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Posting Number S140637 Position Title Manager, Student Advising Center Department Student Advising Center Division Student Development Classification Professional FLSA Classification Non-Exempt Union/Non Union Non Union Full Time / Part Time? Full Time Hours per week 40 Temporary? No Posting Detail Information

Posting Date 04/18/2019 Closing Date 05/01/2019 Open Until Filled No Special Instructions to Applicants

For full consideration, unofficial transcripts for the required degree (if applicable) must be attached and submitted at the time of application.

All offers of employment are contingent upon the following:

• Post-offer, satisfactory results of pre-employment background check
• Post-offer, satisfactory results of pre-employment Drug Screening for employees that are new to the College
• Post-offer, satisfactory results of pre-employment physical exam in circumstances where the nature of the work renders it appropriate or where Federal law or regulation requires

Advertising Summary

Would you like to work for one of the first choices of employment?

Do you want to be part of a strategic organization?

One that prides itself on educating our future workforce.

Tucked in the middle of a wildlife preserve, bridging the banks of a lake and surrounded by its own Arboretum, Joliet Junior College is an educational community that embraces diversity and promotes personal growth. Each year, more than 35,000 students find the diverse, comprehensive high quality educational experience they are looking for at JJC. We hope that you will take a few minutes to explore the job opportunities we have available and consider becoming a part of this experience.

The recruitment of qualified and diverse faculty and staff is the cornerstone of JJC’s commitment to an innovative, collaborative and inclusive educational community. At JJC, we respect the wealth of knowledge and experience each of our employees brings to the workplace. The college supports this commitment by providing full-time employees with a comprehensive benefits package for our full-time employees including:

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois (employee & family)

•Medical
•Dental
•Vision

Flexible Spending Account

403(b) and 457(b) option for pre-tax retirement savings

Joliet Junior College Tuition Assistance (employee & family)

Long Term Disability

Life Insurance & a comprehensive leave plan including:

•Federal holidays
•Vacation
•Personal
•Sick

Link to Human Resources website

http://www.jjc.edu/about-jjc/college-leadership/administration/human-resources

Job Description

POSTION: MANAGER, STUDENT ADVISING CENTER
STATUS: Full time
DEPARTMENT:Student Advising Center
DIVISION: Student Development
CLASSIFICATION:Exempt
UNION:Non-union
REPORTS TO: Dean, Student Success
PLACEMENT: Professional, grade S11
MINIMUM PAY RATE $65,908 annually

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
The student population at the college is diverse in ethnicity, gender, language, age and background. Joliet Junior College is an AA/EO employer and strongly encourages applications from candidates who would enhance the diversity of its staff.

POSITION SUMMARY
Provides leadership, supervision, and direction to the Student Advising Center and staff. Works collaboratively with the faculty, staff, students and JJC district residents to address the immediate and long-term academic support of JJC students. Provides visionary leadership for First Year Experience programs and academic pathway training, strategic reporting, technologies, academic intervention strategies and campaigns to support student success. Provides leadership and support to the Dean of Student Success and the Student Development Leadership Team (SDLT). This includes marketing and delivering on the program priorities, effectively assessing services and accommodations, as well as strategically reporting data that indicate student engagement, development, and success outcomes to support the effective continuous enrollment, active persistence, and overall retention of students.

ESSENTIAL JOB DUTIES AND KEY RESPONISBILIES
1.Provide leadership for the Student Advising Center; and, facilitate short and long-range planning, program development and assessment that supports guided academic pathway coaching and student success outcomes; and, align program initiatives with strategic goals and outcomes of the college.
2.Promote student success by implementing strategies, which maximize student retention and completion including, but not limited to, intentional pathway coaching strategies, embedded advising, on-going guided academic pathway training, development and implementation; provide collaborative execution of early alert campaigns to increase first-year student retention.
3.Strategically develop, promote and monitor academic intervention success strategies via a case-management model of academic pathway coaching; and, monitor the caseloads of coaches to ensure students are transitioned to faculty advisors upon declaration of academic intent/major/concentration area.
4.Strategically develop communication campaigns to engage and retain students; in collaboration with the Dean of Student Success provide outreach and referral to success resources and programs for students falling into academic caution, probation or dismissal.
5.Manage the operational, budget and personnel functions for the Student Advising Center; utilizing data in annual reports develop budget requests to reflect the needs of students.
6.Provide leadership to ensure the utilization of a variety of effective and best-practice pathway coaching delivery systems and methodologies including virtual pathway coaching; responsible for developing pathways to support distance learners.
7.Provide leadership and collaboration with extended campuses to ensure services are available; and, develop a strategy to refer students to support services at the extended campuses.
8.Coordinate training workshops specific to institutional programs, degrees, and certificates in collaboration with academic disciplines and the Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning.
9.Coordinate and host strategic retention initiative workshops/forums to highlight the Student Advising Center efforts, national best practices and trends in higher education to support retention and completion of community college students.
10.Provide one-on-one, group, and virtual academic coaching, during peak registration periods.
11.Provide leadership for evaluations and accountability standards for all staff.
12.Perform other duties as assigned.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
1.Bachelor’s Degree in Higher Education, Education, Human Relations, Psychology, or a related field.
2.Experience in higher education and educational coaching and/or academic advising.
3.Strong technical data analysis and reporting skills. Familiarity with college Student Information and Reporting systems such as Ellucian (formerly Datatel), Banner, or similar.
4.Three (3) years of progressive responsibility in higher education.
5.Successful supervisory and management experience.
6.Excellent computer skills in Microsoft Office.
7.Demonstrated presentation and written communication skills.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
1.Master’s degree.
2.Community College experience.
3.Colleague, degree audit and retention planning database experience.
4.Familiarity with social media platforms.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS
1.Normal office physical demands.
2.Ability to travel and work between campus locations and to and from community events.
3.Ability to travel in state and nationally.

WORKING CONDITIONS
1.Duties are performed indoors in the usual office and/or outdoor environment.

Application Procedures: “Apply to this Job at employment.jjc.edu”

Application Deadline: May 1, 2019
All offers of employment are contingent upon the following:
• Satisfactory results of a background check
• Post-offer, pre-employment Drug Screening for employees that are new to the College
• Post-offer, pre-employment physical exam in circumstances where the nature of the work renders it appropriate or where Federal law or regulation requires

Joliet Junior College is an equal opportunity/affirmative action college supporting diversity.

ANNUAL CLERY SAFETY REPORT (ASR) NOTICE FIRE SAFETY REPORT (FSA) and MISSING PERSON POLICY (MPP) FOR STUDENTS RESIDING IN “ON CAMPUS” STUDENT HOUSING
Joliet Junior College is committed to assisting members of the JJC community in providing for their own safety and security. The annual CLERY security compliance document along with the Fire Safety Report (FSR) and the Missing Person Policy (MPP) for students residing in “on campus” student housing is available at the JJC Police Department website :
www.jjc.edu/cleryreport

If you would like to receive the ASR, FSR or MPP in booklet form, you may stop by the Campus Police Department located on Main Campus in G 1013 or call Campus Police at 815-280-2234. The website and booklet contain information regarding campus security and personal safety such as crime prevention and reporting, police law enforcement authority, disciplinary procedures and other related security policies. They also contain information about crime statistics for the three previous years for all JJC campuses, property owned and controlled by JJC District 525 and on public property immediately adjacent to JJC campuses.
This information is required by law and is made available by the Joliet Junior College Police Department.

Supplemental Questions

Required fields are indicated with an asterisk (*).

1. * Do you have a Bachelor’s or higher degree in Higher Education, Education, Human Relations, Psychology, or a related field?
   • Yes
   • No
2. * Do you have experience in higher education and educational coaching and/or academic advising? Please explain in no more than four sentences.

   (Open Ended Question)

3. * Do you have strong technical data analysis and reporting skills and familiarity with college Student Information and Reporting systems such as Ellucian (formerly Datatel), Banner, or similar?
   • Yes
   • No
4. * Do you have three (3) years of progressive responsibility in higher education? If yes, please explain. If no, please write no or none.

   (Open Ended Question)

5. * Do you have successful supervisory and management experience?
   • Yes
   • No
6. * Select a level of computer skills using Microsoft Office.
   • Beginner
   • Intermediate
   • Expert
7. * Do you have demonstrated presentation and written communication skills?
   • Yes
   • No
8. * Do you have a Master's degree or higher?
   • Yes
   • No
9. * Do you have community college experience?
   • Yes
   • No
10. * Do you have Colleague, degree audit and retention planning database experience?
    • Yes
    • No
11. * Do you have familiarity with social media platforms?
    • Yes
    • No

Applicant Documents Required Documents

1. Resume
2. Cover Letter
3. Unofficial Transcripts

Optional Documents

1. Other Document
2. List of References