Director – Academic and Professional Success – 995197

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Job Title: Director – Academic and Professional Success – 995197 Location: Fort Lauderdale-Davie, Florida Work Type: Full Time with Full Benefits Job Category: Exempt Hiring Range: Pay Basis:

Annually

Subject to Grant Funding?: No Essential Job Functions: 1. Plans, directs, supervises, and coordinates work activities of subordinates and staff, including hiring, coaching, evaluating, and terminating, all in accordance with university policies and procedures.

• Ensures all processes and procedures, necessary to deliver optimal career and academic advising services, are administered and followed on a day-to-day basis.
• Represents and promotes career and academic advising services by fostering collaborative relationships with faculty and staff across NSU.
• Ensures adequate data and appropriate assessment tools to measure career and academic advising services are collected, maintained, and disseminated to executive leadership and university stakeholders.
• Oversees the development and implementation of a comprehensive academic and career advising program that will result in increased student retention, degree attainment, graduation outcomes and student satisfaction.
• Collaborates with Deans and faculty to remove unnecessary or unintended barriers to degree progress.
• Ensures students are provided consistent, accurate and prompt academic and career advising services.
• Serves as a liaison between the Center for Academic and Professional Success and admissions units; Works actively to promote communication and develop seamless transfer of student service as applicants become enrolled students.
• Investigates student, staff, and interdepartmental concerns; participates in problem resolutions and recommends corrective action, as necessary.
• Oversees employer relations staff in the building of new relationships, recruiting organizations, and managing existing employer relationships.
• Identifies targeted career development needs/services for a diverse student and alumni population.
• Generates a reputation of excellence within the university by developing and maintaining relationships with students, staff, and faculty across NSU.
• Leads and supports employee engagement initiatives.
• Assists in the organization, implementation, and coordination of special events and programming.
• Acts as a backup to the Assistant Dean in his/her absence.
• Participates on university committees.
• Performs other duties as assigned. Marginal Job Functions: 1. Attends workshops, career fairs, seminars, professional meetings, and conferences. Participates in NSU-wide events and programs.
• Evaluates, updates and maintains departmental policies and procedures.
• Researches current trends and employers in academic program areas as it pertains to employment outlook and other areas that effect career decisions.
• Assists with compiling data of surveys/reports; creates assessment tools to evaluate programs and services. Required Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities: KNOWLEDGE
• Personnel and Human Resources – Working knowledge of principles and procedures for personnel recruitment, selection, and training.
• Psychology – General knowledge of human behavior and performance, individual differences in ability, personality, and interests; and learning and motivation.
• English Language – General knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
• Education and Training – General knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects.
• Customer and Personal Service – General knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of user satisfaction.
• In depth knowledge of university policies and procedures.

Skills

• Active Listening – Advanced skills in giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
• Speaking – Advanced skills in talking to others to convey information effectively.
• Reading Comprehension – Proficient understanding of written sentences and paragraphs in work-related documents.
• Social Perceptiveness – Advanced skills in being aware of others’ reactions and understanding why they react as they do.
• Critical Thinking – Advanced skills in using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems.
• Writing – Proficient skills in communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.
• Judgment and Decision Making – Proficient skills in considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the appropriate one.
• Active Learning – Proficient skills in understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.
• Complex Problem Solving – Proficient skills in identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.
• Service Orientation – Advanced skills in actively looking for ways to help people.
• Supervisory skills – Advanced supervisory, training and leadership skills, manage and motivate a large team.

Abilities

• Deductive Reasoning – The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
• Problem Sensitivity – The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem.
• Inductive Reasoning – The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (including finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events).
• Ability to work collaboratively with faculty, staff and administrative units.
• Ability to create and implement strategy.
• Ability to lead, manage and motivate a large team.
• Ability to set expectations and communicate clear feedback to staff.

Physical Requirements and Working Environment:

• Speech Recognition – Must be able to identify and understand the speech of another person.
• Speech Clarity – Must be able to speak clearly so others can understand you.
• Near Vision – Must be able to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
• Travel – Must be able to travel on a daily and/or overnight basis.
• May be required to work nights or weekends.
• May be exposed to short, intermittent, and/or prolonged periods of sitting and/or standing in performance of job duties.
• May be required to accomplish job duties using various types of equipment/supplies, to include but not limited to pens, pencils, and computer keyboards. Job Requirements: Required Certifications/Licensures: Required Education: Master’s Degree Major (if required): Psychology, Counseling, College Personnel Administration, Higher Education or related field. Required Experience: 1. Minimum six (6) years’ experience in higher education administration.
• Successful experience in staff supervision, leadership development, and advising college-level students.

Preferred Qualifications: Commitment to higher education and students’ success. Is this a safety sensitive position? No Background Screening Required? No Pre-Employment Conditions:

To ensure a safe learning environment for students and staff, as a condition of employment the selected candidate will need to provide proof of a completed COVID-19 vaccination prior to commencement of employment or an approved exemption and reasonable accommodation.

Sensitivity Disclaimer: Nova Southeastern University is in full compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and does not discriminate with regard to applicants or employees with disabilities, and will make reasonable accommodation when necessary.