The Academic Advisor provides academic support and guidance for student athletes, particularly select teams, to develop academic strategies for success, connects students with resources and opportunities, and serves as a source of ongoing support through the time working with the student-athlete. This individual would work intentionally and strategically with the Director and Assistant Director to best support student-athletes.

Primary Responsibilities include:

Guidance and support:

• Be a primary academic advisor for students
• Work with student athletes individually to develop academic strategies for success;
• Work is being completed effectively; Ongoing review of grades;
• Meet/consult with students one-on-one, electronically, or via phone 
• Present students options for effective support/resources
• Refer students to other campus resources  
• Responding to alerts, messages, and requests from various systems/partners (e.g., from director / assistant director, Colleague Retention alert, academic updates from faculty, etc.)  

Records and Data Management:

• Track students-athletes academic performance (academic progress in course work)
• Data review / data analysis of reports as needed to evaluate department's practices and support student-athletes in specific ways (promoting adding a minor, taking BU 299, etc.)
• Support for research projects as needed
• Oversight of assigned teams study hour requirements (automated process)
• Record information about student appointments
• Maintain appropriate confidentiality in accordance with established policies

Collaborate with Campus Partners:

• Participate in regular meetings with the Director & Assistant Director
• Work with campus partners on as needed basis (e.g. collaborating on programmatic initiatives 
• Refer to director and assistant director when there are curriculum / degree track questions
• Coordinate with other support/service units as needed
• Participate in recruitment, enrollment, academic affairs, orientation, and other campus-wide events as needed

Please note: Visa sponsorship is not provided for this position.

• Master's degree from an accredited four-year college or university
• Experience working one-on-one with students
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Experience working directly with college readiness initiatives, advising and/or academic coaching
• Experience having difficult conversations with students
• Experience working with a variety of software systems

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About Bellarmine University

Bellarmine University is a dynamic, growing university with a strong liberal arts focus in the Catholic higher education tradition and a bold vision for the future. Bellarmine has undergraduate and graduate enrollment of nearly 4,000 students, and continues to add new academic programs while maintaining small class sizes and personal attention to students. Bellarmine is listed in the Princeton Review's Best 382 Colleges, is one of the top 15 Southern regional universities in U.S. News and World Report's 2018 college rankings, and is a top university in Forbes' list of America's best colleges. In a survey by The Princeton Review, students praised Bellarmine as a place that is "welcoming to every single person and makes an effort to include everyone." Bellarmine students, faculty and staff engage in more than 25,000 cumulative hours of service each year, in Louisville and around the nation and world. Bellarmine is located on a scenic 175-acre campus in the Highlands neighborhood of Louisville, KY, which Glassdoor recently recognized one of the nation's top 10 cities where pay goes the furthest, and National Geographic calls it a top 10 food city. ZipRecruiter calls Louisville a top 1...0 city for job seekers, thanks in part to its central location and low unemployment. Louisville is within a day's drive of two-thirds of the U.S. population. Bellarmine is an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer and encourages applicants with diverse backgrounds to apply. Bellarmine University is committed to core values of diversity, equity and inclusion and embraces diversity in our workforce among members of faculty, staff and administration. We remain committed to affirmative actions, policies, procedures and attitudes necessary to continue to build and retain a diverse and equitable workforce. We will demonstrate a fully realized and lived commitment to equity and inclusion, empowering all members of our increasingly diverse community and supporting them to achieve their full potential. As part of Bellarmine's commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion, we will seek to ensure that all aspects of employment, including recruitment, selection, job assignment, training, compensation, benefits, discipline, promotion, layoff and termination processes remain free of discrimination based upon race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age, creed, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, genetic information, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected class.

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