Position Title:

Senior Director, Undergraduate Business

Position Type:

Regular

Hiring Range:

 $98,200 - 102,800 / Annual; Compensation will be based on education, experience, skills relevant to the role and internal equity.

Pay Frequency:

Annual

A. POSITION PURPOSE

The Senior Director, Undergraduate Business has primary oversight for all Academic Advising programs, services and support for undergraduate students within the Leavey School of Business (Leavey).  This position is responsible for the direction, development, management, implementation and assessment of academic advising services within Leavey.  

The Senior Director will oversee three functional areas around student engagement:  1) Peer Advising Program; 2) Faculty/Staff Advising Development; 3) Student Engagement.

The Senior Director is also responsible for the promotion of the Leavey School of Business and its students to both internal and external constituents.  The Senior Director  serves as the chief liaison with the University’s Drahmann Academic Advising Center, the greater university community and various external groups/organizations related to Academic Advising and Support Services.  This strategic position is critical to the mission of the Business School as it serves as a key Leavey academic partner by distributing, understanding and distributing  key academic advising and academic success data.   

Additionally, the Senior Director will direct the office in the absence of the Senior Assistant Dean. Evening hours and occasional weekend work hours are required. This is a full-time, exempt position.

B. ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES 

Strategic Vision and Direction 

• Provides overall direction/strategy for academic advising and student engagement for student academic success that align with the mission of the business school and the university for undergraduate students. 

• Strategically build ongoing partnerships with the university Drahmann Academic Advising Center, academic departments, academic administrative assistants, Office of the Registrar and other appropriate university offices/departments.   

• Set departmental strategic goals (in alignment with Leavey/SCU ) to ensure the development, delivery and assessment of academic services outcomes and goals.

• Lead staff in strategically aligning goals and direction with overall outcomes for academic advising services and student engagement initiatives. 

Program Management and Development

• Oversee, direct and supervise all aspects of the Leavey academic advising and student engagement programs and support services.  

• Vision and implement comprehensive academic advising services and student engagement to include new development in sophomore student success, direct advising support for first, 2nd and 3rd year students; major discernment; academic curriculum scheduling/policies/procedures oversight; academic requirement clarity and education.   

• Strategically continue the development of existing specialized programs to include:  Peer Advising program, Transfer peer advisors, Accounting peer advisors, faculty and student sophomore specialist; permission number oversight and distribution, and specialty student engagement related to academic success and requirement knowledge.   

• Develop and manage a 3-5 year plan for academic advising and student engagement within Leavey.

• Lead, manage and create vision for faculty training and development in the area of academic advising.  

• Oversee and  direct all aspects of summer advising and registration sessions for incoming first year, transfer, internal transfer students and families. 

•  Oversight for determining academic policy and procedure changes, writing new policies and communicating these to both academic and university departments. 

• Oversight for facilitation and implementation of academic support services such as but not limited to:  graduation petition process, academic course waitlist process, low student enrollment,  Leavey student registration for returning study abroad students, international student registration prerequisite approval process, faculty advisor selection/distribution and  special projects as they arise with other university departments such as Office of the Registrar and the Drahmann