Lead Academic Advisor

About the Division

We are the Division of Undergraduate Education, student-centered departments dedicated to fostering and enhancing the ever-evolving undergraduate academic experience. We implement and support innovative teaching, advising, and student interventions that strategically promote student success, retention, and graduation. We strive to create meaningful relationships with students and value collaboration with colleagues across academic and administrative areas to ensure students experience an inclusive and engaging environment. We are a division of creative, forward-thinking, and solutions-focused staff committed to professional growth, training, research initiatives, and collaboration within our area and with campus partners.

Required Qualifications

• Master’s degree (foreign equivalent or higher degree).
• One (1) year of full-time professional experience in an educational setting.
• In lieu of a Master’s degree: Bachelor’s degree and three (3) years of full-time professional experience in an educational setting.
• Experience coordinating projects, programs, and/or events.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree in higher education, student affairs, social work, counseling, or related discipline.
• Work experience at the college or university level working with undergraduate students.
• Three (3) or more full-time years of academic advising, counseling, or student services experience in a college or university setting.
• Experience teaching new student seminars or student-development related courses.
• Experience conducting presentations including facilitating discussions.
• Experience interacting with a diverse student population in an academic environment.

Role Overview

The Lead Academic Advisor provides individual academic advising to undergraduates in an assigned cohort, may teach a student success course, and supports students in promoting their academic success. This position is an active leader and participant in assisting with the orientation and registration process, planning activities and events throughout the year, developing and implementing advising strategies, and building connections with faculty, staff, and student constituents. The incumbent provides a significant link to students transitioning from prior educational institutions and serves to strengthen student satisfaction and retention. The incumbent coordinates a functional assignment with specific activities related to student success and organizational goals. Essential for this role are excellent student service and interpersonal skills, strong organizational and time-management skills with exceptional attention to detail, and the adeptness to work independently as well as part of a team with a collaborative approach to problem solving.

Academic Advising and Administration

• Provide high-quality, proactive academic advising to undergraduates in an assigned cohort (e.g., first year, transfer, class year, academic standing, and/or other student grouping) in individual and group settings on an ongoing basis, including regular communication about courses, majors, degree requirements, and policies/procedures.
• Provide active support, follow-up, and strategies for success, individually or in group settings, to students on academic action.
• Serve as a general walk-in and/or appointment advisor for undergraduates as needed.