Assistant Director - Student Success/Advisor

About the Department

Position Duties

• A. Supervises and schedules student success advising staff. B. Organizes the coordination and implementation of the new student orientation/registration process, including budgetary management related to the process. C. Collaborates with the Director of Student Success with retention initiatives including the implementation and utilization of a retention software program. D. Assists the Director of Student Success by overseeing and evaluating advising retention initiatives and Career Services.. E. Serves as a student success advisor to assigned students. Assists students with the development of their educational plans and career goals. F. Participates in staff development initiatives and remains knowledgeable in the utilization of student academic records, assessment information, advising tech­niques, student advisement, and other topics that improve and enrich the student advisement process. G. Reviews and updates colleague information including degree audits, course pre-requisites and exceptions. H. Maintains cost-efficiency in budget management. I. Participates on college committees as assigned, including but not limited to the retention committee and academic appeals. J. Acts as the main contact in the absence of the director of Student Success. K. Assists in the planning, coordination and implementation of the annual commencement ceremony. L. Plans day/evening and occasional Saturday hours for the purpose of academic advising, and other student services related functions.

Minimum Qualifications

• A. Master's degree required. Coursework or experience in, student retention, academic advising or student services preferred. B. Three to five years of related work experience required. An understanding of and experience with academic advising, career advising, and retention highly desirable. Bilingual preferred. C. Qualified candidate must have strong reading, writing, and computation skills, as well as strong computer experience with Microsoft office, Student Information Systems or comparable software applications.

Other Qualifications

• Hiring range: $66,407/yr. min. - $76,368/yr. 1st quartile - $86,329/yr, mid.

Benefits

• 2025 KCC Comprehensive Employee Benefits Program 2025 BCBS Summary of Benefits Coverage

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