Academic Advising Professional III

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• Provide individual and group career-related learning experiences for Imperial Valley College and Arizona Western College students intending to transfer to UA. 
• Creates educational workshops and advising to further intellectual, social, and personal development related to major, career goals and outcomes., and pre-UA academic plan ensuring students are prepared for transfer into their selected UA degree program. 
• Support student-applied learning experiences and other activities, increasing self and career exploration and readiness for transfer.
• Provides coordination and general support for student outreach, workshops, and/or direct recruitment activities.
• Participate and lead STEAM Summer Residential Programs and Ag Discovery Camp.
• Participate and lead Community College to University Mentorship Program.
• Have direct contact with students through advising appointments, drop-ins, phone, and email.
• Once a student transfers to UA, advise the students declaring majors, with emphasis supported by the two USDA grants affiliated with CALES units represented at the Yuma campus.
• Collaborate with college general advisors with major exploration for students interested in CALES's disciplines and advise students with academic eligibility statuses.
• Provide backup advising support to other CALES colleagues at the Yuma campus as needed.
• Participate and help lead the Scholars Leadership Training through annual retreats. 
• Monitor students' academic progress, determine satisfactory progress toward a degree, and assist students in completion.
• Use university systems to maintain the student transfer pipeline, student files, records, and advisor notes. 
• Support CALES Success courses and workshops to support UA students.
• Participates in program development and grant management for the USDA grants. (ie. scholarships, experiential learning, and outreach and engagement.)
• Trains and manages the UA student worker interns who support the grant efforts.
• Track and manage scholarships/internships and other experiential learning for the learning communities of students by academic cohorts and majors involved in the USDA grants.
• Track student outcomes/participation for USDA grant reporting through quantitative and qualitative methods (i.e., number of outreach participants, students transferred to UA, students retained and completed). 
• Other duties as assigned.

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent advanced learning attained through professional level expereince required.  Bachelor's degree required.
• Minimum of 5 years of relevant work experience, or equivalent combination of education and work experience. 

• Bilingual preferred