Academic Advisor, College of Arts and Sciences

Current UC employees must apply internally via Success Factors.

The College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Cincinnati is hiring (3) Academic Advisors: one Advisor to serve on the Exploratory Studies Advising unit and two Advisors to serve on the Declared Advising team. In this role the candidate will advise current and prospective students in meeting their educational, professional, and personal goals.

• Provide academic advising to facilitate students’ successful and timely educational planning and degree completion in alignment with their educational and career goals.
• Serve as advisor for a designated caseload of students through proactive outreach, support, and education. Develop a rapport of trust and accessibility with assigned students. Ensure accurate advice and quality support, contributing to persistence and a positive student experience.
• Monitor student progress and develop graduation plans in partnership with individual students. Provide information regarding curriculum, policies, procedures, opportunities, and guidelines for academic programs.
• Evaluate student information and utilize data to facilitate enrollment and registration. Maintain advising and enrollment records. In partnership with faculty, assess advanced standing credit, substitute courses to meet graduation requirements, and create degree audit exceptions. Facilitate and complete student degree certification.
• Evaluate student needs and provide appropriate resource referral to career, academic, counseling, and student life resources and opportunities.
• Support students through educational transition processes such as orientation, exploration, transfer, transition, and graduation.
• Recommend actions related to academic alert, probation, suspension, and dismissal of students. Identify opportunities for high‑performing student engagement and goal attainment.
• Utilize current advising and student success technologies for outreach to students. Perform other duties related to student success.
• Engage in ongoing professional development and training to maintain up‑to‑date knowledge about advising concepts, practices, policies, technologies, and student success needs at the university and in higher education.
• Function as a member of an advising or student success team to ensure the proper workflow and outcomes of the unit. Collaborate with UC advising community colleagues to advance quality advising practice.
• Attend related meetings and functions.
• Perform related duties based on departmental need. This job description may be changed at any time.

Bachelor’s Degree.

Zero (0) to one (1) year of student service or related experience.

Undergraduate student service and/or leadership may be considered.

• Office environment; no specific unusual physical or environmental demands.

Salary: $46,350.00. UC offers a comprehensive benefits package including tuition remission, retirement plans, health coverage, paid time off, and professional development opportunities.

To apply you must create a profile and submit a complete job application through the UC applicant portal. The UC recruiting process does not accept “easy apply” applications submitted via other websites. For questions about the UC recruiting process or to request accommodations with the application, please contact UC HR at jobs.

UC is an E-Verify employer. If hired into this position, you will be required to provide satisfactory proof of employment eligibility by providing acceptable, original forms of identification for employment verification via the Federal I-9 employment verification process.

UC is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Building a workplace where all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment, including Individuals with Disabilities and Protected Veterans.