About SUNY Empire State College:

SUNY Empire proudly serves 16,000 students through online, hybrid, and in-person instruction across New York state, the region, and the world. Established in 1971 as the innovative branch of the State University of New York, SUNY Empire is a recognized national leader in serving working adults - including parents, veterans, and military-affiliates - through flexible programs that meet workforce needs and provide support through mentoring and prior learning assessment. The institution offers a broad range of associate, bachelor's, master's, doctoral, and certificate programs and is accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education. SUNY Empire's 94,000 alumni are entrepreneurs, nurses, teachers, businesspeople, and leaders in their communities and their fields. Visit www.esc.edu and follow us on social media @SUNYEmpire.

SUNY Empire is committed to creating a multicultural, inclusive academic and work environment. All qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status. We believe that a diverse faculty is critical to academic excellence and prepares students to live and work in an increasingly global world.

Job Description:

SUNY Empire State College seeks full-time Academic Advisors (State Title: Academic Advisor) who will support undergraduate students in both face-to-face and online learning environments to create strong, ongoing relationships that positively influence student persistence and retention.

These positions will report directly to an academic dean in the School of Business or the School of Social and Behavioral Sciences, depending on the prospective employee's background and expertise. One successful candidate will be located at our Fort Drum unit, and any remaining positions may be located at our locations in Staten Island, Selden, Brooklyn, Saratoga Springs, or Rochester.

Dedication to developing innovative ways to reach and engage students while providing holistic student development and support is essential to these positions. The selected incumbents must demonstrate knowledge of academic advisement, a commitment to student service, experience with programming at the college level, and have a strong familiarity working with adults, specifically non-traditional learners, and those from diverse backgrounds.

Essential Functions

At SUNY Empire, Academic Advisors manage an active caseload of students through all phases of the college experience from orientation to graduation. Advisors work closely with students to develop associate and bachelor's degree programs that are built around a student's academic, professional, and intellectual goals. Often, SUNY Empire students enroll with previous courses or learning from previous colleges and/or other creditable prior college-level learning. The successful candidates will review, plan and balance a student's academic opportunities with college requirements, mentoring students through the degree planning and prior learning assessment processes, which may include teaching an online section of an Educational Planning course. Coordination of mentoring and advising approaches within the assigned school, in collaboration with assessment staff, faculty mentors, and the dean is expected.

The advisor is a student's main point of a contact and actively responds to student questions, proactively encourages consistent course registrations, and liaises with other collegewide departments to ensure seamless academic service. An effective advisor will identify and address student concerns, assist with referrals for support services, and help to investigate and resolve administrative academic questions and issues as needed.

In addition, a portion of the responsibilities associated with these positions will include working as part of an advising team to staff the college's Advising Center and working with the Office of Enrollment Management to conduct degree forecasting and other pre-enrollment advising functions.

Requirements:

Required Qualifications:

• Master's Degree from a regionally accredited US university or comparable non-US university.
• A minimum of 2 years of professional experience in the higher educational setting with a role specific to academic advisement or student development.
• Excellent and effective communication and organizational skills.
• Ability to work within a collaborative academic environment with faculty and staff from multiple departments.
• Desire and skills to engage with undergraduate learners who may not regularly visit campus locations.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Knowledge of adult learning, learning technologies and online pedagogies.
• Experience with computer databases and web-based communications platforms including Banner, CRM, or other data management and tracking tools.
• Previous college teaching experience, preferably in one of the academic disciplines offered in the School or Business or the School of Social and Behavioral Sciences.

Special Information:

• May involve occasional travel.
• Regular involvement in governance and committee work is expected.
• VISA sponsorship is not available for this position.

Additional Information:

Rank/Salary: SL3/$55,000.

Empire State College is an EOE employer.

We are pleased to offer our employees a generous compensation and benefits package. We also offer professional-development activities for professionals and support staff, as well as faculty-development opportunities that encourage pursuit of disciplinary and community-focused research, scholarship of teaching and learning, and leadership development.

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Application Instructions:

Applications Due By: Applications accepted until position is filled.

If you are interested in applying for this position, please submit the following documents, which are required for consideration by clicking on the APPLY NOW button:

• Resume
• Cover letter
• Name and contact information of three references

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