Required Education:
Bachelor's Degree
Preferred Education:
Master's Degree in Higher Education, Student Affairs, or related field
Required Experience:
7+ years progressively responsible professional experience in enrollment management, academic affairs, student affairs, and/or student success-related areas in a higher education environment administering programs and or services. Experiencing supervising staff.
Preferred Experience:
7+ years experience leading teams that enhance student engagement to drive student success outcomes
Required Skills, Knowledge and Abilities:
Broad understanding of student services and academic affairs; Experience developing and evaluating interventions to address barriers to student success; General knowledge of the range of student development and retention theories and the means by which to assess those theories in practice; An understanding of the current research, including promising practices in student success and retention, student mentorship, student transition and development, behavioral science, and community and belonging in order to positively affect key goals and outcomes; An understanding of the factors impacting student retention, satisfaction, flourishing, and graduation, and the ability to use that understanding to recommend, develop, implement and assess practical interventions and process improvements are essential to success in this role; Proven ability to see projects through the ideation - execution - assessment cycle; Excellent written, oral and interpersonal communication skills; Ability to communicate effectively to a wide range of audiences including students and their families, alumni, advisors, faculty and other senior leadership/ administrators. Detail oriented and able to see how different functional areas need to cooperate and communicate.