Student Services Advisor , Graduate Division

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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 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.

As a central service center for the entire campus, the Graduate Division works to guide and assist students from the moment of application for admission, through the various milestones of their progress, to the completion of their degree requirements. We provide academic, financial, personal, and professional support services that are vital to the everyday well-being and life-long successes of Berkeley master's, professional, and doctoral students.

As the authoritative resource and chief advocate for graduate education, the Graduate Division ensures the equitable administration of policies governing graduate studies across Berkeley's 14 schools and colleges. As the administrative arm of the Academic Senate's Graduate Council, we partner with the faculty and staff of each program and the deans of each school and college to maintain the world-renowned quality of Berkeley's graduate education.

The Student Services Advisor 4 performs a wide range of student services duties and responsibilities for the Graduate Division. This position provides assistance to the dean, departmental staff, faculty, and students regarding academic advising and degree completion. The Student Services Advisor 4 provides oversight and support for academic departments and programs, and ensures consistent compliance with university policy related to graduate and professional degrees.

The First Review Date for this job is September 11, 2026. For full consideration, please apply on or before the first review date.

Academic Progression and Student Status - 35%

• Reviews applications/eForms such as applications to advance to candidacy, qualifying examination, academic plan changes, special enrollment petitions. Identifies students who should be placed on probationary status, cleared from probation, lapsed, or terminated.
• Analyzes requests for exception to policy, research or request additional information, if appropriate, and works with Director or Dean on analysis and decision.
• Assists in the preparation of the final degree list each semester, including the coordination between academic units and the Office of the Registrar.
• Verifies all degree requirements have been met, including but not limited to required coursework, units, grades, department specific milestones, and GPA.
• Serves as primary Graduate Division Representative and expert for assigned departments progression toward degree requirements; advises GSAOs and students on academic advancement such as capstone, thesis, qualifying exam dissertation committee configurations, and additional degree requirements (i.e., normative time, candidacy, foreign language requirements, etc.).
• Provide complex student case consulting.

Workshops, Outreach, and Training - 30%

• Works in collaboration with assigned departments to host workshops for continuing students: committee configuration, thesis and dissertation filing, qualifying exams, and advancement.
• Works in collaboration…