Director, Academic Resource Center

The Academic Resource Center (ARC) Director and Senior Assistant Dean of Students provides strategic leadership for a growing team and a range of interventions designed to support undergraduate student success from matriculation to graduation.

Requirements

• Sets vision and strategic priorities for ARC programs and personnel.
• Serves as institutional advocate for academic support resources; communicates impact and initiatives to campus partners.
• Leads, designs, and evaluates new and existing academic and student support programs.
• Recruits, trains, and supervises professional staff, graduate students, and undergraduate students.
• Fosters a collaborative environment of continuous learning.
• Collaborates with College leadership, such as Masters, Core chairs, Divisions, departments, and academic centers, to align programs with curricular and student needs.
• Partners with Chicago Center for Teaching and Learning and Chicago Center for Writing on program design, needs assessment, and pilots and interventions.
• Serves on Dean of Students leadership team and relevant committees.
• Supports staff and faculty overseeing student progress and academic difficulties; ensures effective referral processes are in place.
• Uses counseling skills and relationship-building to address student challenges and cultivates a welcoming, supportive ARC culture.
• Develops staff development programs that educate the staff in the full range of information they must know--curricular, campus resources, developmental issues facing the college-aged population, psychological issues, financial aid policies, etc.
• Manages advisors who handle discipline cases and student problems and crises. Recommends effective advising strategies for these students.
• Performs other related work as needed.

Benefits

• Paid time off
• Health insurance
• Retirement plan
• Other benefits (refer to University's Benefits Guidebook)