Job Opening - Program Advisor in the Office of Student Engagement and Experiential Learning

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Program Advisor in the Office of Student Engagement and Experiential Learning

Northern Illinois University is inviting applications for the Program Advisor in the Office of Student Engagement and Experiential Learning. The Office of Student Engagement and Experiential Learning’s Program Advisor will direct the development, enhancement, and expansion of other academic enrichment programming and high-impact practices (HIP) throughout the campus community. This position will oversee the promotion, collection, dissemination and reporting of students involved in HIPs across the university. The Program Advisor will collaborate with other campus units to enhance and scale up mentoring and student engagement opportunities. A key function of this position will be to support information sharing across campus units engaged in assessment tools and reports associated with HIP tracking. This position will coordinate efforts among Academic Affairs, Student Affairs, Alumni Association, Registration & Records, and Enrollment Management.

• Manage all operational and administrative processes of the database and promote the collection, dissemination and reporting of students involved in curricular and co-curricular high impact practices across the university. Support information sharing across campus units engaged in high-impact practices.
• Manage all administrative processes and communication with students and faculty mentors for university-wide mentoring and internship initiatives. Work with other campus units to recruit, screen, orient, enroll, and prepare students to participate in the university-wide internship/ mentoring initiatives. Organize meetings, speakers, activities for both initiatives.
• Drive development of project aims and ensure they are strategic, collaborative, and cohesive with shared vision. Synthesize large quantities of data and information to create succinct communications to influence decision-making and promotion of engaged learning and HIP across university. Contributes articles and submissions on curricular engagement activities to both internal and external constituencies.
• Act as a liaison for HIPS and engaged learning and coordinate appropriate communication channels for continuous feedback from campus partners. Lend project management skills to other departments, projects and initiatives, including mentoring and developing other's skill-sets. Maintain contact lists for project participants and synthesize, document, and communicate lessons learned with team members.
• Develop and maintain schedules to ensure timely completion of project tasks and review deliverable and project documents to ensure they are complete, coherent, current, stored, and disseminated appropriately.
• Uphold and reinforce a culture of adaptability, flexibility, and acceptance of change in the means and methods used to achieve project goals.
• Represent the Office of Student Engagement and Experiential Learning at meeting and events.
• Oversee graduate students, student workers and volunteers.

To apply for this position, please go directly to the NIU Human Resources webpage and apply online. This position is now posted at http://www.hr.niu.edu/employment/JobDetail.cfm?Job=38778.

Michaela Holtz

Associate Director

Office of Student Engagement &

Experiential Learning

Northern Illinois University

815-753-8155

mholtz@niu.edu

www.oseel.niu.edu