Academic Advisor II/Learning Specialist

Florida Atlantic University is seeking an Academic Advisor/Learning Specialist in Boca Raton, FL. This role provides academic advising and learning support to foster student-athlete success, retention, and timely graduation.

Responsibilities

• Develop and program academic support for student-athletes across several teams, focusing on priority sports and students with diagnosed learning disabilities.
• Provide individualized support to student-athletes, including interpretation of psychoeducational evaluations and collaboration with Student Accessibility Services.
• Oversee the SASC tutorial program, including recruiting, training, and evaluating tutorial staff, and serving as liaison with other academic support services on campus.
• Oversee part-time staff, including tutors, mentors, and graduate assistants.
• Demonstrate mastery of advising knowledge across all colleges, model expertise in advising practice, and engage professionally with athletics partners, coaches, administrators, student-athletes, parents, faculty, and staff.
• Ensure compliance with NCAA and Conference eligibility requirements, including progress toward degree, GPA, and degree applicability of courses; maintain records and track student-athlete eligibility.
• Utilize early warning resources to proactively support student-athletes.
• Assist with the development and implementation of student-athlete recruiting services.
• Monitor student academic plans to ensure timely graduation using advising, academic support, and student development theories.
• Provide oversight to Academic Mentors and graduate assistants, and initiate new programming for student resource indicators.
• Perform other job-related duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Master’s degree from an accredited institution in an appropriate area of specialization.
• Three years of advising or related experience.

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefit packages including Medical (PPO/HMO), Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Flexible Spending plans, and Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
• State retirement options including tax-deferred annuities and Roth 403(b) plans.
• Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program for state employees.
• Sick Leave Pool Program.
• Paid time off including vacation, sick leave, 1 personal day, 9 paid holidays, and paid winter break (at President’s discretion).
• Paid Community Engagement Volunteer Service Day.
• Employee Educational Scholarship Program (EESP) for eligible staff/faculty, extendable to spouses and dependent children (eligibility rules apply).

Pay

$58,000 annually.

Schedule

Monday – Friday, 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. Occasional evenings and weekends as needed.