Senior Academic Counselor

The Department of Nursing emerges from the challenge to meet the manpower needs for qualified health care locally, nationally and globally. The role and scope of the Department of Nursing are reflected in the characteristics of selected learning environments and their ability to enhance individual productivity in a changing society. The Department of Nursing provides essential service to improve the quality of life for all people through quality educational programs, research and scholarly endeavors, and community service.

Primary Purpose of Position

The Senior Counselor/Advisor interviews, advises, and counsels students regarding admission procedures and academic requirements for the nursing degree program. Senior Counselor/Advisor also coordinates and refers support services and programs within the department and university. Senior Counselor/Advisor identifies the diverse needs of students who are striving to meet the program requirements; reviews and maintains individualized action plan to help each student achieve goals;

implements appropriate retention strategies to support students' efforts. This person will also mentor other advisors to assure that policies and procedures are consistent. The senior advisor will serve as facilitator of training sessions for academic advisors and success strategy sessions for nursing students.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

Commitment to diversity and inclusion in fulfillment of the university mission; knowledgeable of university and pre-professional curriculum requirements; knowledgeable of advising practices and principles; excellent oral and written communication skills; strong interpersonal skills; excellent analytical skills that include analyzing data with standard statistical methods, interpreting the results, and providing written summary of data analyses, reasoned judgement, and the ability to work both independently and collaboratively with others.

Minimum Education /Experience

Master's degree and four years of experience in student services, counseling, or professional academic advising.

All degrees must be received from appropriately accredited institutions.

Licenses or Certification required by Statute or Regulation

The successful candidate should have excellent counseling skills; have the ability to work with diverse populations; knowledgeable of the general college requirements for admission; knowledge of various computer programs in order to develop a database for entering, retrieving and monitoring data that can be used for generating various departmental and university reports.

Pre-Employment Requirement

Employee Benefits available to NCCU permanent employees include the following and more:

* Accrued Vacation and Sick Leave

* Community Service Leave

* NC State - Health Benefits

* NCFlex - Vision, Dental, Flexible Spending Account, Life Insurance and more

* 11-12 Paid Holidays

* Teachers and State Employees Retirement System (TSERS)

* Optional Supplemental Plans - 401k, 403b, 457b and 457

* Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

* Campus Recreation Center Discount

* University Bookstore Discount and more.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Consistent with the policy of the State of North Carolina, North Carolina Central University (NCCU) reaffirms that it has been, and will continue to be, the policy of this University to be an equal opportunity employer. North Carolina Central University is committed to providing educational opportunities and prohibits discrimination against students, applicants, employees, or visitors based on race, color, genetic information, national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, political affiliation, or veteran status.

Any individual alleging discrimination based on sexual orientation cannot grieve beyond the University's internal grievance process. In keeping with this policy, and to further the principle of equal opportunity, all other personnel matters such as recruitment, selection, hiring, promotion, compensation, performance appraisal, disciplinary actions, benefits, transfers, separations, reduction in force, grievance procedures, company-sponsored training, education, tuition assistance, and social and recreational programs will also continue to be administered in accordance with this policy.

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