Lead Academic Advisor

Colorado Community College System (CCCS); Aurora (CO); On-site; USD 61,000 - 62,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Excellent benefits package

Paid leave and holidays

Job summary

Community College of Aurora (CCA) is seeking an Internal Academic Advisor who will support students through our Guided Pathways, helping them explore educational and career goals, navigate degree maps, and engage in proactive advising. The Lead Academic Advisor role includes supervision and coordination of advising services.

Responsibilities emphasize collaboration with enrollment management, transfer information, and outreach events, with a strong focus on student success and inclusivity.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required in education, social work or related field.
• Two years’ experience in advising, coaching, counseling, or similar
• Ability to communicate effectively, verbally and in writing
• Experience supervising professional staff members
• Student-centered focus and alignment with student development principles
• Commitment to continuous quality improvement and adaptability to change

Responsibilities

• Maintain knowledge of curricula, degrees, certificates, and transfer processes.
• Utilize reports and advising tools to support proactive advising.
• Participate in recruitment and retention trainings for proactive interventions.
• Lead and supervise academic advisors and develop KPI reports.

Skills

Communication skills

Leadership

Interpersonal skills

Student-centered focus

Resilience

Education

Bachelor’s degree in education, social work, or related field

Master’s degree in education, social work, or related field

Tools

Banner

EAB Navigate TES

Microsoft Office Suite

Job description

THIS IS AN INTERNAL-ONLY POSITION. IF YOU ARE NOT A CURRENT CCA EMPLOYEE, YOUR APPLICATION WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED.

POSITION SUMMARY

The Community College of Aurora (CCA) is a dynamic institution that strives to serve its diverse staff and student population founded on principles of equity and inclusion. As a Guided Pathways College, we believe in providing our students with a stellar seamless experience from first contact, until they reach their academic goal. Our Academic Coaches/Advisors are an integral part of assuring our students are equipped with the information, resources, and tools to be successful on their academic journey.

Academic Advisors are caring, enthusiastic, hard-working, and passionate staff who work collaboratively within enrollment management and student success entities. They develop intentional student support services along each student’s pathway to encourage growth and contribute to successful degree/certificate completion at CCA. Academic Advisors provide proactive, intentional, and developmental academic advising and career coaching for students in alignment with their Guided Pathways. Our Academic Advisors support students by helping them to explore educational and career goals proactively, navigate their Academic Course Maps, track academic progression and completion towards a degree/certificate, and proactively intervene as necessary for inside and outside of the classroom student support. Academic Advisors also provide transfer information, make campus and community referrals as needed, and engage in basic financial aid conversations with students.

Academic Advisors are instrumental in creating a welcoming environment for students through intentional communication, excellent interaction, and proactive student-centered engagement that promotes a sense of belonging for all current and future CCA students. The Lead Academic Advisor will exemplify all the attributes and characteristics of an Academic Advisor, providing leadership and supervision along with assistance in the coordination of advising services.

OVERVIEW OF CCA

The Community College of Aurora serves our diverse community by providing high-quality instruction and support services to prepare students for transfer and employment. We are particularly interested in applicants that demonstrate a commitment to working with individuals and groups from diverse identities, including but not limited to: socioeconomic, cultural, sexual orientation, gender identity expression, disability, multilingual learners, veterans, non-traditional, race and ethnic backgrounds.

More than 20 different languages and 60 countries are represented at CCA. In addition to traditional degree and certificate programs, CCA offers non-credit professional development courses, customized training, and economic and workforce development resources to employer partners and individual professionals seeking to enhance the capacity and productivity of their workforce or individual knowledge and skills. The college centers diversity, equity, and inclusion and we actively seek to employee partners who want to join us in working to reducing outcome gaps among our diverse student population.

DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

Academic Momentum Responsibilities:

• Maintain knowledge of the curricula for CCA degrees, certificates, courses, and issues relevant to transferring to Colorado four-year institutions and for career preparation.
• Maintain current knowledge of CCA policies and procedures for completing a program of study.
• Utilize and keep current with available reports, tracking, assessment, and communication technologies (specifically Banner, EAB Navigate, Degree Works, and in some cases Recruit) to implement proactive advising strategies.
• Participate in all recruitment and retention trainings to become and remain skilled in intentional proactive interventions with academic, career, and transfer advising.
• Participate in new student orientation, beat the rush, high school visits and other events that promote the college and support student success as assigned, including evening and weekend programming/events, as needed.
• Create and lead programming around student momentum (study skills, time management, scholarship support)

Leadership Responsibilities:

• Supervise and mentor academic advisors.
• Create health dashboards for academic advising team.
• Work with academic advisors and transfer success coordinator to identify students that will transfer and/or graduate through credit attainment.
• Prepare reports for Vice President of Enrollment Management, Director, as needed or requested.
• Work with the CRM manager to create communication plans for students.
• Act as a liaison between student success entities.
• Prepare weekly KPI progress report for academic advising team.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s degree in education, social work, or related field
• Two years experiences in advising, coaching, counseling, or similar experiences
• Ability to communicate effectively, verbally and in writing
• Experience supervising professional staff members
• Excellent interpersonal skills with ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships
• A student-centered focus, experience with student development, and the ability to view students from an asset-mindset
• Commitment to continuous quality improvement, ongoing professional development, and a resilience for a dynamic changing work environment

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Master’s degree in education, social work, or related field
• Bilingual
• Three years in enrollment management
• Experience in student affairs at a community college
• Experience working with students in a community college setting
• Experience with Banner and EAB Navigate TES, and Microsoft Office Suite.

SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION

Salary Range: Anticipated salary range is $60,976.58- $62,487.00 annually. This salary is determined by the qualifications of the selected candidate balanced with departmental budget availability, internal salary equity considerations, and available market information.

CCA offers an excellent benefit plan, including generous leave, holiday, and education benefits.

Deadline to Submit Application Material:

This position is internal. The posting window is Monday August 31st to 11:55PM on Wednesday September 2nd.

Eligible applicants must be either a current Colorado resident or be able to provide proof of residency in Colorado within 30 days of the start date for the position, or they may be deemed ineligible for employment with the Community College of Aurora. Please contact [e-mail] with any questions.

Community College of Aurora Inclusive Excellence Statement:

CCA embraces Inclusive Excellence because we want our students, staff, and faculty to learn and contribute within an inclusive environment. This means members of our college community will be active, respectful, and mindful of equity, diversity, and inclusion at all levels of engagement.

Inclusive Excellence will provide a foundation for student and institutional success. Recognizing our diversity is only the first step toward Inclusive Excellence.

We must also be intentional in valuing cultural differences and experiences, while incorporating them into practices, curricula, and policies.

Welcoming, Respectful, Inclusive - Together, we are CCA.

The Federal Clery Act:

The Federal Clery Act: (The Student Right to Know and Campus Security Act of 1990) requires all institutions of higher learning to make available to prospective employees our agency's Annual Security Report. A copy of this information is available on the CCA website at the Student Right to Know page. A paper copy of this report can be obtained at the College Security Office upon request. This report includes statistics for the previous three years concerning crimes that occurred on campus or on property controlled or owned by Community College of Aurora, as well as public property within, or immediately adjacent to and accessible from, our campuses.