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Position Summary:

• Provides academic advising and counseling to undergraduate students, assists them with problem solving, and teaches them to advocate for themselves.
• Establishes and maintains productive contact with assigned caseload of Newark College of Arts & Sciences (NCAS) and University College-Newark (UC-N) students to counsel them and facilitate their declaration of major, progress toward graduation, and successful career and/or professional development.
• Works with the Pre-Professional Services unit to assist with the coordination of all programs targeting pre-professional students including workshops, events, advisement, registration, etc.
• Works with the pre-law student population by assisting with the advisement and programming for this area.
• Coordinates special programs and events for the pre-professional areas, specifically law and health.
• Performs outreach, identifying and growing opportunities and marketing, and preparing students for success.
• Develops relationships with faculty and other departments and contributes to transcript evaluation, advanced placement credit assessment, graduation certification, commencement activities, major/minor fair, judicial checks, website maintenance, and any other special events or duties as needed.
• Serves as an Academic Integrity (AI) facilitator, communicates, supports, and upholds AI policies and procedures. NCAS and UC-N together are the largest undergraduate unit at Rutgers University-Newark (RU-N).
• OAS currently serves 19 departments within SASN as well as departments in the other academic units. Thus, the Academic Advisor assists, impacts, influences, and counsels a large number of students, currently over 5,000. Work is performed in a manner that furthers the mission of OAS, SASN, and RU-N and contributes to strategic goals.

Minimum Education and Experience:

• Requires a bachelor's degree in student counseling, college student personnel, psychology, social work, education, higher education administration, or a related field and two years relevant experience in academic counseling/advisement; or the equivalent combination of education and/or experience that demonstrates knowledge and understanding of pre-professional student populations and programs, student development and counseling theories and applications, and workshop design and presentation.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Requires excellent written and oral communication skills, strong organizational skills.
• Ability to handle and prioritize multiple tasks, and to interact successfully and confidentially with a wide range of individuals at all levels of the University community.
• Strong computer literacy, including use of databases.
• Requires excellent problem-solving skills, as well as the ability to multitask and function autonomously with limited supervision.
• Must be able to work in a fast-paced, deadline-driven, customer-service focused environment.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master's degree and experience in a university or other educational setting with experience in program development and conducting workshops for diverse populations strongly preferred.
• Knowledge of pre-professional advisement and academic integrity facilitation is also desired.

Equipment Utilized:

• Must be proficient in the Microsoft Office Suite. Will use the Student Records Database (SRDB), degree audits, Student Success Collaborative (SSC), Maxient, in-house applications, and any database or program utilized by the University to perform the duties of this position now or in the future.
• Must be familiar with or learn the office equipment, software, and specialized programs and/or materials needed to support the effective and efficient performance of this position.

Physical Demands and Work Environment:

• OAS is a fast-paced, deadline-driven, customer service-focused environment. Responsibilities will include attendance at and participation in evening and weekend activities as needed.

Posting Number: 22ST2351

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