Student Success Advisor

About the role

We are currently seeking an experienced academic advisor to join the South College, Knoxville team of Student Success Advisors (SSA). The successful candidate will have knowledge and understanding of academic advising practices and be skilled in applying these practices in their work. They will understand the process of academic advising and how to deliver a personalized advising experience to each student, which includes academic outreach to at risk students, sharing program requirements, registration, and career planning.

Responsibilities

• Help the students set and achieve academic goals, acquire relevant information and services, and make responsible decisions consistent with interests, goals, abilities, and degree requirements.
• Facilitate of communication.
• Coordinate learning experiences through course and career planning and academic progress review.
• Acts as an agent of referral to other campus agencies, as necessary.

Requirements

• Education: Bachelor’s degree required. Master’s degree preferred.
• Previous experience working with college students ideally as an academic advisor and/or in college student success and retention.
• Must be comfortable with technology, strong communication skills, collaborative work ethic, and be able to prioritize and multi-task.
• Must possess the skills necessary to advise via phone, email, text, and virtually.
• Must be comfortable speaking to college students individually, presenting information to student groups, and can quickly develop rapport with a diverse population.
• Must be able to thrive in a fast-paced work environment and demonstrate creative problem-solving skills.

Notice of AI Use in Job Application Review

As part of our commitment in creating a fair, efficient, and consistent hiring process we may use artificial intelligence (AI) to help our recruiting teams organize, summarize, and analyze information provided by candidates, including resumes, application responses, and other materials submitted during the application process.

AI may be used to identify patterns, highlight relevant skills, and experience, and assist in comparing a candidate’s qualifications with the requirement of a specific role. These tools are to improve efficiency and consistency while supporting more informed hiring decisions, which will ultimately be made by the hiring team.