First-Year Advisor and First-Year Experience Program Coordinator

POSITION SUMMARY:

First-Year Advisor- The First-Year advisor is responsible for serving first-year students through advising, coaching, and supporting them as needed. The First-Year advisor seeks out and assists all students for the purpose of strengthening specific academic skills and long-term planning to improve students’ success. An academic coach/first year student advisor will advise approximately 250 students.

Program Coordinator - The program coordinator for First-Year Experience promotes the mission of the First-Year Experience department and Bob Jones University by providing support to develop a constituency of regenerated students who have an adequate foundation to profit from a Christian liberal arts college education (BJU MS 2.5) and to aid faculty, advisors and other personnel who interact with first-year students. (BJU MS 1.6). The program coordinator is responsible for increasing the effectiveness of the First-year Experience department through the support of the Director of Student Engagement and Success.

PRINCIPAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Support the mission of the Academic Resource Center


• Assist with First-Year Experience programming, coordination, and communication


• Serve as the instructor for Uni 101- Pathways sections


• Meet regularly with Uni 092- Academic Coaching and Uni 093- Academic Management Seminar students


• Coach students on a regular basis who are seeking guidance in the areas of reading skills, note-taking skills, test taking skills, study skills, etc.


• Develop academic action plans for students as needed


• Work with faculty to establish academic goals for students


• Support students as they strive to achieve their academic goals.


• Attend workshops related to student success


• Advise first-year students in the scheduling of their classes and their long-term success


• Track student grades and proactively advise/coach as needed


• Communicate the religious beliefs of BJU to students and student affiliates


• Answer questions concerning faith, doctrine and creed of BJU to constituents, students, or those inquiring about BJU

REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES:

• Knowledge of BJU academic program


• Knowledge of educational theories and learning styles in post-secondary learning environments


• Knowledge of the literature on college student success.


• Self-motivated


• Ability to identify, define, and evaluate problems; and develop appropriate strategies and solutions


• Ability to work with administrators, faculty, staff, GAs, and students from diverse backgrounds.


• Excellent written and verbal skills. Ability to make effective oral and written presentations. Proven ability to effectively and professionally communicate using tact and diplomacy.

An applicant for a position in the Bob Jones University group — Bob Jones University, Bob Jones Academy or BJU Press — must be a born-again Christian who has a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. Each applicant must agree with and affirm the Bob Jones University creed, mission (see https://www.bju.edu/about/creed-mission.php) and core biblical doctrines regarding areas such as the Bible, the triune God, man and salvation, etc.  Employees are expected to maintain a conservative lifestyle and support the group’s positions on issues such as beverage alcohol and addictive substances, creation, marriage and human sexuality and the sanctity of life, etc., (https://www.bju.edu/about/positions.php). Employees are to be active members of a local Bible-believing church which holds orthodox theology.  Whether in the classroom, online, through student activities, or through the preparation of educational materials for Christian schools and homeschool families, applicants must be committed to providing students an excellent, world-class education from a biblical worldview that prepares them for a lifetime of service for Jesus Christ.

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