance technology and improve the human condition. The Institute has nine key values that are foundational to everything we do:

Students are our top priority.

We strive for excellence.

We thrive on diversity.

We celebrate collaboration.

We champion innovation.

We safeguard freedom of inquiry and expression.

We nurture the wellbeing of our community.

We act ethically.

We are responsible stewards.

Over the next decade, Georgia Tech will become an example of inclusive innovation, a leading technological research university of unmatched scale, relentlessly committed to serving the public good; breaking new ground in addressing the biggest local, national, and global challenges and opportunities of our time; making technology broadly accessible; and developing exceptional, principled leaders from all backgrounds ready to produce novel ideas and create solutions with real human impact.

Atlanta, GA

The Georgia Institute of Technology seeks a Director of Graduate Advising Operations and Engagement to implement and maintain cross-campus advising initiatives. This individual will be a tech-savvy professional with a background in advising and administration. They will lead efforts to continue the strategic deployment of EAB Navigate
360 as a resource to align best practices in a decentralized advising system. This opportunity will reward professionals who can bring a vision to reality by cultivating buy-in and collaboration from a variety of stakeholders. This is a full-time position that reports to the Executive Director of Graduate Student Success, a unit within the Office of Graduate Education (OGE).

We seek an academic faculty member, at either the Academic Professional or Senior Academic Professional level, for this role. The Director of Advising Operations is responsible for the strategic planning and operational management of graduate advising services within the institution. This leadership role involves overseeing the implementation and maintenance of advising initiatives, managing advising technology platforms, and ensuring that advising practices align with the institution's goals for graduate student success.

The Director acts as a key advisor to senior leadership on issues related to academic advising, retention, and student progression. Additionally, the Director facilitates cross-departmental collaboration to enhance student support services.

This position is responsible for setting employee goals, assessing performance, providing feedback, and making pay recommendations.

This position will report to executive leadership, interact with leadership, faculty, and staff, vendors and technology providers, when necessary.

This position will supervise:
Assigned Staff.

Establish new and maintain existing advising tools, procedures, and resources

Serving as the campus administrator for Tech's graduate student advising technology platform (EAB Navigate), providing training and support for advisors,…