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Office of the Provost - Board of Trustees Program - Academic Advisor
Position Announcement
August 04, 2009
APPOINTMENT: Academic Advisor. Twelve month position. Starting date is September 28, 2009.
QUALIFICATIONS: Master's degree from a regionally accredited institution. Demonstrated ability to effectively communicate to a diverse population. Illustrate superior written and oral communication skills. Excellent organizational and time-management skills. Applicant must have skills related to public service or customer service experience (strong interpersonal skills). Computer proficiency applicable to the position. Professional travel is required including some nights and weekends.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS: Preference will be given to candidates holding Master’s degrees in Higher Education, College Student Personnel, Counseling, Communications, Psychology, or other similar fields who have previous experience in academic advising as well as experience with 2+2 articulation agreements and marketing skills. Veterans and military personnel with experience are strongly encouraged to apply.
RESPONSIBILITIES: The primary function of this position is to serve as the academic advisor for students within the Board of Trustees Bachelor of Arts Degree Program. This position requires the flexibility of working with enrolled students and pre-enrolled students via telephone, email, mail, and in person. This position will assist with marketing initiatives and coordinate community college partnership maintenance for the BOT/BA Degree program.
Advises between 300 and 500 enrolled students living throughout the United States with a special emphasis on military and fire fighters.
Advises prospective students in the Macomb office and in the traditional WIU service region.
Manages the community college agreements and partnership maintenance including monthly communications, promotional awareness, event participation, on-site programming, and any additional individual institutional requirements.
Speaks to prospective students at community colleges, military bases, fire stations, service clubs, and various industries. Arranges meetings with businesses in the recruiting area to determine educational needs of employees.
Assists the Director with marketing initiative and recruits students. Serve as point of contact to provide input to University newsletters including information for Alumni News & Notes, Rocke News, and Western News.
Assists and monitors students in all phases of the Prior Learning Portfolio process. Reviews Prior Learning Portfolios before submission to the Director of Non-Traditional Programs.
Responds to all advisees’ requests for information, including but not limited to questions concerning career exploration, graduation requirements, course selection, registration, proficiency exams, academic appeals, graduation, and graduate school admission.
Prepares and updates initial and all subsequent updated WARD Worksheets for advisees’ use.
Attends graduation activities and Discover Western programs. Regularly attends the BOT/BA Advisory Committee meetings and (on rotating basis with other BOT advisors) the Council of Academic Advisors meetings representing the BOT/BA degree.
Assists lead advisor in distance course selection utilizing computer programs and other appropriate research tools to determine courses necessary to best serve the needs of BOT/BA students.
Professional travel is required including some nights and weekends.
Assists in providing the campus community with information on the BOT/BA Degree.
Works with other offices/departments on campus to promote the BOT/BA Degree, alumni development, and to provide quality, continued service to BOT/BA students.
RANK & SALARY: Academic Advisor. Salary negotiable, commensurate with experience. Western Illinois University offers a competitive benefits package including domestic partner benefits. For full benefit information visit: http://www.wiu.edu/hr/index.shtml#benefits
THE DEPARTMENT:The person hired will join the Non-Traditional Programs Department which is a division of the School of Extended Studies (www.wiu.edu/SES).
THE UNIVERSITY: Recognized as one of the “Best in the Midwest Colleges” by The Princeton Review and selected as one of just 21 public universities ranked a Tier 1 Midwestern Masters Institution by U.S. News and World Report, Western Illinois University serves more than 13,000 students through its traditional, residential, four-year campus in Macomb, IL and its upper division, urban, commuter location in the Quad Cities/Moline.
WIU's friendly, accessible, campus communities are dedicated to higher values in higher education and are comprised of dedicated faculty, state-of-the-art technologies and facilities, and a wide range of academic and extracurricular opportunities for students and staff. The four core values at the heart of WIU are academic excellence, educational opportunity, personal growth, and social responsibility. WIU's GradTrac and Cost Guarantee programs ensure that students can achieve their degrees within four years while paying a fixed rate for tuition, fees, plus room and board. WIU remains the only university in Illinois to guarantee the cost for tuition, fees and room and board over a four-year period at both the undergraduate and graduate level.
WIU is a comprehensive, public university offering 62 undergraduate degree programs, 36 graduate degree programs and a doctorate degree. With a student to faculty ratio of 16:1, WIU's 627 full-time faculty teach 93 percent of all undergraduate as well as graduate courses in addition to 13 pre-professional degree programs and 15 certificate programs.
Western Illinois is a member of the NCAA Division I (NCAA Football Championship Subdivision), sponsoring 10 men's and 10 women's sports. The University is a charter member of The Summit League and the Missouri Valley Football Conference. WIU is the cultural center of the region, with 12 major theatrical and dance productions and more than 12 studio shows presented annually in Western's three theatres. The Bureau of Cultural Affairs and the University Union Board present outstanding concerts, lectures, dramatic presentations, films, and dance attractions.
Western's Leslie F. Malpass Library ranks among the finest at comprehensive universities in the United States and features two state-of-the-art electronic classrooms, a wireless computer network, and other ongoing technical improvements. The Malpass Library and its four branches house more than 1 million volumes; and the Library subscribes to more than 100 online databases offering access to more than 30,000 unique journal titles in full text.
WIU is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission and is a member of the North Central Association.
APPLICATION: Letter of interest, professional vita, applicant's email address, and the names, phone numbers, and email addresses of three professional references. Reply to: Dr. Richard W. Carter, Non-Traditional Programs, Western Illinois University; 1 University Circle; Macomb, IL 61455-1390.
E-mail applications accepted at: NP-BOT@wiu.edu. Screening of applicants will begin on September 8, 2009 and continue until position is filled.
Western Illinois University is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity employer and has a strong institutional commitment to diversity. In that spirit, we are particularly interested in receiving applications from a broad spectrum of people, including, but not limited to, minorities, women, and individuals with disabilities. WIU has a non-discrimination policy that includes sex, race, color, sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression, religion, age, marital status, national origin, disability, and veteran status.
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Posted:
8/7/2009 9:22:27 PM
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