Senior Director of Student Services & Graduate Student Support

PeopleAdmin, Inc.; Raleigh (NC); On-site; USD 81,000 - 99,000; Full time

Job summary

North Carolina State University’s College of Education seeks a Senior Director of Student Services and Graduate Student Support to lead graduate student success efforts within the Student Success and Advising Center (SSAC).

The role will collaborate with Associate Dean, Department Heads, and Directors of Graduate Programs to ensure graduate student success and program assessment; requires strong supervisory and team-building skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead graduate student success initiatives within the SSAC.
• Collaborate with Associate Dean for Academic and Faculty Affairs, Department Heads, and Directors of Graduate Programs to support graduate students.

Job description

Senior Director of Student Services & Graduate Student Support

Posting Information

Posting Number

Posting Number PG194015EP

Internal Recruitment

Internal Recruitment No

Working Title

Working Title Senior Director of Student Services & Graduate Student Support

Anticipated Hiring Range

Anticipated Hiring Range $90,000

Work Schedule

Work Schedule Monday - Friday, 8 am - 5 pm; Nights and weekends as needed for recruitment, travel and other College events.

Job Location

Department

Department Student Success and Advising Center

About the Department

As one of the nation’s top-ranked public colleges of education, NC State’s College of Education leads the way in North Carolina in preparing extraordinary educators, conducting transformational research, and engaging communities where they are to improve the educational outcomes of all learners and advance the greater good.

The college’s faculty are widely-recognized thought-leaders who use their research to transform the practice of teaching, learning, and leading. They have particular strengths in improving technology-enhanced learning and teaching; fostering community-based learning and PK-16 partnerships; and innovating leadership and workforce development, educational policy, and evaluation. About two-thirds of the faculty are grant active. They are engaged in over 200 active projects totaling more than $125 million, making them the most productive in terms of research activity compared with other colleges of education in North Carolina and among the Top 5% in the nation.

The college has over 1,600 students studying across five graduate certificates, seven undergraduate majors, two undergraduate minors, 13 master’s degrees, three Ph.D., and two Ed.D. programs housed in three academic departments: Educational Leadership, Policy, and Human Development; Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Education; and Teacher Education and Learning Sciences, with approximately 130 tenure-track and professional-track faculty, 110 support and professional staff, and about 160 graduate and teaching assistants.

The college has over 18000 living alumni, with over 6,000 working in public schools in North Carolina. Those who are teachers rate the highest in effectiveness on surveys of school employers in North Carolina.

College – Student Success and Advising Center ( SSAC )

The Student Success & Advising Center strives to successfully engage students in the academic and social life of the College and university community while maximizing the students’ potential to progress towards degree completion and develop necessary skills and competencies that will enable them to become productive, effective educators and professionals.

You Belong Here – At NC State, our employee value proposition aims to create an ecosystem of meaningful work opportunities that align with Wolfpack 2030: Powering the Extraordinary , NC State’s strategic plan, and that provide an accepting and dynamic culture, opportunities for personal growth and professional development, and programs to support your busy life. Simply put, we want you to achieve your highest potential at work.

Wolfpack Perks and Benefits

The Senior Director of Student Services and Graduate Student Support will report to the Assistant Dean for Student Success. The person in this position will also be expected to collaborate with internal and external college stake-holders to support all aspects of undergraduate and graduate student life in the College of Education. This will entail working with the Associate Dean for Academic and Faculty Affairs, Department Heads, and Directors of Graduate Programs in ensuring graduate student success and assessing graduate programs. This position requires strong supervisory and team-building skills.

In general, the position will focus on graduate student success, program support and assessment (60%), recruitment vision and oversight (20%), and oversee Student Success and Advising Center ( SSAC ) operations (20%) The Director may qualify for a secondary appointment as a professional track faculty member in the College of Education.

Note: This position requires an on campus presence to effectively perform the