Academic Advisor II

About the role

The Department of Apparel, Events, and Hospitality Management in the College of Health and Human Services seeks an Academic Advisor II to provide comprehensive, student-centered academic advising services. This position supports current and prospective students, as well as their families, by providing guidance on majors, minors, course planning, academic policies, and probation processes.

Responsibilities

• Advise current students in the Department of Apparel, Events, and Hospitality Management (AESHM).
• Meet individually with advisees and maintain accurate advising records.
• Provide guidance on degree requirements, course planning, academic policies, and university procedures.
• Review and approve course substitutions in coordination with AESHM Program Directors.
• Process change-of-major requests and approve minor declarations.
• Maintain transfer plans with community colleges.
• Monitor student success data and advising records in MapWorks, Navigate, and Workday.
• Conduct proactive outreach to support student success, retention, and engagement, and connect students with appropriate campus resources.
• Collaborate with college staff, departmental faculty, and the AESHM advising team to develop and implement recruitment and outreach plans.
• Coordinate industry campus visits.
• Teach orientation courses.
• Present at orientation sessions, open houses, visit days, and other departmental events.
• Advising student organizations and support student leadership development.
• Lead AESHM Learning Communities, including Common Threads and Directions, in collaboration with advising team members.

Requirements

This position requires a Bachelor’s degree and 2 years of related experience. A Master’s degree in higher education, student affairs, counseling, fashion design and merchandising, hospitality management, event management, or a related field is preferred.

Qualifications

• Experience providing academic advising or student support services in a higher education setting.
• Experience teaching, facilitating workshops, or delivering presentations, including public speaking to student or professional audiences.
• Experience collaborating with faculty, staff, and campus partners and using student information or advising systems to support student success.

Skills

Proficiency in using student information or advising systems to support student success.

Benefits

Comprehensive health and work-life benefits, including medical and dental, as well as retirement benefits including defined benefit and defined contribution plans, generous vacation, holiday, and sick time and leave plans, onsite childcare, life insurance and long-term disability, flexible spending accounts, various voluntary benefits and discounts, Employee Assistance Program, and wellbeing program.

Pay

Commensurate with qualifications.

Schedule

12 Month