Assistant Dean of Pre-Major Advising & Admissions

Universities of Wisconsin; Madison (WI); On-site; USD 102,000 - 124,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous vacation and holidays

Competitive insurances

Retirement benefits

Job summary

University of Wisconsin–Madison is seeking an Assistant Dean for Pre-Major Advising to provide strategic leadership for CAI admissions and undergraduate experience. You will oversee advising staff, partner across campus, and help shape admissions strategy for students considering CAI majors and related fields.

The role reports to Academic Affairs leadership and collaborates with a broad set of internal and external partners to advance student success and program outcomes.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5-7 years of progressively responsible experience in student affairs, academic administration, or a related area.
• Minimum of 3 years of experience leading and supervising staff, including managing multiple teams or functional units.
• Proven experience advancing student success initiatives that support individuals from a wide variety of backgrounds, with evidence of measurable impact.
• Experience implementing academic or student affairs policy and procedures.
• Experience working collaboratively across departments and administrative units in a complex organizational setting.
• Strong organizational, communication, and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build relationships across diverse stakeholders.
• Experience using data and assessment to inform decision making, program improvement, and strategic planning.

Responsibilities

• Establishes priorities that align with the strategic directives of the assigned school or college and ensures units effectively carry out duties in a way that best supports the academic mission of the university; provides direct supervision of department /program leadership staff and monitors compliance with laws, regulations, university policies, procedures, and relevant contractual obligations
• Facilitates collegial, collaborative working relationships with a broad range of stakeholders, partners with administrative and academic departments to support initiatives, and gathers input from key stakeholders to support recommendations
• Supports special initiatives and/or grant-funded programs that require senior leadership attention with respect to program design, planning, coordination, and interaction with internal and external stakeholders
• Monitors on-going assessment and continuous improvement of academic programs and services by guiding the establishment of annual goals, ensuring progress towards goals is met, articulating challenges, and reporting on annual outcomes and achievements for programs and services
• Serves on various university review committees, working with a wide range of constituencies including the Faculty Senate, Deans and Associate Deans, General Counsel, and University Leadership
• Advises and collaborates with the Dean, Associate Dean, and/or Office of the Provost on critical issues, representing the functional area of supervision at appropriate meetings and events as requested; and serves on and/or leads various program and/or university committees as directed
• May exercise supervisory authority, including hiring, transferring, suspending, promoting, managing conduct and performance, discharging, assigning, rewarding, disciplining, and/or approving hours worked of at least 2.0 FTE or equivalent employees

Job description

University of Wisconsin–Madison is seeking an Assistant Dean for Pre-Major Advising to provide strategic leadership for CAI admissions and undergraduate experience. You will oversee advising staff, partner across campus, and help shape admissions strategy for students considering CAI majors and related fields.

The role reports to Academic Affairs leadership and collaborates with a broad set of internal and external partners to advance student success and program outcomes.