Assistant Director
Augusta University is Georgia's innovation center for education and health care, training the next generation of innovators, leaders, and healthcare providers in classrooms and clinics on four campuses in Augusta and locations across the state. More than 12,000 students choose Augusta for educational opportunities at the center of Georgia's cybersecurity hub and experiential learning that blends arts and application, humanities, and the health sciences. Augusta is home to Georgia's only public academic health center, where groundbreaking research is creating a healthier, more prosperous Georgia, and world-class clinicians are bringing the medicine of tomorrow to patient care today.
The Assistant Director (AD) is a part of the Academic Success and Planning (ASP) leadership team within the department of the Academic Advisement Center (AAC). The AD provides supervision in the department for full-time Academic and Career Advisors (professional staff) in addition to advisement in one of three meta-major-specific areas: 1) Science and Mathematics, 2) Business, Computing and Education, and 3) Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences. As one of three ADs in the department, the incumbent will work in collaboration with the other two ADs to support the overall student success and to carry out the university-wide academic advisement strategy at Augusta University.
The AD establishes the tone for a student-centered, high-performance culture that emphasizes excellence in service, quality, productivity, and standards by Academic and Career Advisors. Reporting to the Director of the Advisement Center, the AD serves as primary administrator of technology systems and provides leadership and assistance in web-based technology, data collection, management, and reporting. In collaboration with the Director, the AD maintains operations, policies, and procedures consistent with student success initiatives. The incumbent will be required to develop and present workshops and develop positive relationships with students, faculty, and staff.
Master's degree from an accredited college or university with a minimum of two years of academic advising experience, supervisory experience, and experience in varied student development, career development, teaching a first-year experience course, or professional experience in a college setting.