Graduate Student Advisor , Department of Music

Graduate Student Advisor (5156C), Department of Music #87451

At the University of California, Berkeley , we are dedicated to fostering a community where everyone feels welcome and can thrive. Our culture of openness, freedom, and belonging makes it a special place for students, faculty, and staff, who are among the most talented and accomplished anywhere, including Nobel laureates, Pulitzer Prize winners, and Mac Arthur Fellows. Since our founding in 1868, we have been an engine for innovation - driving intellectual, economic, and social progress that benefits California, the U.S., and beyond.

Together, we change the world.

At Berkeley, the best careers are built on a foundation of continuous learning and growth . We actively support professional development by providing all full-time staff employees with at least 80 hours of paid time per year and provide space for supportive colleague communities via numerous employee resource groups.

The Department of Music at Berkeley is one of the oldest and most prominent in the country, bringing together a renowned group of composers, scholars, and performers. For more than 100 years, UC Berkeley's Department of Music has championed professionalism, academic rigor, and the highest caliber of research. The department is dedicated to a liberal education in the Arts and Humanities, introducing students to a wide variety of music practices in performance, music composition and technology, theoretical and creative studies, and historical and cultural studies.

The curriculum is responsive to the interests of a diverse student body and cultivates a broad expertise in the field.

The Department of Music boasts a roster of distinguished Bay Area artists offering individual musical instruction, a treasured collection of classical instruments, as well as four buildings:
Hertz Concert Hall, the Jean Gray Hargrove Music Library, the Center for New Music and Audio Technology and Morrison Hall. Through its courses and concerts the department reaches out to hundreds of students from other departments, to its many alumni, and to the general public.

With recent changes to diversify its course offerings and its major requirements, along with renewed interest in the value of study in the Arts and Humanities, the Department of Music is one of the fastest growing majors at UC Berkeley. We are serving a larger and more diverse body of students, and more Music majors, than ever before.

The Graduate Student Advisor provides guidance and support to faculty and to graduate students in the Department of Music through the full cycle of graduate study: application, admission, immigration, residency, financial support (including stipends, fellowships and employment), academic progress tracking, fulfillment of campus requirements, and finally graduation. Serves as the Department's policy expert and advises on matters of campus policy and Department policy.

Supports the Department of Art Practice with the graduate student admissions cycle and student financial awards.

The First Review Date for this job is July 29, 2026. For full consideration, please apply on or before the first review date.

• Serves as the primary contact for department-wide graduate student communications.
• Advises students on academic and procedural matters relating to degree requirements, progress and completion.
• Tracks student progress and advises students and faculty on requirements for degree/program completion.
• Maintains student academic records in campus systems.
• Identifies students with progression problems and recommends interventions to faculty.
• Advises faculty, staff, and graduate students on departmental and university policies and procedures in regards to graduate student programs.
• Attends campus-wide graduate advising (GSAO) meetings, and tracks and reports back to the department about any changes related to graduate affairs.
• Recommends changes to the department’s graduate student program policies, practices, and procedures.
• Interprets departmental and campus-wide policies and advises students and faculty on student conduct, student grievances, disputes, discrimination and other issues.
• Advises students and faculty on campus requirements for qualifying exams and dissertation committees; assists with requests for exceptions.
• Refers students experiencing personal difficulties to the appropriate departmental and campus resources.

• Serves as point of contact for prospective applicants to the graduate program; advises them on academic preparation and requirements, and on application policies and procedures.
• Manages applications in the campus grad student application system and coordinates faculty review of files, ensuring deadlines are met.
• Generates and sends official offer letters to admitted students in compliance with campus and departmental policy.
• Coordinates recruitment visits to campus by admitted students.
• Provides advice and assistance to…