ITEPP Academic Co-Advisor

Indian Tribal and Education Personnel Program
Job #534368
First Review Date: Thursday, May 9, 2024

Open Until Filled

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(Job #534368) Student Services Professional II (11/12 month pay plan), Indian Tribal and Educational Personnel Program (ITEPP) Academic Co-Advisor, Salary Range: $4,226 - $6,010 monthly. This is a full-time, benefited, exempt, 11/12 pay plan (work 11 months of the year with pay and benefits over 12 months) permanent position with a one-year probationary period in Indian Tribal Educational Personnel Program Department. This position comes with a premium benefits package that includes outstanding vacation, medical, dental, and vision plans, life insurance, voluntary pre-tax health and dependent care reimbursement accounts, a fee waiver education program, membership in the California Public Employees Retirement System (PERS), and 14 paid holidays per year. Additional benefits information can be found at https://hraps.humboldt.edu/employee-benefits.

Position Summary:

Reporting to the Dean of Students under the Enrollment Management division and the ITEPP Coordinator /Lead, the Academic Co-Advisor of the Indian Tribal & Educational Personnel Program (ITEPP) the Native American Center for Academic Excellence provides an effective multifaceted culturally appropriate approach to promoting student success. The Advisor utilizes an achievement model perspective, focusing on student success, to motivate and instill high expectation. Develops strategies to engage families in an attempt to leverage academic support. Assists students with reciprocity, connection and contribution to tribal communities. Facilitates and supports campus programming designed to assist students with social integration and the challenges that they face in a vastly different cultural environment.

Key Responsibilities:

Academic Mentoring, Advising & Retention Support – 30%

1. Serves as an academic co-advisor for ITEPP participants.   Provides holistic and culturally specific approaches to individual and group training, access, and outreach.
2. Delivers new student orientation and current student retention services in collaboration with academic departments, Admissions, Housing, Financial Aid, Registrar, EOP/SSS, Learning Center, Disabled Services, Financial Aid, etc.
3. Assist students by developing strategies to create supportive relationships, meaningful connections, and authentic allies, on and off campus, in support of their educational and career goals.

Network Connection Support

1. Assist students by developing strategies to create supportive relationships, meaningful connections, and authentic allies, on and off campus, in support of their educational and career goals.
2. Utilizes effective communication and collaboration with educational stakeholders such as school districts, universities, community colleges, tribal education programs, family services and mental health agencies.
3. Serves as a liaison between administration, faculty, staff, and students in resolving academic and/or personal concerns.
4. Encourages and facilitates contact between students and faculty.

Administrative and Reporting – 5%

1. Collects narrative information and maintains sensitive and essential student files.

Student Development – 20%

1. Collaborate with ITEPP Coordinator and campus community to provide programming that promotes the success and retention of American Indian students such as:  Indigenous Peoples Week, Annual Big Time, Alumni panels, and guest presenters.
2. Assist students with internship, scholarship applications.
3. Provide lead for ITEPP student staff.

Community Outreach – 15%

1. Plans and delivers student recruitment presentations at local schools and conferences as directed (i.e., American Indian College Motivation Day, Success in Both Worlds Conference, UIHS Gathering of Native Americans (GONA).)
2. Participates on American Indian community education and scholarship committees as approved by the Director.
3. Assist ITEPP staff in coordinating, organizing, and implementing honoring activities.

Other related duties as assigned – 5%

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities Associated with this Position Include:

• Working knowledge of the practices, procedures, and activities of ITEPP management.
• General knowledge of the methods and problems of organizational and program management.
• General knowledge of research and interview techniques.
• General knowledge of the principles of individual and group behavior.
• Ability to interpret and apply program rules and regulations.
• Ability to use initiative and resourcefulness in planning work assignments and in implementing long-range program improvements.
• Ability to obtain factual and interpretative information through interviews.
• Ability to reason logically.
• Ability to collect, compile, analyze and evaluate data and make verbal or written presentations based on these data.
• Ability to advise students individually and in groups on routine matters where required.
• Ability to recognize multicultural, multisexed and multi‑aged value systems and work accordingly.
• Ability to establish and maintain cooperative working relationships with faculty, CSU administrators, student organizations, private and public agencies and others in committee work, and student advising and community contacts.
• Ability to rapidly acquire a general knowledge of the overall operation, functions, and programs of the campus to which assigned.
• Demonstrated ability to make decisions and carry through actions having implications with regard to other program or service areas Services Office.
• Possession of these knowledge and abilities typically is demonstrated through the Experience requirements above.

Minimum Qualifications:

The required Knowledge and abilities are listed below. Possession of these knowledge and abilities is typically demonstrated through:

Experience:

The equivalent of two years of professional experience in one of the student services program areas or in a related field; experience should give evidence of competence and indicate the potential for further growth. A master’s degree in a job‑related field may be substituted for one year of the professional experience.

Education:

Equivalent to graduation from a four-year college or university in one of the behavioral sciences, public or business administration or a job‑related field. Additional specialized experience during which the applicant has acquired and successfully applied the knowledge and abilities shown above may be substituted for the required education on a year‑for‑year basis.

Preferred Qualifications:

1. Demonstrated experience working with Native student populations.
2. Specialized skill set in coordinating co-curricular programming and event planning with diverse student populations in a higher education setting.
3. Working knowledge of and demonstrated understanding of Native American cultural values.
4. Ability to manage and organize student files.
5. General knowledge of Native education history and current trends.
6. Demonstrated experience utilizing a lens of intersectionality with students. 
7. Understanding of ITEPP's procedures and activities; and the basic principles, practices and major trends of the Cultural Centers for Academic Excellence and Indian Natural Resources Science and Engineering Program (INRSEP+)
8. General knowledge of the Council of American Indian Faculty & Staff (CAIFS)

Application Procedure: To apply, qualified candidates must electronically submit the following materials by clicking the Apply Now button:

• Letter of Interest
• Resume or Curriculum Vitae
• Contact information for at least three professional references

Application Deadline: The deadline to submit application materials for first review is Thursday, May 9, 2024. This position is open until filled.

Any inquiries about this recruitment can be directed to careers@humboldt.edu or Cal Poly Humboldt’s Human Resources Office at (707) 826-3626.

We acknowledge that Cal Poly Humboldt is located on the unceded lands of the Wiyot people, where they have resided from time immemorial. We encourage all to gain a deeper understanding of their history and thriving culture. As an expression of our gratitude we are genuinely committed to developing trusting, reciprocal, and long lasting partnerships with the Wiyot people as well as all of our neighboring tribes. Cal Poly Humboldt was the first campus in the California State University system to offer a stand-alone major in Native American Studies.

Cal Poly Humboldt is committed to enriching its educational environment and its culture through the diversity of its staff, faculty, and administration. Persons with interest and experience in helping organizations set and achieve goals relative to diversity and inclusion are especially encouraged to apply.

Working in the state of California is a condition of employment for this position. Even if part or all of an employee's assignment can be performed remotely, the employee must maintain a permanent residence in the state of California. The employee must be able to accept on-campus work assignment, as assigned, and come to campus when needed.

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Class Code: 3082
Publication Date: April 24, 2024