Student Success Advisor, Nursing & Health Innovations

Academic Advisor, School of Nursing & Health Innovations

Department: SONHI Office Administration

Job Code: A52504

Job Category:
Full Time Staff

Terms and

Hours:

Full Time Exempt

Salary Range:
Starting salary at $49,310; commensurate with experience

The Academic Advisor in the School of Nursing & Health Innovations (SONHI) serves students in providing comprehensive and focused advising support to meet degree requirements and achieve academic success. This position provides primary responsibilities in recruitment, admissions, transcript credit reviews, registering students, advising students regarding curriculum and degree requirements, progress towards degree completion and referring students to departmental and University resources.

Academic Advisors collaborate with campus partners, faculty, and academic departments to ensure timely and accurate information in support of student success. The Academic Advisors, SONHI are the primary interface for the Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) students within SONHI. The Academic Advisor, SONHI reports to the Assistant Dean.

• Act as primary point of contact for curriculum related questions. Engage SONHI students through advising processes regarding educational and career planning, based on intentional goals through regular review and revision. The advising process includes providing information to BSN, PHW and DNP students while developing course and degree plans and navigating co-curricular activities; inclusive of advising transfer students from other institutions.
• Advise BSN students in the SONHI on curricular requirements, academic progress, accessibility, and educational opportunities.
• Guide students through problem solving on a wide variety of concerns, including but not limited to academic progress, academic program policies, career plans, accessibility, community standards to assist in making appropriate choices and decisions around academic planning.
• Assist in maintaining and updating student records in the SONHI, helping in course schedule adjustments, and enrollment management on a semester basis.
• Review and administer student records, analyze data, and make recommendations that require interpretation and influence decisions on routine issues.
• Complete the initial review of ROTC curricular forms.
• Align and collaborate with University offices (e.g. Registrar Office) to ensure access to up-to-date information around degree requirements, course scheduling, and system processes.
• Coordinate undergraduate program processes, curriculum, scheduling and academic issues with SONHI staff and faculty and support in addressing issues and work towards resolution and improvement.
• Assist with advising out of progression BSN students in coordination with the Associate Dean, Assistant Dean for Students, and the Senior Academic Advisor.
• Collaborate with the Academic Coordinators to maintain the SONHI website for all undergraduate BSN students and BSN transfer students’ program academic information.
• Collaborate with community colleges and state universities to maintain transfer equivalency guides as needed.
• Plan, organize and execute new student orientation in collaboration with orientation staff.
• Present materials for SONHI programs at student information sessions and recruiting events. Represent SONHI at University events, including Orientation and Commencement.
• Collaborate with departments of the University focused on student opportunities and success including but not limited to the Shepard Academic Resource Center, University Athletics, and Student Affairs.
• Train and mentor new Academic Advisors in learning programs, degree requirements and advising processes for the College.
• Participate in university wide academic initiatives and efforts, collecting data as needed.
• May serve on University Committees to support work on academic advising and initiatives.

Other duties as relevant to the duties of the position or as assigned by supervisor or designee.

Please note that the above list of duties is not comprehensive but generally demonstrates the types of matters under this position’s purview and responsibility.

• Required:
  
  Bachelor’s degree.
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