Strategic Director of University Academic Advising

TWU; Denton (TX); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Texas Woman’s University in Denton, TX seeks an Executive Director of University Academic Advising to provide strategic leadership across central advising, colleges, and departments. You will drive standards, oversee budgets, and supervise advising staff while aligning initiatives with institutional goals.

The role requires a Master’s degree (Doctoral preferred) and at least five years in higher education advising with leadership experience.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree required; Doctoral degree strongly preferred.
• At least five years of higher education academic advising experience, including supervision of employees, program development experience, and experience with special student populations.
• Experience collaborating with university administration, academic component administrators, faculty, and staff on a multitude of issues.

Responsibilities

• Lead, develop, and coordinate university-wide academic advising initiatives.
• Supervise academic advising leadership with line manager supervision of academic advisors.
• Lead hiring process for academic advising staff.
• Guide academic advisors to ensure high-quality service to students and stakeholders.
• Develop and present professional development workshops/trainings for advisors, affiliated faculty, and staff.
• Propose and manage academic advising budgets.
• Oversee the Academic Advising Center, consisting of cross-teams of academic advisors.
• Develop and implement Academic Advising Center standards and office protocols.
• Develop and implement common experiences for students surrounding academic advising.
• Directly oversee advising of special populations, including at-risk, probation and suspension, dual credit, online, exploring majors, and prospective students.
• Develop and implement the overall assessment of advising practices.
• Oversee the development and implementation of proactive parallel planning for undergraduate students.
• Respond to academic advising complaints and appeals.
• Develop and implement proactive intervention strategies targeting at-risk student populations.
• Create a dynamic early intervention protocol ensuring high-quality student service and faculty feedback.
• Utilize data, research, and reports to support university-wide retention and persistence goals.
• Work directly with faculty, academic leaders, and university leadership to ensure open communication between academic advising and college/university structures.
• Coordinate with the Vice Provost for Student Success to ensure alignment between academic advising and student achievement metrics.
• Oversee the implementation and ongoing development of a broad-based academic advising and retention software.
• Ensure academic advisors and university stakeholders receive appropriate training on best practices for utilizing academic advising and retention software.
• Address problems, challenges, and issues related to implementing academic advising software and develop solutions.
• Serve as primary liaison with academic advising and retention software vendors and other external academic advising organizations.
• Organize and lead various academic advising committees structured to ensure appropriate ongoing professional development, job training, and onboarding activities.
• Produce and distribute reports.
• Monitor professional advising standards and ensures alignment with professional advising best practices.

Skills

Leadership

Budgeting

Staff Supervision

Strategic Planning

Data Analysis

Stakeholder Communication

Education

Master's degree

Doctoral degree

Job description

Texas Woman’s University in Denton, TX seeks an Executive Director of University Academic Advising to provide strategic leadership across central advising, colleges, and departments. You will drive standards, oversee budgets, and supervise advising staff while aligning initiatives with institutional goals.

The role requires a Master’s degree (Doctoral preferred) and at least five years in higher education advising with leadership experience.