Advisor - Academic & Resource

Job Category

Regular Management

Oshkosh Riverside Campus

40

Fox Valley Technical College celebrates diversity, supports equity and inclusiveness, and encourages individual expression in our workplace.

Lead efforts to provide quality academic advising, course planning, curriculum understanding, and success strategies to students across all programs of the college. Utilize campus technology (Workday, Perceptive Content, Cadence, Bookings, Blackboard, Transferology, Microsoft Office) to deliver expert content knowledge to students and be able to present options so that students can feel empowered to make decisions in their academic journey. Provide an equitable experience to all populations of students, including: traditional, nontraditional, at‑risk, diverse socio‑economic statuses, students of color, LGBTQIA+, and first‑generation students.

Collaborate with other campus stakeholders to analyze data necessary for student retention, persistence, and completion. Identify barriers to student success and prescribe resources to overcome barriers on an administrative level, while advocating for the student voice in major college decisions. Facilitate the development of meaningful plans that are compatible with student academic, career, transfer, and life goals.

• Manage a caseload and serve as main point of contact for up to 900 new and continuing students to provide expertise on program onboarding, curriculum, academic policies, and enrollment.
• Develop, coordinate, and lead New Student Registration (NSR) process for all incoming program students. This includes instructing students on important program information, curriculum, use of campus technology (FVTC Email, Blackboard, MyFVTC), and other FVTC resources.
• Analyze data and identify students at risk for persisting and completing their program. Contact and communicate with students who are at risk of not completing courses and/or programs.
• Provide proactive case management by program based on individual student needs and unique program specifications.
• Provide holistic academic advising experience based on National Academic Advising Association (NACADA) CAS Standards for academic and career advising.
• Address the needs of a diverse population of students by connecting with appropriate resources, including traditional, nontraditional, at‑risk, diverse socio‑economic statuses, students of color, queer, trans, gender‑diverse, international, and first‑generation students.
• Assess outcomes, quantify results, and analyze reports using software including but not limited to People Soft/Workday, Perceptive Content, Cadence, Bookings, Blackboard, Transferology, and Microsoft Office.
• Utilize various software to maintain academic records, record notes, manage advising schedules, and deliver timely communication. This is including but not limited to:
  People Soft/Workday, Perceptive Content, Cadence, Bookings, Blackboard, Transferology, and Microsoft Office.
• Collaborate with faculty and staff to implement data‑informed strategies for student retention, persistence, and completion.
• Use proactive and developmental measures to address students by need.
• Create Master Advising Plans (MAPs) with students to show education as a big picture while addressing barriers to success and strategies to achieve academic success through graduation.
• Lead Early Academic Alert efforts to intervene with students who are at risk of non‑completion.
• Execute regular communication plans with students to foster a working relationship between Advisor and student.
• Lead re‑enrollment campaigns to increase retention rates, and in turn, increase enrollment for the college.
• Interpret FVTC academic policies and lay out options to students so that they can make informed decisions about their education. This includes academic and financial aid standing, assessment score requirements, progression policies, class overrides, grade policies, refund policy, emergency withdrawal policy, etc.
• Identify personal and academic barriers to student success. Help students explore options for overcoming anticipated barriers, including providing…