Academic Advisor - Mustang Success Center

Job Summary

Working collaboratively with the Director of the Mustang Success Center (MSC) and college advising staff, the Academic Advisor designs, develops, and implements programs to support the academic success of students regardless of college or department affiliation.

About the Role

The Mustang Success Center (MSC) provides comprehensive, centralized developmental academic advising to support undergraduate students with their successful transition and integration into Cal Poly. The center’s staff guides students to clear pathways of success to promote timely graduation.

Department Summary

The Mustang Success Center (MSC) provides comprehensive, centralized developmental academic advising to support undergraduate students with their successful transition and integration into Cal Poly. The center’s staff guides students to clear pathways of success to promote timely graduation.

Key Qualifications

• Deliver comprehensive academic advising and critical support services to students seeking services from the Mustang Success Center, including Cal Poly Scholars and student athletes.
• Utilize interviewing and counseling techniques to provide one-on-one academic advising, mentoring, career planning, personal support, and developmental group sessions.
• Cook up, facilitate, and lead essential workshops targeted at first-year students milestones, including Orientation, Registration, Change of Major process, etc.
• Drive continuous program improvement by developing a robust feedback loop and monitoring the overall impact on student success through data reports and ongoing assessment.
• Recommend, lead, and coordinate the implementation and management of new programs promoting student success, exercising independent judgement to run initiatives like First Year Success Program, Orientation, and “early alert” system.

Education And Experience

• Equivalent to graduation from a four-year college or university in one of the behavioral sciences, public or business administration or a job-related field.
• Two years of professional experience in one of the student services program areas or in a related field.
• A master’s degree in a job-related field may be substituted for one year of the professional experience.

Additional Specialized Experience

• N/A

Licenses, Certificates, Credentials

• N/A

Salary And Benefits

Anticipated Hiring Range: $60,996 - $64,000 Per Year
Classification Range: $60,996 - $86,736 Per Year
Factors in determining the appropriate compensation for a role include experience, skills, knowledge, abilities, education, licensure and certifications, and other business and organizational needs.

Supplemental Information

• Satisfactory completion of a background check (including a criminal records check) is required for employment.
• Current employees who are offered positions on campus will be required to undergo a background check for any position where a background check is required by law or that Cal Poly has designated as sensitive.
• Failure to satisfactorily complete the background check may affect the continued employment of a current CSU employee who was conditionally offered the position.
• Education Code 89521 Requirements: Applicants will be required to disclose whether they have received a final administrative decision or final judicial decision determining that they have committed sexual harassment within the last 7 years only after a determination is made that they meet the minimum qualifications for the position, and before an offer of employment is extended.
• Applicants who reach the final stages of the application process must also sign a release form that authorizes the release of information by the applicant’s current and/or former employers to the CSU concerning any substantiated allegations of misconduct.
• Positions are posted for a minimum of 14 calendar days.