Lead Academic Advisor, Honors Programs

About the role

We are the Division of Undergraduate Education, a student-centered department dedicated to enhancing the undergraduate academic experience through innovative teaching, advising, and student interventions that promote success, retention, and graduation. We value collaboration across academic and administrative areas to create an inclusive and engaging environment for students. Our staff are creative, forward-thinking, and solutions-focused, committed to professional growth, training, research initiatives, and collaboration.

The Honors Programs—including Honors College, University Scholars, WISE Honors, and Yardi Scholars—foster a vibrant and inclusive community for high-achieving students at Stony Brook University. The Honors Programs Lead Academic Advisor plays a critical role in programmatic oversight and student educational success by providing individual and group advising, teaching a student success course, and coordinating programs aligned with student success and organizational goals.

Responsibilities

• Provide high-quality, proactive academic advising to undergraduates in individual and group settings, including regular communication about courses, majors, degree requirements, policies/procedures, and campus resources.
• Conduct 1:1 and group advising for new students on academic planning, policies, course requirements, and registration.
• Participate in student orientation and opening week programs, including developing, planning, and implementing new student-related events and activities.
• Complete administrative tasks such as writing advising notes, generating reports, creating program resources, responding to emails, and coordinating social media.
• Stay current with best practices in academic advising and honors education.
• Oversee and lead a program within the unit, such as thesis and capstone coordination, pre-health advisement, student engagement, faculty collaborations, peer mentorship, orientation, academic standing, academic success, alumni engagement, or other retention-enhancing initiatives.
• Plan, develop, and participate in Honors events and activities that build community and support student success and retention.
• Represent the Honors Programs at admissions-related events.
• Develop and foster collaborations with campus and external partners to enhance programming, engagement, and opportunities for Honors students.
• Participate in relevant training and provide instruction for a new student seminar or an appropriate Honors course, including supervising, training, and evaluating assigned teaching assistants.
• Participate in various unit, divisional, and university programs and services, including training/staff development, campus events, search committees, and university-wide committees.
• Perform other duties and projects as assigned and appropriate to rank and departmental mission.

Required Qualifications

• Master’s degree (foreign equivalent or higher).
• One year of full-time professional experience in a post-secondary educational setting.
• In lieu of a Master’s degree, a Bachelor’s degree (foreign equivalent or higher) and three years of full-time professional experience in a post-secondary educational setting.
• Experience leading or overseeing a program in a post-secondary educational setting.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree (foreign equivalent or higher) in higher education, student affairs, social work, counseling, or a related discipline.
• Professional experience at the post-secondary level or higher working with high-achieving students.
• Teaching experience.
• Experience conducting presentations, including facilitating discussions.
• Experience interacting with a diverse student population in a post-secondary educational setting.

Benefits

In addition to the employee’s base salary, this position is eligible for $4,000 UUP annual location pay, paid biweekly.

Pay

Salary: $65,000

Schedule

Full-time; FLSA Exempt position, not eligible for overtime provisions of the FLSA. This position participates in SUNY’s hybrid telecommuting program, requiring a weekly on-site presence that can fluctuate based on departmental needs.