Academic Advisor Senior
About the position Responsibilities • Provide proactive and holistic academic advising to assigned new and currently enrolled graduate students. • Guide students' progress through academic milestones, including enrollment, career exploration, and graduation. • Advise students on the development and selection of course schedules consistent with their educational goals. • Assist students in developing appropriate educational goals and work towards those goals. • Assist students with completion of financial aid appeals, probation agreements, graduation plans, etc. • Provide outreach to students as needed and follow up with appropriate referrals to University offices and resources. • Facilitate student enrollment and approval processes such as petitions, enrollment changes, appeals, and applications for graduation. • Maintain program information, student communication strategies, and transcript and progress review to provide one-on-one guidance to students. • Use advising tools for student application coaching, enrollment, degree audit, and course prerequisites. • Support University efforts geared toward increasing recruitment and retention. • Participate in University orientation efforts. • Provide leadership to the coordination of academic advisor liaisons and serve as a liaison to a specific department, college, or school. • Attend departmental, college, or school meetings to facilitate embedded advising model goals. • Provide content-specific training to other advisors as part of new and ongoing advisor training. • Collaborate with advising leadership to provide solutions associated with specific programs or projects. • Take on special projects, serve on or lead committees, or fulfill specific program responsibilities based on strengths and interests. Requirements • Bachelor's degree. • Three years of experience providing direct academic advising in a full-time setting or two years of experience providing direct academic advising and one year of relevant student-facing experience. • Prior experience establishing and maintaining rapport with students. • Effective written communication skills. • Evidence of superior teamwork/collaboration skills. Nice-to-haves • Master's degree in higher education, counseling, advising, or related field. • Previous work experience with transcript evaluation and/or student application process coaching. • Previous experience with PeopleSoft or related student information systems. • Previous work experience demonstrating a commitment to cross-training. • Demonstrated use of innovative and highly effective advising processes and practices. Benefits • Health insurance • Dental insurance • Vision insurance • Retirement plan • Paid holidays • Paid time off • Professional development opportunities Apply tot his job