Academic Advisor

About the role

The Dean's Office of the College of Arts and Sciences seeks an Academic Advisor to provide comprehensive academic advising to students across various departments and schools.

Responsibilities

• Provides academic advising for a diverse community of students pursuing or considering undergraduate majors, minors or certificates in the College of Arts and Sciences.
• Guides students in planning their course of study in concert with the departments' curricular requirements.
• Explains curriculum requirements and school and campus policies.
• Makes informed decisions about a choice of major and potential career or graduate school direction.
• Aids students in assessing their interests, values, and academic skills and understanding these in relation to major choice and potential future career/graduate school options.
• Teaches students how to navigate university systems, academic processes, and policies.
• Empowers student accountability in academic decisions about courses, career direction, and long-term plans.
• Refers students to appropriate campus resources, such as academic support resources, placement programs, internship and overseas study opportunities, etc.
• Tracks and monitors students' academic progress, reviews and maintains confidential student records to ensure that students meet requirements, and communicates this information in a timely manner to students and to appropriate academic offices when necessary.
• Represents the advising function as a presenter at campus meetings and recruiting functions.
• Assists in developing written advising materials for use in student events.
• Researches, recommends, or creates best practices for unit or campus initiatives, projects, processes, or programs and may provide guidance to other Academic Advisors.

Requirements

• Master's degree in a related field.
• Preferred Master's degree in a liberal arts field.
• 2 years of experience in student affairs, teaching, academic advising, or related field.

Qualifications

• Proficient communication skills.
• Maintains a high degree of professionalism.
• Demonstrates time management and priority setting skills.
• Demonstrates a high commitment to quality.
• Possesses flexibility to work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
• Sets a high standard for accuracy, even under pressure.
• Uses and learns new technology proficiently and changes practices with changing technology.
• Meets Best Practices and National Standards for Academic Advising.
• Understands and meets FERPA requirements.

Skills

• Effective communication skills.
• Maintains a high degree of professionalism.
• Demonstrates time management and priority setting skills.
• Demonstrates a high commitment to quality.
• Possesses flexibility to work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
• Sets a high standard for accuracy, even under pressure.
• Uses and learns new technology proficiently and changes practices with changing technology.
• Meets Best Practices and National Standards for Academic Advising.
• Understands and meets FERPA requirements.

Benefits

This role offers comprehensive medical and dental insurance, health savings account with generous IU contributions, healthcare and dependent care flexible spending accounts, basic group life insurance paid by IU, voluntary supplemental life, long-term disability, critical illness, and supplemental accidental death & dismemberment insurance, base retirement plan with generous IU contributions, subject to vesting, voluntary supplemental retirement plan options, tuition subsidy for employees and family members taking IU courses, 10 paid holidays plus a paid winter break each year, generous paid time off plans, paid leave for new parents and IU-sponsored volunteer events, employee assistance program (EAP), and more.

Pay

$50,000 annualized wage, paid monthly

Schedule

Full-time position