Position Title: Class Dean

Pay Status and Classification: Exempt, Regular Full-time

Supervisor: Head Class Dean

Essential Responsibilities and Duties:

• Student Advising: Advises students one-on-one and in groups providing personal and academic advising to meet their educational goals and graduation requirements. Collaborates with advisers, faculty, residential life staff, and other offices to guide, track, and coordinate student progress and support. Serves as a primary contact for parents and families with questions and concerns about their student’s experience. Promotes the support and retention of students. Works closely with students at-risk and on academic probation to provide additional support. Serves as an advocate for student well-being, ensuring support and services meet their academic, social, emotional, and physical needs.

• Case Management: Serves a member of the college behavioral intervention team (CARE Team) and coordinates interventions and support for students of concern. The Class Dean will follow up with students on a wide variety of concerns and help them understand and connect with different resources available on and off campus.

• Programming: Serves as a member of the Student Affairs Deans and Directors team and contributes to setting direction for the department. Leads or co-leads student affairs initiatives and student-centered activities. Provides programming for students aimed at helping them find success in their current class year, and encourages academic growth and development.

• Team Collaboration, and Innovation: Contributes ideas, input, and support to Union Class Dean initiatives, decisions, communications, and other activities with student support implications. Seeks out, applies, and shares knowledge of student development trends and innovations. Collaborates with campus partners in responding to and managing student and campus-wide challenges and crises. Offers to pitch-in to help colleagues during crunch times and overlapping deliverables.

Additional Duties:

Serves in the Dean on-call rotation, as necessary. Participates on various campus teams, committees, and working groups

Qualifications:

• Master’s degree plus eight to ten years of higher education administration and/or classroom teaching experience, and/or a comparable combination of relevant education, training, certifications, and/or work experience.

• Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills, including the ability to be impartial and establish rapport with a diverse range of campus community members.

• Able to support, contribute to, and strengthen a vibrant, culturally diverse, and inclusive learning community of students, alumni, faculty, and fellow professionals.

• Able to anticipate, deliver on, and exceed the expectations of students and colleagues and to collaborate effectively with Union colleagues to achieve shared goals and objectives.

• Able to proactively identify and pursue relevant learning and professional development opportunities and apply new knowledge, insights, and skills to enhance student advising.

Compensation:

The annual salary range for this position is $88,000-$93,000.Except for roles with a set rate of pay, the wage/salary of the finalist selected for this role will be set based on a variety of factors, including but not limited to departmental budgets, qualifications, experience, education, licenses, specialty, and training. The stated hiring rate/range represents the College’s good faith and reasonable estimate of the rate/range of possible compensation at the time of posting.

Location: Schenectady, NY

We know some job seekers may not apply for career opportunities unless they meet every qualification in the position description including the preferred qualifications. We are most interested in hiring the best staff and faculty colleagues, and recognize that a successful candidate may come from a less traditional career path. We encourage you to apply, even if you don’t believe you meet every one of our preferred qualifications.

We offer exceptional benefits including:

• Generous Vacation, Sick, and Personal Time

• Winter Recess Break in Addition to Paid Holidays (in accordance with policy)

• Healthcare, Dental, and Vision Insurance (Flexible Spending and Dependent Care Accounts)

• Free On-Campus Fitness Facility Access and Discounts for On-Campus Wellness Programs

• Employee Scholarships toward Certifications, Seminars, Training and Professional Development

• Pre and Post Tax participation in a 403(b) Retirement Plan

• Salary Continuation Program in the event of Disability

• Tuition programs

Background Checks: In accordance with our background check policy, finalists for hire will undergo a background check that includes education, employment, and criminal convictions.

E-Verify Participation: Union College participates in E-Verify and will provide the federal government with your Form I-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the United States. Learn more about E-Verify and your Right to Work (Derecho a Trabajar).