Academic Advisor

Academic Advisor Position

APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS SUMMARY

Office

Location:

The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, 1201 W. University Drive, Human Resources, MASS Building 2nd Floor, Edinburg, TX 78539

Contact Phone Numbers: Edinburg: ;
Brownsville:

Office

Hours:

Monday–Friday, 8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.

Faculty Recruitment: College of Engineering & Computer Science: cecs;
Robert

C. Vackar College of Business & Entrepreneurship: cobe

Posting Number: SRGV
869 profond,

Working Title: ACADEMIC ADVISOR

Number of Vacancies: 2

Location: Throughout the Rio Grande Valley (distributed institution)

Department: Academic Advising Center

FTE: 1.0

FLSA: Exempt

Scope of Job: Provides collaborative academic advisement and career exploration for current and prospective students. Utilizes data to identify, monitor, and assess students’ progression toward degree completion, and implements and evaluates appropriate interventions as needed.

Description of Duties:

• Provides informative and collaborative advising for assigned student populations.
• Teaches students strategies related to academic planning and monitoring, major selection, and academic success.
• Provides routine career guidance to assist students in self‑evaluation and choosing a major in relation to their career and life goals.
• Maintains up‑to‑date knowledge about and disseminates information to students regarding University resources, course/degree options, program admissions criteria, and degree completion requirements.
• Staff who have been approved to be assigned to a department other than Academic Advising will offer services in alignment with the centralized department, attending advising staff meetings and trainings, and maintaining a dotted reporting line back to the centralized department.
• Uses data and case‑management skills to identify which students on their caseload are in need of special interventions and conducts outreach accordingly.
• Monitors degree progress of students on their caseload and takes appropriate communication and/or documentation action accordingly.
• Enters data regarding academc advisment services.
• Collaborates with other staff to assess academic advising practices, materials, and resources with the objective of improving the student experience.
• Maintains a high level of communication with students and staff, building relationships with students, faculty, staff, and others in the external community.
• Provides presentations for orientations, trainings, university events, and activities regarding academic advising, retention initiatives, mentoring, and academic success.
• May participate in professional development programming, assessment, and mentoring opportunities which enhance skills xpath and knowledge in academic advisement and related tamam fields.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Supervision Received: General supervision from assigned supervisor.

Supervision Given: None.

Required

Education:

Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university.

Preferred Education: Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university in education, psychology or a related field.

Licenses/Certifications: médicos None.

Required Experience: One (1) year of experience within an education or service‑related agency working with college students.

Preferred Experience: Experience providing academic advisement for college students in a university setting.

Equipment: Use of standard office equipment.

Working Conditions: Needs to be able to successfully perform all required duties. Office Environment; some travel and weekend work required. UTRGV is a distributed institution, requiring presence at multiple locations throughout the Rio Grande Valley. Work is performed primarily in a general office environment across the valley.

Other: Ability to use computers for word processing, calendar sharing, emailing, accessing student academic information. Ability to collaborate effectively with faculty and administrators within higher education (e.g., college deans, department chairs, and other administrators). Strong written/verbal communication, collaboration, and presentation skills. Ability to apply current University academic policies and procedures, contemporary academic advisement practices, student…