Description
The Department of Biology in the Eberly College of Arts and Sciences at West Virginia University is currently accepting applications for a Student Success Coordinator.
About the Opportunity
The Student Success Coordinator (SSC) in the Department of Biology will provide support to a complex science unit that administers two large Bachelor of Science degrees. The SSC will design, implement, and coordinate activities in the areas of recruitment, retention, and advising for approximately 600 majors and will teach sections of the freshman orientation course (BIOL 191). The SSC will be responsible for the design and implementation of outreach and recruitment initiatives in coordination with the Department Chair, Associate Chairs, and the STEM Collaborative.
We strongly believe in work-life balance and keeping time for things we love outside our work. WVU offers generous benefits, including:
37.5-hour work week
13 paid holidays (staff holiday calendar)
24 annual leave (vacation) days per year or more based on years of service (employee leave)
18 sick days per year (for when you're ill, for when you need time to care for sick family, for your own, or your family's, regularly scheduled medical appointments. Who is family for the purpose of this leave? A lot of people in your life including immediate relatives and in-laws as well as others considered to be members of your household living under the same roof)
WVU offers a range of health insurance and other benefits
401(a) retirement savings with 6% employee contribution match, eligibility to continue health insurance, and other retiree perks. Looking for more retirement benefits information? Check out retirement health insurance benefits, retirement income, and FAQ's.
Wellness programs
What You'll Do
Advising
Serve as an advisor in the department of biology, with similar advising load to other departmental professional advisors, and assist advisees through all stages of academic plan development and degree progression.
Apply the WVU Undergraduate Catalog College policies and procedures for the purpose of assisting students matriculating to degree programs, academic majors, and academic minors.
Coordinate with Career Services and central student services to assist students in identifying career pathways and in building a professional profile for eventual placement.
Actively participate on the Advising Committee in the Department of Biology.
Attend trainings and workshops around advising, be a part of the Advising community at WVU, communicate new developments in academic advising, recruitment and retention, and programmatic changes to the team of advisors.
Complete/coordinate accountability checks, such as 90 credit checks and graduation lists.
Serve as point of contact for advising teams in ECAS-UGS, Honors, CLASS, ECAS-MDS and other spaces that direct students into the Department of Biology.
Serve as the departmental representative to committees/task forces related to advising, recruiting and retention to provide feedback and ideas to the college/university advising leadership.
Attend trainings, prepare materials and train other advisors for New Student Orientation
Coordinate Welcome Week events.
Teach and provide curricular advice for First-Year Seminar courses (BIOL 191).
Innovate and create new advising initiatives.
Participate in professional student success organizations at the regional and For full info follow application link.West Virginia University is proud to be an Equal Opportunity employer and is the recipient of an NSF ADVANCE award for gender equity. The University values diversity among its faculty, staff, and students, and invites applications from all qualified applicants regardless of race, ethnicity, color, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, nationality, genetics, disability, or Veteran status.