Senior Academic Advisor

The Office of Student Academic Services at SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University is seeking a full-time Senior Academic Advisor / Assistant Director.

The Senior Academic Advisor provides comprehensive academic advising, individualized learning support, and academic intervention services to students enrolled in the University's health sciences programs. The incumbent promotes student achievement, retention, and success by identifying learning challenges, developing academic improvement strategies, and implementing programs to strengthen student performance.

Working collaboratively with students, faculty, academic leadership, and institutional support services, the Senior Academic Advisor also assists in the development, coordination, and evaluation of academic support initiatives, oversees student tutoring services, and supports departmental operations.

• Provide individualized and small-group academic advising and coaching to students seeking to improve their academic performance and strengthen their learning skills.
• Assess students' academic challenges and develop individualized strategies addressing study techniques, note-taking, time management, test preparation, examination performance, and stress management.
• Proactively identify and engage academically at-risk students to support academic achievement, retention, and successful progression through their respective programs.
• Provide ongoing academic coaching, monitoring, and follow-up support to students experiencing academic difficulties or placed on academic probation.
• Develop individualized academic improvement plans, conduct follow-up sessions, and maintain accurate documentation of student progress and outcomes.
• Collaborate with faculty, academic departments, and appropriate University personnel to identify barriers to student success and recommend academic interventions.
• Assist students in the School of Public Health with organizing, structuring, and editing written academic assignments while maintaining institutional academic integrity standards.
• Refer students to appropriate external evaluators for assessment of potential learning disabilities or other specialized learning needs, as appropriate.

• Develop and recommend individualized academic intervention strategies for students experiencing academic difficulties.
• Provide academic support and learning strategies tailored to students enrolled in academically rigorous health sciences programs.
• Coordinate academic support services and related needs for students with documented accommodations in collaboration with appropriate University offices.
• Assist students in accessing available tutoring, academic resources, and other institutional support services.
• Monitor the effectiveness of academic interventions and make recommendations for adjustments based on student progress and demonstrated needs.
• Identify recurring academic challenges, difficult curricular topics, and student learning trends and communicate findings to academic support leadership.

• Develop, coordinate, and facilitate academic success workshops, study strategy sessions, and other educational activities designed to improve student learning and academic performance.
• Provide instruction and guidance on effective learning strategies, academic organization, examination preparation, and study skills development.
• Assist the Associate Vice President in identifying, developing, and implementing new academic support programs to address the needs of students in the School of Health Professions and College of Nursing.
• Participate in evaluating existing academic support programs and…