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The University of Nevada, Las Vegas invites applications for Associate Director of Academic Advising, College of Engineering [R0148937].

ROLE of the POSITION

This position, along with the Director of the Advising Center, academic advisors and an administrative assistant, is responsible for staffing the College of Engineering Advising Center. The purpose of this position is to help achieve the Center’s goals of advising students, retaining existing students, assist with campus and college orientation events, tracking current students and graduates, and other assigned duties as designated by the Director.

The Associate Director will be tasked with managing the RPC objectives within the College of Engineering Advising Center. The Associate Director will be responsible for serving as the liaison to the greater UNLV community related to RPC initiatives, and will oversee RPC initiatives within with the College of Engineering.  Specifically, the Associate Director will be responsible for coordination of early outreach and will manage advising of the students on academic warning and suspension.  This position will work with the first-year student liaison and Director of Student Success for the development, maintenance and expansion of group advising beyond new student orientation to encompass group advising for all first-year students and second-year students with a focus on sophomore retention efforts.

The Associate Director will assist the Director in the training of advisors on RPC-related policies as it relates to academic advising.  The Associate Director will advise a caseload of undergraduate students within the College – the Associate Director will specifically advise students on academic warning with the college and students being placed onto suspension/returning from suspension.

Extensive knowledge of the general education degree requirements for all College of Engineering majors offered at the university is essential for this position. Advisors use their experience in advising to assist