About This Role
The Academic Advisor helps students set academic goals and find relevant information and services. This role provides high-level academic advice to guide students in making decisions consistent with their interests, goals, abilities, and degree requirements, both online and in-person. The advisor also identifies at-risk students and acts as a liaison between division deans, faculty, and area staff to support strategic initiatives.
Responsibilities
- Aid students in setting academic goals and acquiring relevant information and services
- Provide high-level academic advice to guide students into making decisions consistent with interests, goals, abilities, and degree requirements both online and in-person
- Identify at-risk students
- Serve as a liaison between division deans, faculty, and area staff to develop and support the execution of strategic initiatives
- Participate in outreach events to increase enrollment and awareness
- Perform administrative tasks including registration, paperwork processing, and resource referral
- Ensure programmatic advice and course recommendations provide student pathways for transfer and employment opportunities
- Develop individual academic plans to ensure students register for correct coursework and track progress to identify at-risk students for additional support
- Create, schedule, and conduct new student orientations, group advisory sessions, and events including internal and external partnerships
- Network with industry and educational leaders, attend advisory board meetings, and translate industry changes into updated academic practices to ensure programmatic alignment with student pathways and course recommendations
- Meet individually with current and prospective students to facilitate academic planning and scheduling and address student concerns
- Compile, develop, analyze, and monitor course requests and approvals
- Analyze confidential student information; identify issues and discrepancies; and, formulate recommendations for appropriate action based on findings
- Provide technical information and interpretation of College policies, practices and procedures; best practices, trends in student development theory; and, Federal and state laws and regulations to ensure student compliance
- Perform all other duties and responsibilities as assigned or directed by the supervisor
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Education or a closely related field of study and one to three years of related experience or an equivalent combination of certification, education and experience sufficient to successfully perform the essential duties of the job
- Knowledge of advising and counseling practices as well as college policies and procedures
- Knowledge of internal and external customer service principles and practices