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About the Role
This virtual, part-time position supports online graduate education students in developing action plans, providing individual advising, promoting student success and retention, and assisting with academic and career exploration. The role requires adaptability, attention to detail, strong organizational and communication skills, and the ability to work with a diverse population.
Responsibilities
- Provide academic advising to graduate online students, including assistance with registration, major selection, withdrawal from courses, leave of absences, and program withdrawal.
- Support onboarding and registration of incoming students.
- Conduct needs assessments, academic planning, outreach for registration, and monitor student progress toward retention and graduation.
- Encourage persistence and completion by helping adult learners overcome academic and real-life barriers.
- Assist students in interpreting academic policies, program requirements, and institutional procedures.
- Respond to Student Alert forms and conduct prompt outreach to students needing to retake a course or not meeting academic standing criteria.
- Design and deliver student success workshops on wellness and executive functioning topics.
- Make referrals to other campus services such as counseling, financial aid, and career services.
- Design academic programs for "at risk" students and meet frequently with students on academic warning or probation.
- Guide students in understanding licensure and certification requirements.
- Support the College mission based on value-oriented education, rooted in the Catholic tradition.
- Participate in professional development opportunities.
- Remain current in high impact practices related to academic advising, student success, and higher education.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Requirements
- Bachelors' degree required; Masters' preferred.
- Knowledge of graduate education, teacher preparation, certification/licensure requirements, and online learning environments.
- Proficient in Microsoft 365 (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
- Higher Education experience, specifically using student information systems and retention management tools.
- Ability to build rapport with diverse student populations.
- Ability to motivate and encourage adult learners to improve academic performance using effective goal-setting strategies.
- Creativity and flexibility to personalize learning approaches.
- Patience and compassion for students.
Skills
- Adaptability
- Attention to detail
- Organizational skills
- Working with diverse populations
- Effective communication skills
- Bilingual in English/Spanish preferred
Location
- Virtual
Work Type
- Part-time
- 15 hours weekly
- 12 month position
- Set day-time availability
Education Level
- Bachelors' degree
- Masters' degree preferred
Salary/Compensations
- $32.00 per hour
About the Company
- Founded by the Sisters of Charity of New York, the University of Mount Saint Vincent is an academically excellent, authentically inclusive, Catholic and ecumenical liberal arts university.
- The University combines a strong core curriculum with a full array of majors in the liberal arts and, within the tradition of liberal education, selected professional fields of study.
- At Mount Saint Vincent, a student’s education extends beyond knowledge, skills, and preparation for work. We seek the development of the whole person.
- In the spirit of Vincent de Paul and Elizabeth Ann Seton, we foster an understanding of our common humanity, a commitment to human dignity, and a full appreciation of our obligations to each other.
- Through its School of Professional and Continuing Studies, the University extends its primary undergraduate mission by offering high quality graduate studies in business, education and nursing and an array of undergraduate and certificate programs serving non-traditional students.