Director, Academic Advising - Wellstar College of Health & Human Services

Job Title:

Director, Academic Advising – Wellstar College of Health & Human Services

Kennesaw, Georgia

Regular

Full‑Time

295367

Are you ready to transform lives through academic excellence, innovative research, strong community partnerships and economic opportunity? Kennesaw State University is one of the 50 largest public institutions in the country. With growing enrollment and global reach, we continue to expand our institutional influence and prominence beyond the state of Georgia. We offer more than 190 undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral degrees to empower over 50,000 students to become thought leaders, lifelong learners, and informed global citizens.

Our entrepreneurial spirit, high‑impact research, and Division I athletics draw students from throughout the region and from more than 100 countries across the globe. Our university's vibrant culture, career opportunities, rich benefits, and values of respect, integrity, collaboration, inclusivity, and accountability make us an employer of choice. We are part of the University System of Georgia. We are searching for talented people to join Kennesaw State University in its vision.

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Our Kennesaw campus is located at 1000 Chastain Road NW, Kennesaw, GA 30144.

Our Marietta campus is located at 1100 South Marietta Parkway, Marietta, GA 30060.

Directs the strategic planning and daily operations of the assigned academic advising services that align the advising initiatives for KSU’s undergraduate population. Supports KSU’s mission and values and consults with the department leadership team to address overall quality of advising services and deliverables and ensures milestones are met. Plans, develops, and manages established advising policies and integrates transactional and transformational advising methods into consistent workplace practices.

Responsible for management of assigned staff, department budget, allocation of resources and resolves problems within advising services. Ensures academic advising unit supports the success of students in meeting academic and graduation goals. Assists in the resolution of students’ academic issues and serves as a resource to students, faculty and staff seeking assistance. Provides direct supervision to the assigned departmental advising team and includes hiring, training, and performance management.

• Provides vision and strategic direction in planning, managing, and participating in academic advising and student engagement initiatives.
• Directs the daily operations of the assigned academic advising services that align the advising initiatives for KSU’s undergraduate population in the college.
• Consults with the leadership team to address the overall quality of advising services and deliverables and ensure milestones are met.
• Plans, develops, and manages college‑wide advising policies and integrates transactional and transformational advising methods into consistent workplace practices.
• Ensures academic advising unit supports the success of students in meeting academic and graduation goals.
• Plans, develops, and manages a budget to determine fiscal priorities and allocates funds, accordingly, approves or denies expenditures.
• Monitors budget performance and corrects variances as needed.
• Provides financial analyses, projections, and reports to support budget development and management.
• Acts as a key resource for faculty and administrators and interprets policies related to academic advising.
• Oversees all transactional advising (i.e., tracking statistics, file documentation, academic planning, and program assessment) and identifies any technical problems and implements appropriate solutions.
• Directs and manages the assigned academic advising unit; recruits, screens, hires, trains, counsels, and/or disciplines advising staff.
• Assesses workflow priorities and delegates work assignments accordingly, reviews work of staff to ensure quality and accuracy.
• Meets with student groups on an ongoing basis to build rapport and assists students in understanding policies, rules governing…