Title Academic Specialist

As the Lead Academic Counselor at Saras AI Institute, you will play a pivotal role in shaping the student experience and achieving enrollment and retention objectives. Your strategic mindset and leadership skills will be essential in guiding a team of academic counselors towards enhancing student engagement, success, and satisfaction. Your key responsibilities will include developing and implementing strategies to drive student engagement aligned with the institute's mission, providing advanced academic advising to students with diverse needs, collaborating with various departments to enhance processes supporting student success, and utilizing data analytics to make informed decisions for improving academic outcomes. You will also be responsible for designing and evaluating academic support programs, ensuring compliance with institutional policies and accreditation standards, leading the onboarding and training of new academic counselors, and working towards enrollment and retention targets set by the leadership team. To excel in this role, you should possess a Master's degree in education or a related field, along with 2-5 years of experience in academic advising, preferably in edtech or higher education. Strong interpersonal, communication, and leadership skills are crucial, as well as proficiency in academic management systems, CRM software, and virtual communication tools. Your commitment to student success, diversity, equity, and inclusion will be reflected in all aspects of academic counseling. In addition, your ability to think strategically, analyze data, leverage educational technology platforms, and provide empathetic support to students and staff will be key to your success. While familiarity with AI and related fields is desirable, it is not a mandatory requirement. Your flexibility to accommodate different time zones and student needs, including occasional evening or weekend work, will contribute to creating a student-centric environment at Saras AI Institute.,