Academic Program Specialist Senior - School of Nursing

Job Description Summary

Advising, admitting, recruiting and supporting prospective and current prelicensure students for the KUMC School of Nursing.

Job Duties

Student Support:

• Provide academic and developmental support to all phases of the prelicensure students in the School of Nursing (SON).
• Oversee processes specific to the online BSN programs such as admissions, scholarship awards, graduation checks, GPA calculations, and student records management.
• Advise prospective students of prerequisite courses necessary for the programs, training and collaborating with institutional partners to ensure students are properly advised of program requirements shared between schools.
• Assist candidates with the application process.
• Advise current students through the practical aspects of enrollment each semester, i.e. course scheduling, prerequisites, and sequencing.
• Assist the Program Manager, Online BSN Program with maintaining accurate community college transfer and partnership program and curriculum guides, reviewing program application files and admitting community college partnership and RN-BSN students.
• Implement student programming to support student performance and community within the School of Nursing with the Educational Programs and Outreach Manager.
• Assist Program Directors with creation of individual student plans of study in accordance with course availability.

Recruiting:

• Participate in the recruitment and admission of nursing students for all programs in the School of Nursing including visiting partners schools with the Student Affairs team.
• Represent the School of Nursing as needed at career days functions when recruitment staff are unavailable or as appropriate.
• Correspond with and advise prospective students with questions about admissions processes and standards.

Other Duties:

• Implement Orientation for new and returning prior to the start of each academic year under the direction of the Associate Dean.
• Support ceremonies (such as Recognition and Hooding Ceremony) as needed for School of Nursing.
• Assist the Associate Dean of Student Affairs with assigned projects.
• Participate as ex-officio in School of Nursing committees as appropriate.

Work Environment

This position will require some travel and limited evening and weekend assignments.

Required Qualifications

Work Experience:

• Seven (7) years of experience working a higher education setting. Relevant education can be substituted on a year for year basis.
• Three (3) years of experience in recruiting students, personnel, or other related areas.

Preferred Qualifications

Education:

Master's degree in higher education, nursing, or other related areas such as communications, liberal arts or journalism.

Work Experience:

• Three (3) years of experience in evaluating applications to nursing programs including academic performance, prerequisite coursework, and application essays.
• Three (3) years of experience in admissions and recruitment for nursing programs or higher education.

Skills

Communication

Required Documents

• Resume/CV
• Cover Letter