Job Title: ACE Academic Advisor at John Jay
PVN ID: JJ-1807-002638
Category: Managerial and Professional
Location: JOHN JAY COLLEGE OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE

Job Description

General Description

Position Description:

The John Jay ACE (Accelerate-Complete-Engage) program is a comprehensive program designed to help students complete their academic journey to the bachelor’s degree over four years by providing participants with a clearly mapped program of study and comprehensive academic advisement and career support services. For more information about the ACE program at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, CUNY go to the program’s website at www.jjay.cuny.edu/ace-john-jay.

 

Reporting to the ACE Director at John Jay, the ACE Academic Advisor is a member of an integrated college team providing individual academic and personal support to an assigned group of John Jay students as they progress through the ACE program.

Other Duties

Qualifications

Primary Duties:

  • Delivers comprehensive advisement support services to an assigned group of students through degree completion;
  • Conducts or supports delivery of weekly student seminars on issues of importance to students;
  • Reviews student progress and tracks student use of academic support services;
  • Conducts regular outreach to faculty and other college staff as needed to support student success;
  • Maintains accurate tracking data and notes for each assigned student, recommending appropriate referrals and opportunity programs;
  • Supports annual recruitment of new students into the program;
  • Organizes periodic special events and programs for students, faculty and staff; and
  • Performs other related duties as assigned by the ACE Director.

 

Qualification Requirements:

  • Master’s degree in an appropriate discipline (e.g., counseling, guidance, social work, or psychology)
  • minimum of three years academic advisement experience;
  • Strong understanding of the needs of urban, first-generation college students; 
  • Demonstrated ability to work both independently and as part of a team;
  • Demonstrated ability to work well with faculty and administrators;
  • Willingness to work to evenings and weekends as needed;
  • Strong organization, project management and facilitation skills;
  • Ability to enter, monitor and interpret student data accurately;
  • Excellent written and oral communication skills; and
  • Strong computer skills, particularly Microsoft Office (Access); and aptitude to learn new systems as needed.

 

Closing Date: August 22, 2018 or until filled

RFCUNY Benefits

RFCUNY Employee Benefits and Accruals

About the Research Foundation

The Research Foundation of The City University of New York (RFCUNY) was established as a not-for-profit educational corporation chartered by the State of New York in 1963. RFCUNY supports CUNY faculty and staff in identifying and obtaining external support (pre-award) from government and private sponsors and is responsible for the administration of all such funded programs (post-award).

RFCUNY stands between CUNY’s principal investigators (PIs) and the sponsors who support them and strives to fulfill its essential responsibilities to both groups. Working closely with individual PIs and Grants Officers on the campuses, RFCUNY oversees employment, accounting, audit, reporting, purchasing, and special responsibilities that include management of a planned giving program; liaison with governmental agencies and foundations; negotiation of agreements; facility construction and renovation; protection and commercialization of intellectual property; and compliance with applicable standards in research involving human subjects, animal care, environmental and radiological safety, and conflicts of interest.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

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Key Features

Department
ACE Program at John Jay College
Status
Full Time
Annual Salary Range
$52,000.00 - $54,000.00
Closing Date
Sep 10, 2018 (Or Until Filled)
Bargaining Unit
No

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