Assoc Dir for PES/MLK Advising

Apply for Job Job ID372303 LocationTwin Cities Job FamilyStudent Services Full/Part TimeFull-Time Regular/TemporaryRegular Job Code9362AA Employee ClassAcad Prof and Admin Add to Favorite Jobs Email this Job About the Job College of Liberal Arts Student Success Associate Director of CLA PES and MLK Advising Student Services Manager 2 - 9362AA Salary Range: $83,000-$88,000 This role includes limited hybrid work options but requires a regular on-campus presence. About the Job: The College of Liberal Arts (CLA) Student Success unit at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities is seeking an Associate Director of Advising for the President's Emerging Scholars (CLA PES) and Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (MLK) programs. This role provides leadership for advising and student support within two signature programs in the college that advance equity and student success. The Associate Director supervises professional academic advisors, advises students in the CLA PES and MLK programs, and works closely with the Director to plan, coordinate, and deliver high-impact advising and support services. As a key leader within CLA Student Success, the Associate Director plays an integral role in shaping the culture and practice of advising in the college, collaborating closely with fellow Associate Directors and campus partners to advance retention, timely degree completion, and holistic student success. Successful candidates will be compassionate, confident, and solution-oriented leaders who bring a positive attitude, strong collaborative skills, and a demonstrated commitment to undergraduate education. The Associate Director is collectively responsible for ensuring exceptional student service and for advancing unit, collegiate, and university-wide goals related to student persistence and degree progress. The CLA PES and MLK programs provide high-impact, community-centered educational experiences designed to nurture student leaders grounded in intersectional identity development, diversity education, equity, racial justice, and social justice. The Associate Director collaborates with campus partners to address the needs of historically underrepresented and underserved students, particularly first-generation and low-income students, and fosters an environment that promotes belonging, well-being, inclusion, and social responsibility. Key Responsibilities: Campus Partnerships and Planning (40%) Identify systematic barriers to equitable practices and collaborate with campus partners to create solutions that impact individual students and student services systems across the university. Anticipate campus wide issues, research information needed to address concerns in CLA PES and MLK advising, and highlight opportunities to the relevant campus partners to ensure changes are made to provide consistent university-wide advising practices, enhance advisor credibility and prevent issues with student degree progress and retention. Serve as a senior leader representing CLA PES and MLK advising on University wide committees and initiatives to ensure the retention of undergraduate students across the campus. Expand the unit's presence and voice in university wide initiatives and decisions to ensure a wide range of perspectives are heard. Collaborate with Student Success and Academic Support Resources to resolve student degree process issues to ensure that policies surrounding Liberal Education, residency, credit total, etc. are meeting the needs of the student. Maintain knowledge of CLA and University Advising policies and procedures to advocate for and guide university and unit-wide decisions. Identify the changing needs of all our student populations, anticipate the needs of future high school and transfer students, and proactively develop advising strategies and workflows to support those needs to provide successful transitions to campus. Create, maintain and deepen relationships with campus partners to identify, address and resolve challenges for continuous mprovement of student services. Collaborate with University partners through AAN and the Advising Task Force to create university-wide professional development and training opportunities for advising staff in the unit. Strategic Administration and Operations (40%) Deliver leadership, vision, and strategic thinking, alongside the Director, for CLA PES and MLK advising efforts. Foster a workplace climate that is encouraging of respectful employees who celebrate differences, as well as to cultivate a learning environment for students that encourages personal development, self-reflection, and academic success. Supervise and coach a team of advisors, support staff, and undergraduate peer advisors supporting staff with ongoing training through individual check-ins and team meetings. Lead the development of unit goals and contribute to the overall strategic planning process.. Assist in strategic budget decisions and manage the budget for CLA PES and MLK advising. Serve on the Assistant Dean's Leadership Team, contributing to strategic thinking about all aspects of student services, including advising, career services, scholarships, recruiting, curricular innovations, student affairs, information and data systems, communication, and outreach. Work collaboratively with other Associate Directors of advising in CLA to ensure alignment with CLA advising best practices and processes. Collaborate with the Office of Admissions and CLA's recruitment team to increase the admission of students of color through recruitment initiatives, pipeline partnership strategies with transfer students, and other outreach methods. Manage a small academic advising caseload of CLA PES/MLK students, tracking their progress toward program completion. Support advising staff during peak advising periods to ensure a high-quality, consistent, and accurate advising culture that is aligned with the university's mission to promote student success. Develop and assess the procedures, mechanisms, and strategies for high-quality academic advising. Provides consistent advising information to students through APLUS as well as across departments to ensure that all disseminated information is current and accurate. Analyze and maintain student data, identifying retention and persistence patterns and other relevant information to help the unit make data-informed decisions regarding academic advising, its processes, and its outcomes. Direct and implement policies and procedures within a fast-paced, multi-layered academic student success environment. Coordinate probation review and degree clearance processes, ongoing advisor professional growth and development, staff hiring, training, performance review, and promotion processes. Conduct analytic reviews of student records to certify students' academic standing in relation to academic probation, suspension, and degree completion. Engage in University/Collegiate committees to develop relationships with other units and to further student development and university initiatives around equity, diversity and inclusion efforts Curricular and Programming (20%) Assist in the development of comprehensive... For full info follow application link. 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Created: 2026-05-02