Coord,Student & Graduate Svcs

The Department of Psychology is seeking a motivated,
self-directed and experienced Graduate Program Advisor to provide guidance and
advisement to our Psychology Ph.D. students and manage program. To be
successful in this position, you must be organized, detail oriented, and able
to perform a variety of student support duties for a large academic department.

Duties will include, but not limited to:

• Provide
  guidance and advisement services to graduate students in our Ph.D.
  program; manage graduate admissions, maintain graduate student files and
  manage the graduate student database.
• Serve
  as the department liaison to the Office of Graduate Studies
  (OGS): Assist in the processing and submission of OGS forms and
  ensure students meet requirements for graduation (exams, programs of
  studies, and committees...), and attend monthly OGS meetings.
• Graduate
  program recruitment and admissions: Work with the department admissions
  committee and manage applications to the Ph.D. program each year. Provide
  graduate program information to potential students and undergraduate
  students interested in graduate school.
• Assist
  with graduate program events: coordinate the annual open house (spring),
  new graduate student orientation (August), and the department annual
  research day (spring).
• Maintain
  graduate program documents and statistical data and report data as needed:
  Psychology Graduate Student Guidelines handbook, graduate recruitment
  brochures, admissions data. Report data for accreditation and
  committees as needed and keep admissions data on the website current.
• Responsible
  for the department catalog and curriculum published annually on the UNM
  Catalog.
  Process
  Graduate Student Assistantship contracts.
• Assist
  with building the schedule of classes.
• Develop
  and present workshops, lectures, and student orientation.

The ideal candidate will have strong organizational
skills and customer service skills, strong computer skills, previous experience
with graduate programs at UNM, OGS Forms, and database management and running
reports.

****The final salary for this position is dependent upon
total Education and Experience****

See the Position Description for additional information.

High school diploma or GED; at least 7 years of experience directly related to the duties and responsibilities specified.

Completed degree(s) from an accredited institution that are above the minimum education requirement may be substituted for experience on a year for year basis.

• Previous
  experience working in advisement and maintaining student records at UNM or
  Higher Education institute
• Previous
  experience working with graduate program policies and procedures
• Experience
  working with program curricula and accrediting body standards at a Higher
  Education institute
• Experience
  presenting lectures, workshops, and/or orientations
• Previous
  UNM experience (e.g. banner Student, MyReports, OIA Data, Lobo Web...)
• Proficient
  in Access Database management and data reporting
• Proficient
  in Microsoft Office programs (Access and Excel)
• Experience
  creating online forms (e.g. Formstack, Adobe ...)

Only applications submitted through
the official UNMJobs site will be accepted. If you are viewing this job
advertisement on a 3rd party site, please
visit UNMJobs to submit an application.

Positions posted with a Staff Type of Regular or Term are eligible for the Veteran Preference Program. See the Veteran Preference Program webpage for additional details.

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