Kentucky Community & Technical College System
Mgr III – Academic Advising (Associate Dean of Advising)
🇺🇸 Lexington, KY
🕑 Full-Time
💰 $5,309 - $6,637 per Month
💻 Academic Advising
🗓️ August 1st, 2025
Edtech.com's Summary
- Provide strategic leadership and foster a student-centered advising culture aligned with college goals.
- Oversee staff supervision, including hiring, coaching, training, and evaluations.
- Manage college-wide advising professional development initiatives and enrollment strategies.
- Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to coordinate advising, career services, and dual credit transitions.
- Analyze institutional data to support retention, enrollment, and student success initiatives.
- Report advising-related data and participate in committees and professional development.
- Requires a Bachelor's degree and at least two years of management experience; preferred qualifications include a Master's degree and four years of supervisory experience.
- Salary range of $5,309 to $6,637 per month with a 12-month contract and 37.5 work hours per week.
- Benefits include health, vision, dental coverage, tuition reimbursement, 403(b) retirement plan with employer match, paid holidays, vacation/sick time, and employee assistance program.
- Department: Academics & Student Services at the Newtown Pike Campus.
Mgr III – Academic Advising (Associate Dean of Advising) Full Description
- Exceptional health care, vision, dental coverage for you and your family
- Tuition reimbursement/waiver for you, your spouse, and dependents
- 403(b) retirement plan: a 5% employee contribution receives a 10% employer match
- Vacation/Sick Time
- Work-Life Balance
- 9.5 Paid Holidays
- 2 Weeks Institutional Closing Pay (Last 2 weeks of December) for qualifying positions
- Employee Assistance Program
Job Duties:• Provide strategic leadership to the academic advising team in alignment with the mission and goals of the college and KCTCS, collaborating with other college administrators to promote student success.
• Foster a student-centered advising culture through strong communication, team leadership, and consensus building, while developing long-term plans and team goals aligned with the college's strategic plan.
• Oversee staff supervision, including hiring recommendations, coaching, training, evaluations, and support for ongoing professional development.
• Coordinate and deliver college-wide advising professional development initiatives, including training for new advisors and the annual Advising Technology Summit.
• Develop and manage enrollment and yield strategies to achieve college enrollment goals, including assigning advisors to new students and coordinating with faculty and academic leadership.
• Oversee the advising schedule for new students and manage outbound communications to admitted students regarding enrollment and registration.
• Partner with internal and external stakeholders—including the Associate Dean of Dual Credit, Regional Campus Directors, and the Director of Career Services—to ensure coordinated advising, career services, and seamless dual credit student transitions.
• Collaborate with the Associate Dean of Success & Retention to analyze institutional data and implement initiatives that enhance student retention, enrollment, and overall success.
• Provide college leadership with relevant data reports related to advising appointments, enrollment trends, retention efforts, and transfer initiatives.
• Participate in college/system-wide committees, professional organizations, grant development, and other organizational or professional development activities as assigned.
• Other duties as assigned
Minimum Qualifications:Bachelor's Degree, two years of management or supervisory experience required and a minimum three years of experience in job family.
Preferred Qualifications:Masters Degree, four years of management or supervisory experience required and minimum 5 years of experience in job family.
Additional Skills Requested:
Employee Rights - Employee Polygraph Protection ActEqual Opportunity Employer - The Kentucky Community and Technical College System is an equal educational and employment opportunity institution.
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