Senior Academic Advisor, Economics

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To that end, we provide students with tutoring, advising, academic support, direction, and accurate information. We also provide academic enrichment programs and opportunities so that students may reach their full potential and achieve their best. We collaborate with faculty and other departments to advocate for students and improve the academic experience for all students as well as the policies governing undergraduate study at Tufts.

The Senior Academic Advisor provides full-time professional academic advising support to declared undergraduate majors within the Department of Economics and programmatic support to the faculty advisors in the department. The Senior Academic Advisor supports students in their engagement with the undergraduate major requirements and policies in the Department of Economics, helps them navigate university procedures and make informed decisions about major requirements, departmental specific resources and opportunities, helps position students for success in their professional degree goals, and acts as an accessible source for information about curriculum requirements, course selection, and campus resources more generally.

Although their primary responsibility is to support declared Economics majors, the Senior Academic Advisor is part of the larger Academic Advising and Undergraduate Studies (AAUS) team that provides logistical support, programming, research, and data analysis for a team-based approach to advising, student success, with a particular focus on improving the undergraduate experience.

• Serve as front-line academic advisor for students who have declared their majors within the Department. In collaboration with department chair, director of undergraduate studies and faculty, provide individualized coaching, group mentoring, and drop-in advising to declared students within the department. Guide students as they navigate major and degree requirements, departmental opportunities and help them navigate university policies and procedures, including course selection, registration, and declaration of major, and all areas of academic planning.
  
  Direct students to appropriate programs and resources and follow up to make sure the student has received support. Refers students to appropriate faculty members for mentorship, research opportunities, and specialized academic guidance when needed.
• Act as a liaison between the department and programs in place to advance student success as they pursue the various post-graduation degree programs and maintains active collaboration with the undergraduate advising team through regular meetings, shared advising practices, and coordinated student support efforts.
• Provide programming support to the Department and faculty advisors within the department. Duties may include creation and editing of advising materials for major students, planning and logistical support for on-campus events, and delivery of presentations, online seminars, and interactive events for students in and interested in the department.
• Conduct research, compile data, and provide analysis and program assessment on various efforts to track, promote, and improve student retention and on-time graduation,…