Academic Counselor
Department:
Location:
Academic Development Center
Abilene, TX
Position: Academic Counselor
Academic Development Center (Full-Time, 12 Month Contract)
For the purposes of ACU’s Background Check and Self-Reporting Policy, this position is classified as security sensitive.
The key principle of this position is to:
1. Support the mission of Abilene Christian University in educating students for Christian service and leadership throughout the world.
2. Support ACU's 21st Century Vision: By 2020, ACU will become the premier university for the education of Christ-centered, global leaders.
Scope: An Academic Counselor’s primary responsibilities include the development of and the providing of academic counseling and coordinating programs like Support our Students (SOS), academic probation, undeclared advising, teaching a section of U100 in the Fall, and assisting with outreach activities.
Report to the Director of the Academic Development Center.
I. Basic Responsibilities:
A. Academic Counseling Program
- Manage academic counseling caseload
- Keep current with professional academic counseling literature
- Program development
B. Support our Student (SOS) Program
- Coordinate SOS referrals
- Manage SOS referral caseload
- Program development
C. Academic Probation Program
- Coordinate Program
- Manage Academic Probation caseload
- Program development
D. Advising
- Manage undeclared advisee caseload
- Advise undeclared students
E. Teaching
- Teach U100 in the Fall
F. Outreach Activities
- Speaking to classrooms, groups, etc.
- Marketing
G. Summer Passport Assistance
- Assist University Testing Office and First-Year Office as needed during summer months on specific Passport dates.
II. Essential Duties can include the following but are not limited to these duties:
A. Academic Counseling Program (ACP)
- Manage academic counseling case load
- Counsel students with academic problems
- Caseload may consist of both individual clients and groups
- Developing the ACP program
- Consistently finding ways to improve the program
- Utilize conferences and literature
- Keep current on professional academic counseling literature
- Participate in bi-weekly staff supervision/consultation
- Read latest in academic theory, application, and literature
- Attend academic and/or student retention related conferences/workshops
B. Support our Student (SOS)
- Coordinate SOS referrals
- Proactive efforts via phone calling, e-mailing, developing relationships with faculty, staff, academic departments, and other campus offices to generate referrals
- Facilitate SOS referrals
- Receiving and evaluating referrals
- Contacting and meeting with referred students
- Identify at risk students and refer them appropriately
- Referring student to the appropriate resources and ensuring that the student is taken care of.
- Provide feedback.
- Serve on and refer to the Student of Concern Committee
- Developing the SOS program
- Consistently finding ways to improve the program
- Utilize conferences and literature
C. Advising undeclared students
- Coordinate the advising of undeclared students
- Manage undeclared caseload
- Meet with undeclared student at the appropriate times
- Advise and build schedules for undeclared students
- Advise students on career counseling opportunities
- Advise students on the Change of Program procedure.
D. Teaching
- Teach U100 section in the Fall
E. Outreach Activities
- Speaking to classrooms, groups, etc.
- Speak at Passport to students or parents
- Conduct training with faculty, staff, advisors
- Develop and conduct workshops and seminars
- Network with residence halls, academic departments and campus offices and provide info. as needed
F. Summer Passport Assistance
- Assist University Testing Office and First-Year Office as needed during summer months on specific Passport dates
- Build schedules for undeclared students
- Provide testing assistance during Passports
- Work at Resource Fair
IV. Professional Development Requirements: Minimal skills needed to succeed at this job.
A. Skills required
- Knowledge of academic counseling theory and practice
- Ability to maintain confidentiality
- Ability to establish rapport
- Counseling skills
- Intake skills
- Assessment and assessment interpretation skills
- Good oral and written communication
- Computer software skills
- Public speaking ability
- Ability to teach effectively
- Knowledge of ACU degree requirements and academic programs
- Ability to use ACU Banner system
IV. Qualifications:
ACU is affiliated with the fellowship of the Church of Christ. This position requires the employee to be a professing Christian and to be willing to support the Christian mission of ACU.
The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required to perform this job.
A. Professional
- Master’s degree in counseling psychology or related area
- Licensed or in the process of being licensed as professional counselor or in a related field
- Counseling with individual and groups
- Psychological testing
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- Ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously
- Planning skills
- Program development skills
B. Personal
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Proactive and self-motivated
- Ability to handle detail
- Flexibility
- Ethical
- Sense of humor
- Ability to multi-task
- Team-Oriented
- Willingness to occasionally work weekends and evenings (Passports, etc.)
V. Physical Demands: These are physical demands that are regularly required to perform this
job.
A. Often work at a steady, hectic pace
B. Occasionally work beyond regular work day
I understand that our mission at Abilene Christian University is to educate students for Christian service and leadership throughout the world. Because of ACU's commitment to this principle and my commitment to God, people and learning, my actions will exemplify integrity, service, stewardship, involvement, and excellence.
APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS
Please email your resume in MS Word, RTF, HTML, or ASCII text format to the address below. If you wish to enclose a cover letter, please include it in the body of your email message.
44228-CJB-0@acu.hrmdirect.com
