Career Opportunities
The Coleman Fung Institute for Engineering Leadership was launched in January 2010 and is headquartered at UC Berkeley’s College of Engineering. Our mission is to transform engineers and scientists into leaders who can take risks and develop technical, social, and economic innovations.
The Fung Institute achieves its mission through teaching, research, and service activities. We offer programs that combine leadership coursework with intensive study in any of the seven engineering disciplines offered by the College. We are shaping a research agenda that will connect technical innovation with people and businesses, and use data in ways that will change the world.
The Master of Engineering (Berkeley MEng) Program is the flagship graduate degree program of the Institute and the largest graduate professional program at the College of Engineering. The Fung Institute is committed to helping Berkeley MEng students graduate with an excellent education and experience. The unit works collaboratively with College of Engineering faculty, and departments and student service units across campus toward the common objective of helping students achieve their educational and career goals. As such, the MEng is a central program within the Student Affairs and Academic Advisor’s portfolio of programs.
The Student Affairs & Academic Advisor (Student Services Advisor 3), in conjunction with the entire student affairs team, has responsibility for student affairs and advising across all Fung Institute programs, as well as administrative support of the Institute’s current and future program offerings. Reporting to the Associate Director of Student Affairs and Program Operations, the Student Affairs & Academic Advisor leads our academic advising efforts and engaging in student experience, coordinates experiential-learning team formation and management, plans events, creates community, and advises students on academic issues. Currently, the Institute supports approximately 600 degree and non-degree students, and expects to serve an increasing number of students in the coming years as new programs are launched.
Application Window:
First review date: October 10, 2024
This position will remain open until filled.
Responsibilities
35% Academic Advising
- Independently advises students and resolves student and academic issues, this includes advising teams and supporting them with their teaming and experiential-learning experience.
- Collaborates with College of Engineering Department staff (e.g., GSAOs) to support students with academic or personal needs.
- Serve as contact/resource for students on billing, registration, program requirements, and other requests for information.
- Assist with academic progress for all students including GPA and final degree or program completion audits.
- Incorporate proactive advising outreach to students.
- Update student affairs and experiential-learning website policies, procedures, and general information.
- Maintain productive and mutually beneficial relationships with other campus offices, most prominently the other student service advisors in the College of Engineering departments to ensure excellent service and accurate student records.
- Maintains comprehensive understanding of University and School policies.
- Determines barriers, distractions, and complications affecting a student’s academic success and helps students recognize these key non-academic issues. Make appropriate referrals as needed.
- Other duties as assigned.
30% Student Life Advising
- Liaise with the admissions team to support transition from admitted student to enrolled including answering student questions and preparing communications.
- Communicate regularly with students regarding program updates, events, scheduling and other matters of importance.
- Regularly meets with students to provide advice and assistance on all aspects of their experience, ranging from progression and degree requirements to co-curricular opportunities.
- Evaluates the effectiveness of the student affairs function, and proposes changes to the program to provide better service to organizational management, faculty, and students.
- Assesses student experience and proposes suggestions for improvements.
- Coordinates experiential-learning program activities, including database management, leads student matching for projects, leads focus groups, and workshops and presentation events.
- Integrates experiential-learning and leadership programming into advising sessions and guides the vision of events and workshop planning.
- Other duties as assigned.
30% Program Management
- Plans and implements complex, high-visibility events, such as experiential-learning info fairs and showcases (including the Institute’s flagship end-of-year showcase).
- Plan, design, and provide workshops for students, academic strategies and enrichment programs. Advises experiential-learning student leadership committee on social and academic activities. Facilitates community-building events for students.
- Work with students and other program staff in planning, coordination and implementation of events and to develop new activities and events that enhance the student experience.
- Design new programming, events, and administrative processes for current and future Institute activities.
- Other duties as assigned.
5% Professional Development
- Maintain professional development and update working knowledge of student affairs administration through attendance and participation at campus and other training sessions, seminars, conferences, and events and active membership in campus and professional organizations, and networking with peers.
- Actively contributes to a team environment that fosters and promotes a culture of diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging (DEIB), leadership, and innovation.
- Engages in ongoing education to promote diversity, equity, inclusion & belonging with the Institute and campus.
- Exemplifies the Institute vision, mission, and core values.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in related area and/or equivalent experience/training.
- Working knowledge of advising and counseling techniques.
- Ability to develop and maintain cooperative, effective working relationships with faculty, students, and staff from a wide variety of cultures and backgrounds
- Analytical skills to evaluate and interpret complex policies; Skills in judgment and decision-making.
- Ability in problem identification, reasoning, and resolution.
- Working knowledge of advising and counseling techniques.
- Knowledge of and/or can quickly learn University-specific computer application programs.
- Ability to develop original ideas to solve problems.
- Interpersonal skills. Multicultural competencies; ability to work with diverse populations.
- Ability to independently drive projects while also collaborating with a larger team.
- Strong project management skills.
- Skills in judgment and decision-making, problem solving, identifying measures of system performance and the actions to improve performance.
- Ability in problem identification and reasoning; ability to develop original ideas to solve problems.
- Strong customer-service orientation.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Political acumen and ability to maintain strict confidentiality.
- Commitment to learning new skills, systems and ability to adapt to change.
- Excellent computer skills in MS Office, Google Workspace and basic web page editing.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience in academic advising at UC Berkeley or a similar 4-year institution. Knowledge of University requirements, policies and procedures, including policies on handling student records and confidential documents.
- Knowledge of University-specific computer application programs (including Cal Central and Campus Solutions).
- Experience establishing and implementing short and long-term program goals and objectives and administering evaluative instruments for measuring program effectiveness.
This is a 100% FTE, limited term position (not to exceed 900 hours).
The Coleman Fung Institute for Engineering Leadership was launched in January 2010 and is headquartered at UC Berkeley’s College of Engineering. Our mission is to transform engineers and scientists into leaders who can take risks and develop technical, social, and economic innovations.
The Fung Institute achieves its mission through teaching, research, and service activities. We offer programs that combine leadership coursework with intensive study in any of the seven engineering disciplines offered by the College. We are shaping a research agenda that will connect technical innovation with people and businesses, and use data in ways that will change the world.
The Master of Engineering (Berkeley MEng) Program is the flagship graduate degree program of the Institute and the largest graduate professional program at the College of Engineering. The Fung Institute is committed to helping Berkeley MEng students graduate with an excellent education and experience. The unit works collaboratively with College of Engineering faculty, and departments and student service units across campus toward the common objective of helping students achieve their educational and career goals. As such, the MEng is a central program within the Student Affairs and Academic Advisor’s portfolio of programs.
The Student Affairs & Academic Advisor (Student Services Advisor 3), in conjunction with the entire student affairs team, has responsibility for student affairs and advising across all Fung Institute programs, as well as administrative support of the Institute’s current and future program offerings. Reporting to the Associate Director of Student Affairs and Program Operations, the Student Affairs & Academic Advisor leads our academic advising efforts and engaging in student experience, coordinates experiential-learning team formation and management, plans events, creates community, and advises students on academic issues. Currently, the Institute supports approximately 600 degree and non-degree students, and expects to serve an increasing number of students in the coming years as new programs are launched.
Application Window:
First review date: October 10, 2024
This position will remain open until filled.
Responsibilities
35% Academic Advising
- Independently advises students and resolves student and academic issues, this includes advising teams and supporting them with their teaming and experiential-learning experience.
- Collaborates with College of Engineering Department staff (e.g., GSAOs) to support students with academic or personal needs.
- Serve as contact/resource for students on billing, registration, program requirements, and other requests for information.
- Assist with academic progress for all students including GPA and final degree or program completion audits.
- Incorporate proactive advising outreach to students.
- Update student affairs and experiential-learning website policies, procedures, and general information.
- Maintain productive and mutually beneficial relationships with other campus offices, most prominently the other student service advisors in the College of Engineering departments to ensure excellent service and accurate student records.
- Maintains comprehensive understanding of University and School policies.
- Determines barriers, distractions, and complications affecting a student’s academic success and helps students recognize these key non-academic issues. Make appropriate referrals as needed.
- Other duties as assigned.
30% Student Life Advising
- Liaise with the admissions team to support transition from admitted student to enrolled including answering student questions and preparing communications.
- Communicate regularly with students regarding program updates, events, scheduling and other matters of importance.
- Regularly meets with students to provide advice and assistance on all aspects of their experience, ranging from progression and degree requirements to co-curricular opportunities.
- Evaluates the effectiveness of the student affairs function, and proposes changes to the program to provide better service to organizational management, faculty, and students.
- Assesses student experience and proposes suggestions for improvements.
- Coordinates experiential-learning program activities, including database management, leads student matching for projects, leads focus groups, and workshops and presentation events.
- Integrates experiential-learning and leadership programming into advising sessions and guides the vision of events and workshop planning.
- Other duties as assigned.
30% Program Management
- Plans and implements complex, high-visibility events, such as experiential-learning info fairs and showcases (including the Institute’s flagship end-of-year showcase).
- Plan, design, and provide workshops for students, academic strategies and enrichment programs. Advises experiential-learning student leadership committee on social and academic activities. Facilitates community-building events for students.
- Work with students and other program staff in planning, coordination and implementation of events and to develop new activities and events that enhance the student experience.
- Design new programming, events, and administrative processes for current and future Institute activities.
- Other duties as assigned.
5% Professional Development
- Maintain professional development and update working knowledge of student affairs administration through attendance and participation at campus and other training sessions, seminars, conferences, and events and active membership in campus and professional organizations, and networking with peers.
- Actively contributes to a team environment that fosters and promotes a culture of diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging (DEIB), leadership, and innovation.
- Engages in ongoing education to promote diversity, equity, inclusion & belonging with the Institute and campus.
- Exemplifies the Institute vision, mission, and core values.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in related area and/or equivalent experience/training.
- Working knowledge of advising and counseling techniques.
- Ability to develop and maintain cooperative, effective working relationships with faculty, students, and staff from a wide variety of cultures and backgrounds
- Analytical skills to evaluate and interpret complex policies; Skills in judgment and decision-making.
- Ability in problem identification, reasoning, and resolution.
- Working knowledge of advising and counseling techniques.
- Knowledge of and/or can quickly learn University-specific computer application programs.
- Ability to develop original ideas to solve problems.
- Interpersonal skills. Multicultural competencies; ability to work with diverse populations.
- Ability to independently drive projects while also collaborating with a larger team.
- Strong project management skills.
- Skills in judgment and decision-making, problem solving, identifying measures of system performance and the actions to improve performance.
- Ability in problem identification and reasoning; ability to develop original ideas to solve problems.
- Strong customer-service orientation.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Political acumen and ability to maintain strict confidentiality.
- Commitment to learning new skills, systems and ability to adapt to change.
- Excellent computer skills in MS Office, Google Workspace and basic web page editing.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience in academic advising at UC Berkeley or a similar 4-year institution. Knowledge of University requirements, policies and procedures, including policies on handling student records and confidential documents.
- Knowledge of University-specific computer application programs (including Cal Central and Campus Solutions).
- Experience establishing and implementing short and long-term program goals and objectives and administering evaluative instruments for measuring program effectiveness.