Director of Advising and Counseling

Director of Advising and Counseling

Orange County Community College is a fully accredited community college with approximately 6,000 students and off-site centers in Orange County, NY, 70 miles north of New York City and 90 miles south of Albany.



 

 We are seeking a seasoned professional to provide vision, leadership, and managerial oversight for the college’s Advising and Counseling Center. The Center serves the academic advising and counseling needs of approximately 6,500 new and continuing degree-seeking students each semester at both campuses.  The counseling center provides assessment testing for new students, divisional advising support for all programs and to special populations (developmental, undeclared, and individual studies students), veteran’s educational affairs administration, CLEP testing, proctoring, transfer, personal counseling, and referral services.  In addition, the Advising and Counseling staff organizes classes (college success, study skills, adult re-entry), college transfer days, and spearheads Tel-Rapp and Early Alert, and the telephone outreach to at-risk students.  The Director, working in collaboration with department chairs, academic vice presidents, and reporting to the AVP for Enrollment Management, has primary responsibility for the development of academic advising models (individual, small group, in-person, and online) for all students to ensure that their academic needs are met. As a member of the Enrollment Management team, the Director works closely with the Director of Admissions, the Registrar, and Student Services staff to design and implement advising/registration models appropriate for new students and to initiate retention efforts. The ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing with students, faculty, and staff in and outside the college is key in this role.

 

QUALIFICATIONS

Required:

Master’s degree in an academic discipline, student personnel services, educational administration, or related field. Five years of academic advising experience at the community college level with two years of staff supervisory experience. Computer literacy.

 

Preferred: 

Familiarity with integrating online and web-based tools to support academic advising and retention initiatives. Project management and grant writing experience. Spanish skills.

 

PLEASE SEND COVER LETTER, RÉSUMÉ and the name, address, and telephone number of three (3) business references by April 25th, 2008 to:  Affirmative Action Officer, Dept NYTM, Orange County Community College, 115 South Street, Middletown, NY 10940.

 

E-mail: occchr@sunyorange.edu

 

An Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action College