"Assistant Dean for Administrative Advising"

Job Details

Professional Experience/ Qualifications

• Professional experience in a higher education setting;
• Demonstrated strong sense of ethics and sound decision-making skills, exhibits mature judgment and capacity to maintain confidentiality;
• Demonstrated capacity to work as an effective collaborator with students, staff, and faculty;
• Demonstrated commitment to educating students and knowledge of student development;
• Demonstrated outstanding attention to detail;
• Demonstrated excellent oral, written, and presentation skills;
• Demonstrated commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion
• Ability to stay calm and function well in a high-paced office environment.
• Experience working with faculty.
• Demonstrated ability to work independently.

Preferred Qualifications

• In-depth knowledge of student development theory.
• Experience within a college residential environment and/or liberal arts environment.

Education

Master’s degree in a related field and five years of professional related experience or a Bachelor’s degree and eight years of professional related experience.

Department Statement

Colgate University, a selective, residential liberal arts university, seeks an Assistant Dean for Administrative Advising within the Office of Administrative Advising. Reporting to an Associate Dean of Administrative Advising, the incumbent works closely with other deans and directors in the Dean of the College Division. The assistant deans are committed to developing meaningful relationships with advisees and assist in taking ownership of their Colgate experience.

Learn more about Colgate University and the Dean of the College Division by reviewing A Candidate’s Guide to Colgate. In 2021 and again in 2022, the Dean of the College Division was acknowledged by Diverse Issues in Higher Education and Inside Higher Ed as one of the Most Promising Places to Work in Student Affairs.

Accountabilities

The Assistant Dean for Administrative Advising is an administrative position within the Dean of the College division.

Administrative Advising responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• ensuring students receive effective support while promoting the development of self-advocacy and problem-solving skills;
• articulating an advising approach that encourages students to achieve a sense of responsibility for their personal growth and academic success; a firm and fair approach is required;
• effective outreach to students and proactively ensuring students have access to high quality, consistent, accurate and timely advice regarding University policies and procedures and other academic regulations, deadlines, and processes;
• execution of crisis response consistent with policy and plan;
• understanding student needs and collaborating with other stakeholders and resource providers to make these needs known; and
• accurate capture and maintenance of records relating to student interactions, including advising notes;
• serve on academic-related standing committees;
• participating in the after-hours on-call rotation with other deans in the Dean of the College Division (approximately one-two weeks per semester);
• adherence to University budget practices; and;
• serving on other Divisional committees as requested.

This position has been designated as a Campus Security Authority (CSA), in accordance with the federal statutory requirements of the Jeanne Clery Act. CSAs are required to and responsible for reporting allegations of crimes they receive from students and employees to the Campus Safety Department.

Job Open Date
09/29/2025

Job Close Date

Open Until Filled
Yes

Special Instructions Summary

EEO Statement

The University recognizes that equal employment opportunity can only be achieved through demonstrated leadership. It is the Policy of the University to recruit, employ, retain, promote, and train employees on the basis of skills and experience, capacity to do the job, and valid job qualifications without regard to any characteristics protected by applicable local, state or federal laws.

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