Professional Academic Advisor

Maryland Connect

21h

About The Position

Provides academic advising to a caseload of 300+ first year students. Aids in recruitment, transition to college, selection of courses within a 4-year plan, registration, academic progress, connecting to campus resources, and retention efforts. Works with student support initiatives and outreach. Authority and Accountability The Academic Advisor position reports to the Director of the Academic Advising Center. This position has no direct reports or budgetary responsibility.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree
• 1-3 experience in academic advising, student affairs, or related field
• Must be detail oriented and have excellent customer service, organization and planning, prioritization, problem solving, follow through, time management, and oral and written communication skills.
• Also, must be flexible and possess the ability to successfully handle multiple tasks/projects simultaneously and work well under pressure, work independently and in a team-oriented environment.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite (Outlook, Word, Excel, and Power Point) is required.

Nice To Haves

• Master's degree in Higher Education, College Student Development, Counseling or related field.
• Experience with PeopleSoft, EAB Student Success Collaborative, and College Scheduler.

Responsibilities

• Provides academic advising to a caseload of 300+ first year students.
• Aids in recruitment
• Aids in transition to college
• Aids in selection of courses within a 4-year plan
• Aids in registration
• Aids in academic progress
• Aids in connecting to campus resources
• Aids in retention efforts.
• Works with student support initiatives and outreach.

Benefits

• comprehensive benefits

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level