Job description
The Director-Education & Career Services is the campus leader responsible for all academic and career services operations and outcomes. Focusing on the Core Values the Director-Education & Career Services ensures ethical conduct, sound business practices, student success, team development, and placement performances are exceeded. The Director-Education & Career Services is responsible for education oversight, compliant operations, and quality delivery of services to students, graduates, and employers all leading to successful outcomes. Through the promotion of Ancora’s Core Values, the Director-Education & Career Services will facilitate the enhancement of student learning and achievement, retention of a strong and experienced faculty, and the advancement of compliant educational practices, resulting in successful student outcomes and placement benchmarks.
Key Responsibilities
Provides Services to Students
Coordinates and participates in facilitating New Student Orientation Program each term. Provides an Orientation Program for re-entering students who have been out of school for more than one term.
Establishes rapport with students to offer counsel, and answer questions and/or concerns regularly.
Provides oversight to Program Directors who provide students academic advisement/counseling as needed.
Ensures that all probationary (SAP Not Met) students receive sufficient academic counseling and that an academic plan is developed to facilitate their academic progress. Provides referrals to outside resources when counseling needs go beyond the scope of the school.
Requires Program Directors to Identify students needing tutoring and refer to instructors and/or peers for tutoring where required.
Responds to student requests for accommodations per the established process on The Catalyst.
Leads the Retention Program by planning, implementing, and directing effective student retention activities.
Serves as the chair of the Academic Review Committee. Facilitates hearings and writes letters and reports of findings as outlined in the catalog and handbooks.
Understands and resolves student disciplinary problems. Escalates according to process and policy.
Coordinates, monitors, and supports student organization programs and school-sponsored student activities through faculty sponsors.
Interviews non-returning students to determine and document the cause.
Interviews re-entering students to determine readiness and dedication to the pursuit of academic goals.
Oversee maintenance and improvements for student classrooms, library/resource center, and student lounge areas through coordination of efforts among administration, students, and custodial staff.
Creates and Maintains a Master Schedule of Classes
Provides Oversight and Leadership to Program Directors and Career Coaches
Minimum:
⁻ Bachelor’s Degree
⁻ 3 years of experience in educational administration
⁻ 2 years of experience in a management or supervisory role
⁻ 3 years of experience in academic instruction in a post-secondary environment
⁻ Ability to qualify as an instructor
Preferred:
⁻ Master’s Degree with 5 years of experience in educational administration
⁻ 3 years of experience in a management or supervisory role
⁻ Experience with online instructional delivery and as an academic program director
⁻ Experience in student guidance, or related field
⁻ Experience managing a department (including responsibilities for P/L and staff)
⁻ Working knowledge of federal/state government education regulations
Ancora Education is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive work environment. We are an equal-opportunity employer
that maintains a policy of nondiscrimination concerning all employees and applicants for employment. All employment decisions are made without regard to
individual's age, race, color, religion or creed, national origin or ancestry, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity,
physical or mental disability, veteran status, genetic information, ethnicity, citizenship, or any other characteristic protected by law.
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