Sr Graduate Academic Advisor

Location: Durham

Under the general supervision of the Director/Associate Director of Graduate Programs, advise graduate business students regarding academic and career planning, and serve as a resource on specific academic programs and policies. Create event/activity programming strategy which focuses on the student experience and readies the students for their career. Develop relevant programming content based on feedback from student focus groups, Program Ambassador meetings, and student relationships to inform the programming for the AY.

in coordination with Program Directors, Program Faculty, Graduate staff, Career and Professional Success, and other offices including but not limited to the Graduate School, the Office of International Students & Scholars, the Registrar, Business Services, Financial Aid, and UNH Online.  
** Job Duties/Responsibilities:
**** Student Support(progress and success):
*** Serve as primary academic advisor and advocate for several hundred PAUL graduate students across multiple programs.
* Work with students individually and in groups to assist them with academic and planning.
* Assist students in developing individual educational plans for completing degree requirements.
* Instruct students on the processes of registration, adding/dropping of courses, petitions, change of majors, repeated course forms, intent to graduate forms, PAUL registration forms, and other policies and procedures of the Paul College and the University of New Hampshire.
* Utilize various information systems to monitor student progress and registration activity, create needed reports, analyze data, and use data to inform advising outreach.
* Proactively monitor student success and individually meet with students, including those who have received failing grades or have been identified as struggling in their academic programs.
* Advise these students regarding their status and its consequences to their educational plans and goals.
* Assist them in developing alternate plans, if needed.
* Advise students who have been excluded, suspended or dismissed, regarding their educational options.
* Help students who are in academic jeopardy to develop academic plans for improvement.
* Refer students to appropriate UNH offices.
* Assess student needs for referral to other programs and offices on campus when needed, such as PACS, SHARPP, Center for Business Analytics, etc.
* Direct students to the appropriate offices, make contacts with personnel in other offices as needed in order to collaborate and coordinate.
* Collaborate with OISS to provide adequate support to international students from onboarding through to the OPT process.
* Work with Graduate School on petitions, student holds, dismissals, or leave of absence requests.  
** Student Experience Programming:
*** Coordinate program activities from the beginning of the student cycle at Admitted Student Day and Pre-Arrival Webinars, through to Commencement.
* Student events are as follows:  + Admitted Student Day:
- Advisors hold 3 separate Admitted Student Day events, 1 in person and 2 online. These are meant to welcome students to UNH and get them invested in their program, which helps with summer melt.  + Orientations:
- Advisors work collaboratively to plan and implement the Paul All-Grad Orientation held on campus a week before fall classes start.
- Coordinate logistics for all facets of orientations including room reservation, parking arrangements, meals, and engagement opportunities.
- Schedule, facilitate, and create content for virtual orientation for Part-Time and Online MBA programs twice each year in the Fall and Spring.  + Cohort meetings:
- Advisors help set up monthly cohort meetings (9 per program) for Full-time programs with their program director throughout the…