Counselor - Academic Standards

Position Announcement

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The Counselor in Academic Standards will counsel and coach students experiencing academic difficulty to encourage student success, retention, and a return to Good Academic Standing. Works within three main student-centered domains: increasing self-awareness, developing academic skills, and helping access and navigate resources. Duties include academic coaching, explaining policies and procedures, making referrals, maintaining records and preparing statistical reports, interpreting career/interest and personality assessments, navigating academic challenges and facilitating academic recovery, participating in ongoing training and development, coordinating with other individuals and entities on campus, and representing the department on various projects, committees, and in meetings as assigned by the director.

Summary of Responsibilities

• Provide students with academic coaching related to discovering strengths, assessing areas of need, overcoming barriers, and developing effective learning strategies and habits. Follow a collaborative, goal-setting approach to taking action around behaviors that lead to academic recovery and continued success. Evaluate student concerns and counsel those with exceptional circumstances or hardships while adhering to Academic Standards policies and procedures. Develop and implement strategies for students’ unique situations. Refer students to appropriate campus resources in response to sessions.
• Maintain a caseload of Academic Standards students (warning, probation, continued probation, suspension, and dismissal standings) and other special populations as required. Participate in outreach efforts to retain students experiencing academic difficulty. Manage student records, academic standings, and academic holds based on the completion of workshops, petitions, mid-semester grade reports, grade adjustments, and standing changes. Communicate changes in standing or hold status to students. Re-onboard students returning to UVU from Academic Suspension and Academic Dismissal through an intake process.
• Administer and interpret career, personality, and interest assessments and inventories to assist students with self-awareness, skill development, and self-efficacy.
• Engage in professional development and remain current in academic support and coaching best practices and research. Adapt and apply research and professional development related to knowledge to academic advising, academic coaching, and academic support practice and associated work activities. Remains current on major curriculum, university policy, and campus resources.
• Participate in department, division, and institutional goals and projects. Perform miscellaneous job-related duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications

Graduation from an accredited institution with a master’s degree in Counseling, Educational Psychology, Student Development Administration, Adult Education, Social Work, or a related Social Science field with at least two years of professional employment related to the Summary of Duties.

Knowledge, Skill, and Abilities

Knowledge

• Knowledge and experience with theory and practice related to student development, adult learning, study strategies, learning disabilities and challenges, neurodiversity in education, advising, and counseling.
• Experience in helping students identify strengths and opportunities in their learning behaviors and applying new approaches to achieve academic success.
• Knowledge of student development theory and effective student success, retention, and completion strategies.
• Knowledge of psychosocial interviewing and counseling and coaching techniques and strategies.
• Knowledge of, and ability to, administer and interpret the MBTI, Strong Interest Inventory, CliftonStrengths, and other psychometric assessments.
• Knowledge of student confidentiality practices including FERPA.
• Knowledge of equity, inclusion, diversity, and social justice and how to support students of diverse identities, backgrounds, cultures, and ethnicities.
• Knowledge of, and commitment to, UVU’s mission and strategic directions.

• Demonstrated skill in effective interpersonal communication, collaboration, and professionalism.
• Demonstrated skill in critical thinking, problem-solving, decision-making, and acting successfully under pressure.
• Strong oral and written communication skills including various electronic media, telephone, email, and other technological platforms.
• Strong skills in the use of computers, Microsoft Office Suite, email, and academic and campus software platforms (e.g., Banner and Civitas) as applied to the management of student records, report preparation, and related activities.
• Demonstrated skills in counseling, career guidance, college readiness, retention, and neurodiversity in education.

• Be self-directed and complete tasks without supervision.
• Develop and implement a variety of support systems, programs, and initiatives related to student success.
• Ability to serve students from diverse backgrounds and with diverse needs.
• Contribute to collaborative team culture.
• Creatively and independently problem-solve by prioritizing, organizing, and multitasking during peak times while maintaining flexibility to address urgent concerns.
• Occasional evening responsibilities.
• Ability to navigate the Orem campus, visit other campus locations, and attend local and national meetings with or without accommodation.
• Must have access to transportation to travel to meetings at other sites.

EEO Statement:

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