Academic Advisor

Job Summary

Academic Advisors work in a multi‑disciplinary “neighborhood” team setting to assist students in planning for—and making informed decisions about—areas of study, intended college outcomes, and post‑baccalaureate plans. They educate the whole student through a developmental advising approach and are charged with implementing advising strategies and interventions to enhance performance and persistence throughout campus. Advisors help students assess interests, values, and academic skills, support long‑term degree planning, course registration, and graduation timeline planning.

Advisors teach students to navigate university systems, personalize academic paths, offer co‑curricular guidance and referrals, and engage students in workshops, presentations, campus events, and other activities. They stay up‑to‑date on curricular requirements, policies, and opportunities to provide accurate, timely guidance. A successful advisor demonstrates an agile mentality, enthusiasm, passion, relationship‑building, exploration, goal‑setting, and a student‑support orientation with strong communication skills.

The College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Colorado Boulder leads nationally in undergraduate and graduate education in the natural sciences, social sciences, arts, and humanities, fostering research and scholarship that addresses critical problems.

• Develop trusting, supportive relationships with individual students.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for academic questions and/or concerns.
• Work with students through individual appointments, group meetings, presentations, registration labs, and drop‑in hours via multiple modalities, including in‑person, video conferencing, telephone, and email.

• Personalize their academic path at CU Boulder.
• Set intentional goals appropriate to their developmental stage.
• Assess interests, values, and academic skills to plan for and make informed decisions about a choice of major, intended college outcomes, and potential career and/or graduate school direction.
• Review degree progress, graduation requirements, and planning, including certification.
• Navigate systems, academic processes, and policies at CU‑Boulder.
• Learn about co‑curricular opportunities that complement their academic path.
• Reflect on belonging at CU and receive resources as needed.
• Develop self‑efficacy in college.
• Ensure prepared, appropriately researched support and guidance customized to the student's context and developmental stage.
• Proactively outreach and track students (e.g., early alert, unregistered, in difficulty, approaching certification).
• Lead group advising workshops and presentations on orientation, exploration, enrichment, success strategies, and registration support.
• Provide ad hoc coverage for peers as assigned.
• Engage occasional evening/weekend hours to support A&S AAC, college, and campus programming as assigned.

• Develop materials and initiatives for a robust advising experience.
• Maintain detailed, accurate, and prompt records of advising contacts.
• Collaborate with faculty partners on curricula, departmental goals, research opportunities, and student success barriers.
• Liaise with campus advising community and student support professionals.
• Support logistics for advising events and student‑facing experiences.
• Serve on unit, departmental, college, and/or campus‑wide committees, task forces, and working groups as relevant.
• Participate in unit, departmental, college, and/or campus events and programming initiatives.
• Support relevant administrative tasks in service of the A&S advising program.

Academic Advisors are required to adhere to the College of Arts & Science work‑modality expectations for student‑facing roles. Currently this includes a hybrid schedule with a minimum of 2 days per week on campus, moving to a minimum of 3 days starting Fall 2026. Advisors must attend all required in‑person events and commitments.

• The P1 salary range: $50,000 – $54,100.
• The P2 salary: $55,500.

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