Director of Graduate Student Advising

Job ID:
Location: Main Campus - UCR
Schedule: 8AM - 5PM
Category: Student Affairs and Advising
Salary: $84,100 - $154,700
Full/Part Time: Full-time(100%)
Organization: College of Natural & Agricultural Sciences
Department: Nikita McWells
Application Deadline: Open Until Filled

Position Information:
The Director of Graduate Student Advising provides strategic leadership and oversight for a centralized graduate advising unit within the College of Natural and Agricultural Sciences (CNAS). This role manages professional and supervisory staff, guiding the achievement of departmental and institutional goals through coordinated team efforts. The Director establishes long-term organizational objectives, formulates and implements policies and procedures, and ensures compliance with university, state, and federal regulations. The position manages human, financial, and operational resources to support efficient, compliant, and student-centered graduate program administration. As graduate enrollment continues to grow, now exceeding 900 graduate students across more than 18 programs in CNAS, the Director plays a pivotal role in ensuring consistency, accountability, and strategic alignment across advising, admissions, enrollment management, and program operations. The role also provides high-level support to the Assistant Dean in areas including contract management, compliance, and oversight of graduate academic and administrative processes. This position represents a significant evolution from traditional student services management to one that integrates policy implementation, program assessment, and strategic coordination, reflecting the expanding complexity, scale, and impact of graduate education at UC Riverside.

The full salary range for the Director of Graduate Student Advising is $84,100.00 - $154,700.00 annually. However, the expected pay scale for this position is $84,100.00 - $101,750.00 annually. We base salary offers on a variety of considerations, such as education, licensure and certifications, experience, and other business and organizational needs.

Applicants must have current work authorization when accepting a UCR staff position. Currently, we are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa for staff.

As a University employee, you will be required to comply with all applicable University policies and/or collective bargaining agreements, as may be amended from time to time. Federal, state, or local government directives may impose additional requirements.


Requirements:
Requirements

Educational Requirements

Bachelor's degree in related area and/or equivalent experience/training.

Required

Master's degree in related area and/or equivalent experience/training.

Preferred

Experience Requirements

8 - 13 years of related experience.

Required

Previous supervisory/managerial experience.

Preferred

Minimum Requirements

Advanced knowledge of advising and counseling techniques.

Skills in monitoring/assessing people, processes or services, to make improvements.

Skills in project management, social perceptiveness to be aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.

Ability in problem identification, reasoning.

Ability to develop original ideas to solve problems, persuade others, and lead.

Skills in interpreting data analysis reports

Preferred Qualifications

Knowledge of common University-specific computer application programs and knowledge of University and departmental principles and procedures involved in risk assessment and evaluating risks as to likelihood and consequences.


Additional Information:
Additional Information

In the Heart of Inland Southern California, UC Riverside is located on nearly 1,200 acres near Box Springs Mountain in Southern California; the park-like campus provides convenient access to the vibrant and growing Inland region. The campus is a living laboratory for the exploration of issues critical to growing communities' air, water, energy, transportation, politics, the arts, history, and culture. UCR gives every student, faculty and staff member the resources to explore, engage, imagine and excel.

UC Riverside is recognized as one of the most ethnically diverse research universities in the country boasting several key rankings of which we are extremely proud.

• UC Riverside is proud to be ranked No. 12 among all U.S. universities, according to Money Magazine's 2020 rankings, and among the top 1 percent of universities worldwide, according to the 2019-20 Center for World University rankings.
  


• UC Riverside is the top university in the United States for social mobility. - U.S. News 2020
  


• UCR is a member of the University Innovation Alliance, the leading national coalition of public research universities committed to improving student success for low-income, first-generation, and students of color.
  


• Among top-tier universities, UC Riverside ranks No. 2 in financial aid. - Business Insider 2019
  


• Ranked No. 2 in the world for research, UCR's Department of Entomology maintains one of the largest collections of insect specimens the nation. - Center for World University Rankings
  


• UCR's distinguished faculty boasts 2 Nobel Laureates, and 13 members of the National Academies of Science and Medicine.

The University of California is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, protected veteran status, or other protected categories under state or federal law. It is the policy of the University of California to undertake affirmative action and anti-discrimination efforts, consistent with its obligations as a Federal and State contractor.

For information about our generous employee benefits package, visit: Employee Benefits Overview

Job Description Details:
Job Description Details

General Information
STDT SVC MGR 1 000322 23 Nikita McWells Nikita McWells

Positions Directly Supervised
Job CodeTitleFTE

004575

STDT SVC ADVISOR 3

5

004574

STDT SVC ADVISOR 2

1

Generic Scope
Spends the majority of time (50% or more) achieving organizational objectives through the coordinated achievements of subordinate staff. Establishes departmental goals and objectives, functions with autonomy. Manages the accountability and stewardship of human, financial, and often physical resources in compliance with departmental and organizational goals and objectives. Ensures subordinate supervisors and professionals adhere to defined internal controls. Manages systems and procedures to protect departmental assets.

Custom Scope
Manages a centralized student services unit or a group of student services advisors in a department, school, or college. Formulates policies and procedures for the student services program. Develops the long term organizational goals of the unit. Manages the financial and human resources for the program.

Department Custom Scope
The Director of Graduate Student Advising provides strategic leadership and oversight for a centralized graduate advising unit within the College of Natural and Agricultural Sciences (CNAS). This role manages professional and supervisory staff, guiding the achievement of departmental and institutional goals through coordinated team efforts.
The Director establishes long-term organizational objectives, formulates and implements policies and procedures, and ensures compliance with university, state, and federal regulations. The position manages human, financial, and operational resources to support efficient, compliant, and student-centered graduate program administration.
As graduate enrollment continues to grow, now exceeding 900 graduate students across more than 18 programs in CNAS, the Director plays a pivotal role in ensuring consistency, accountability, and strategic alignment across advising, admissions, enrollment management, and program operations. The role also provides high-level support to the Assistant Dean in areas including contract management, compliance, and oversight of graduate academic and administrative processes.
This position represents a significant evolution from traditional student services management to one that integrates policy implementation, program assessment, and strategic coordination, reflecting the expanding complexity, scale, and impact of graduate education at UC Riverside.

Key Responsibilities:
Key Responsibilities DescriptionPercent Time

Manages graduate employment contracts, compliance, and union-related policies in collaboration with the Assistant Dean

20%

Manages student services programs.

15%

Provides direction to professional student services advisors on the more complex issues encountered.

15%

Leads strategic planning, policy implementation, and special projects in coordination with the Assistant Dean.

15%

Plans, develops, and administers the student services budget for the organization.

5%

Makes decisions on performance, salary actions, hiring decisions and other human resources related issues of managed staff.

5%

Recognizes issues that have organization impact or future implications and advises employees accordingly.

5%

Evaluates the effectiveness of the student services function, and makes changes to the program to provide better service to organizational management, faculty, and students.

5%

Represents the student services unit to the organization community and relevant external constituencies.

5%

Decides which resources will be committed to goals and objectives and how they will be allocated.

5%

Monitors data, reporting, and compliance for graduate program operations within CNAS.

5%


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