ACADEMIC ADVISOR

Duties and Responsibilities

• Provides academic advising to students on course selection, requirements for selected area of concentration and a wide range of issues to support student success and graduation.
• Care for our students through individual academic advising sessions, imparting a working knowledge of degree requirements and opportunities for students to achieve their academic, career, and life goals.
• Assist, challenge, and support students in identifying and clarifying academic, career, and life goals and offer appropriate motivation and encouragement.
• Be a proactive and constructive player within an advising team dedicated to student success.
• Accurately and efficiently communicate transfer credit and remaining degree requirements (Core, School and major requirements) for a timely graduation using online and off-line resources.
• Understand, convey, and implement academic policies, procedures, and protocols to students, parents, faculty, and other stakeholders, while upholding FERPA requirements and the highest ethical standards.
• Assist students in resolving administrative issues related to their academic records and assist with the various duties related to registration issues.
• Maintain and update student records, such as meeting notes, records relating to degree progress, correspondence, and other documentation when appropriate.
• Identify, monitor, and provide guidance to students on academic probation. Make probation and dismissal recommendations.
• Refer students directly to appropriate campus and off-campus resources to support their academic success.
• Assist with initiatives on a departmental and inter-departmental level that support persistence through graduation.
• Presents academic workshops on various topics, such as goal setting, transfer student transition, networking and interviewing skills, and graduate school preparation.
• Serve as liaison to selected academic departments and schools as assigned; work with department chairs, program directors, and administrative staff to ensure accuracy and consistency in communication of program requirements.
• Assist with the planning and implementation of advising programs and outreach including orientation, academic probation advising, and early academic alerts.
• Participate in the training and mentoring of new professional staff, as necessary.
• Articulate and support the vision and the mission of the university.
• Develop and demonstrate expertise in academic knowledge regarding program offerings and requirements.
• Demonstrate Flexibility and adaptability to a fast paced, changing environment where responsibilities and duties may frequently change.

Minimum Education and/or Work Experience

• Master’s degree in College Student Personnel, Counseling or related field required and one to two years of related experience.

Qualifications

• Flexibility and adaptability to a fast paced, changing environment where responsibilities and duties may frequently change.
• Ability to work effectively with students, parents, peers, faculty, and deans.
• Highly developed interpersonal, communication skills.
• Ability to readily provide empathic, compassionate, consistent, accurate, developmental, student-focused and honest advising.
• Excellent attention to detail.
• Demonstrated ability to work constructively in teams and independently.
• Ability to work efficiently in a fast paced, dynamic environment.
• A commitment to academic excellence, social justice and service, values-based leadership, global awareness and diversity.
• Ability to embrace, promote, and articulate the University’s Jesuit Catholic identity.
• Ability to work effectively with undergraduate students in a holistic manner with an enthusiasm for providing student-centered services in the Ignatian tradition.

Computer Skills

• Proficiency with MS Office Suite, Internet and email applications.

About Loyola University Chicago

Loyola University Chicago is one of the nation’s largest Jesuit, Catholic universities, recognized for its academic excellence, commitment to community engagement, and leadership in sustainability. Founded in 1870, Loyola operates three primary campuses in the greater Chicago area and one in Rome, Italy, that provide students a transformative, globally connected learning experience. Loyola adheres to all applicable federal, state, and/or local civil rights laws and regulations prohibiting discrimination in private institutions of higher education.