Graduate Academic Advisor II

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Counsels potential and enrolled graduate students and provides educational guidance services. Facilitates student success by resolving student issues interfering with student admission, enrollment, academic progress, and graduation.

Exempt

Annually

No

• Maintains current knowledge of program requirements, course requirements, and sequencing, and establishes and maintains relationships with program faculty.
• Tracks and monitors student academic progress for assigned program(s) or cohorts.
• Reviews, resolves, and communicates decisions regarding extensions of time to complete coursework in accordance with established policies and procedures.
• Advises students on issues such as course selection, progress toward graduation, and career decisions.
• Counsels students regarding educational issues, such as course and program selection, class scheduling and registration. May conduct exit interviews for student withdrawals.
• Counsels students regarding educational issues, such as course and program selection, progress toward graduation, and career decisions. May conduct exit interviews for student withdrawals.
• Counsels individuals to help them understand and overcome personal, social, or behavioral problems affecting their educational situations.
• Reviews degree plans to ensure that students meet graduation requirements. Advises students on continuing graduate education entrance requirements.
• Reviews degree plans to ensure that students meet graduation requirements. Advises students on graduate medical education (residency) entrance requirements.
• Refers students to degree programs and concentrations.
• Provides students with information on topics, such as college degree programs, admission requirements, and financial aid opportunities.
• Assesses needs for assistance, such as rehabilitation, financial aid, or additional training, and refers clients to the appropriate services.
• Participates in recruitment and enrollment activities.
• Prepares reports on outreach to students and activities as required by administration.
• Maintains accurate and complete student records as required by laws, policies, and administrative regulations.
• Attends meetings, educational conferences, and training workshops and serves on committees.
• Completes special projects as assigned.
• Performs other duties as assigned or required.

Knowledge:

• Customer and Personal Service - General knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
• Psychology - General knowledge of human behavior and performance, individual differences in ability, personality, and interests; learning and motivation; psychological research methods; and the assessment and treatment of behavioral and affective disorders.
• Therapy and Counseling - General knowledge of principles, methods, and procedures for diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of physical and mental dysfunctions, and for career counseling and guidance.

• Active Listening - Proficient skills in giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to under the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
• Speaking - Proficient skills in talking to others to convey information effectively.
• Reading Comprehension - Proficient understanding of written sentences and paragraphs in work-related documents.
• Social Perceptiveness - Proficient skills in being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.
• Critical Thinking - Proficient skills in using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems.
• Writing - Proficient skills in communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.
• Judgment and Decision Making - Proficient skills in considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the appropriate one.
• Service Orientation - Proficient skills in actively looking for ways to help people.
• General skills in using of MS Office Suite (Outlook, Word and…