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Rutgers The State University Student Counselor in New Brunswick, New Jersey

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Recruitment/Posting Title Student Counselor
Job Category URA-AFT Administrative
Department BSPPP - Dean's Office
Overview
The Bloustein School seeks to improve our increasingly urbanized and interconnected world by exploring planning approaches and public policy solutions that are healthier, greener, fairer, and generate greater prosperity than do current practices. It pursues equitable and efficient solutions to public problems at multiple levels from the global to the local and emphasizes the professional perspectives of urban planning, public policy, and public health. Within each of these domains, the school advances its aspiration to be a global leader in teaching, research, and service by engaging society's challenges with focused programs that align current strengths with emerging needs. Its mission includes:
  • Solving public problems through constructive engagement of governmental, private, and non-profit actors;
  • Addressing the challenge of urbanization in its various global manifestations;
  • Serving New Jersey's need for a rigorous and engaging public policy forum; and
  • Preparing students for rewarding professional careers in public service.


For more information please visit: https://bloustein.rutgers.edu.
Posting Summary
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey is seeking a Student Counselor for the Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy. Reporting to the Assistant Dean of Undergraduate Education, the Student Services Counselor provides academic advising and student services support to the students in undergraduate programs at the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy.The Bloustein School's undergraduate programs include more than 750 majors, minors, and direct-admit degree students. Working with undergraduate student services colleagues, the Student Counselor develops, implements, and evaluates program procedures and services to meet the needs of students in the following areas: academic, student life and activities, career development, and/or special populations. The counselor is one of four staff responsible for advisement and guidance of students through the life-cycle of their undergraduate program.Among the key duties of the position are the following:
  • Provides guidance to prospective and current students.
  • Provides academic, personal, and career advisement and advice.
  • Provides guidance and information for new degree programs as they develop.
  • Develops special projects, activities, and content for electronic communication and recruitment publications.
  • Provides resolutions to an assortment of academic and administrative problems of moderately complex scope and serves as a liaison to university departments and offices.
  • This position employs judgment within defined practices and procedures and works independently within broadly defined work objectives.
Position Status Full Time
Hours Per Week
Daily Work Shift
Work Arrangement
FLSA Exempt
Grade 05
Position Salary
Annual Minimum Salary 65741.00
Annual Mid Range Salary 81857.00
Annual Maximum Salary 97972.00
Standard Hours 37.50
Union Description URA-AFT Administrative
Payroll Designation PeopleSoft
Benefits
Rutgers offers a comprehensive benefit program to eligible employees. For details, please go to http://uhr.rutgers.edu/benefits/benefits-overview.
Seniority Unit
Terms of Appointment Staff - 12 month
Position Pension Eligibility ABP
Qualifications

Minimum Education and Experience
  • Requires a bachelor's degree, and two years of related experience, preferably in student services/academic advising in higher education.
Certifications/Licenses
Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
  • Understanding an academic environment is essential. Excellent interpersonal, oral, and written communication skills are necessary.
  • Must have advanced knowledge of word processing, database software, Microsoft Access and Excel, Internet and Email.
Preferred Qualifications
  • Student academic advisement and potential student recruitment experience preferred. Experience in an undergraduate student environment also preferred.
  • Previous experience either in student advising and administration (peer advising is also appropriate) is helpful, but not required.
  • Knowledge of the fields of planning, public policy, public health, and health administration is preferred.
Equipment Utilized
  • Superior computer software knowledge, including but not limited to: Microsoft Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, Adobe Suite, Canvas, Salesforce, internal shared databases, networking inter-office, web-based. Email and email listserv use/coordination needed.
Physical Demands and Work Environment
Special Conditions
Posting Details

Posting Number 25ST0470
Posting Open Date 03/11/2025
Special Instructions to Applicants
Regional Campus Rutgers University-New Brunswick
Home Location Campus Downtown New Brunswick
City New Brunswick
State NJ
Location Details
Pre-employment Screenings

All offers of employment are contingent upon successful completion of all pre-employment screenings.
Immunization Requirements

Under Policy 100.3.1 Immunization Policy for Covered Individuals, if employment will commence during Flu Season, Rutgers University may require certain prospective employees to provide proof that they are vaccinated against Seasonal Influenza for the current Flu Season, unless the University has granted the individual a medical or religious exemption. Additional infection control and safety policies may apply. Prospective employees should speak with their hiring manager to determine which policies apply to the role or position for which they are applying. Failure to provide proof of vaccination for any required vaccines or obtain a medical or religious exemption from the University will result in rescission of a candidate's offer of employment or disciplinary action up to and including termination.

Affirmative Action/Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

It is university policy to provide equal employment opportunity to all its employees and applicants for employment regardless of their race, creed, color, national origin, age, ancestry, nationality, marital or domestic partnership or civil union status, sex, p regnancy, gender identity or expression, disability status, liability for military service, protected veteran status, affectional or sexual orientation, atypical cellular or blood trait, genetic information (including the refusal to submit to genetic testing), or any other category protected by law. As an institution, we value diversity of background and opinion, and prohibit discrimination or harassment on the basis of any legally protected class in the areas of hiring, recruitment, promotion, transfer, demotion, training, compensation, pay, fringe benefits, layoff, termination or any other terms and conditions of employment. For additional information please see the Non-Discrimination Statement at the following web address: http://uhr.rutgers.edu/non-discrimination-statement

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