Scheduling and Advising Specialist
Job Description
- Job code: 007306
- Pay grade: E
- Pay type: Exempt/salaried
General summary
Performs course schedule development and Â鶹´«Ã½ advising for a large or complex department.
Major duties
- Constructs departmental course schedules. Identifies the number of sections offered, assigns faculty and teaching assistants to sections and hires part-time instructors. Assists with the supervision of teaching assistants and substitutes in classrooms as necessary. Makes decisions on overloading sections and raising class capacities.
- Assists Â鶹´«Ã½s with questions on courses and placement exams. Evaluates all mathematics transfer credit and ensures Â鶹´«Ã½s meet prerequisites. Assists faculty in completing major and minor slips. Hires and supervises tutors.
- Assists with the recruitment of graduate Â鶹´«Ã½s and represents the department at recruiting functions. Meets with prospective Â鶹´«Ã½s and parents.
- Supervises placement testing and math advising for incoming freshman. Completes all curriculum change forms and monitors progress through University channels.
- Maintains and updates the department’s webpage. Assists faculty in developing course pages. Designs, maintains and updates a computer database to facilitate the development of departmental course schedules, faculty workloads, enrollment history and trends of Â鶹´«Ã½ summaries.
- Prepares the departmental newsletter, brochures and reports. Revises the undergraduate handbook. Plans departmental events.
Minimum qualifications
Minimum qualifications based upon job documentation and industry best practices. Any current employees not meeting these qualifications will be grandfathered until they move to a different job.
Required education
- Bachelor's degree in related field from an accredited institution.
Required experience
- Three years' relevant experience.
Physical requirements
Office or other indoor work with minimal physical demands such as occasionally lifting or moving materials less than 25 pounds.
Working conditions
Work is generally performed in a well-lit, temperature-controlled indoor environment with occasional exposure to the outdoors or any number of elements.
Revised: 2023-09-25
This description indicates the general nature and level of work performed by employees in the above job. It is not intended to be a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications required of employees assigned to the job.