Academic Advisor

ACADEMIC SUPPORT (NW-ACSP-IUNWA)

Academic Support is committed to promoting student success through holistic, student-centered advising that empowers learners to achieve their academic, personal, and professional goals. The department partners with faculty, academic units, and campus support services to provide comprehensive guidance throughout a student's educational journey. Advisors play a critical role in fostering student persistence, retention, and timely degree completion while creating a welcoming environment for a wide variety of students.

Department Specific Responsibilities:

• Provides proactive academic advising to undergraduate and graduate students through individual appointments, group advising sessions, and outreach initiatives.
• Monitors student academic progress and identifies students who may benefit from early intervention, connecting them with appropriate campus resources.
• Assists students with degree planning, course sequencing, graduation planning, and understanding university policies and procedures.
• Supports new student orientation, registration events, and advising initiatives designed to promote student transition and retention.
• Collaborates with faculty, enrollment management, financial aid, student affairs, and other campus partners to address student needs and remove barriers to success.
• Maintains accurate, timely advising notes, student records, and degree-planning documentation using university systems.
• Participates in recruitment, orientation, open houses, and other campus events representing Academic Support and Indiana University.
• Analyzes student success trends and provides recommendations to improve advising processes, student engagement, and retention efforts.
• Serves on departmental and campus committees that support academic success and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Stays current on curriculum changes, university policies, advising best practices, and national trends in higher education.

General Responsibilities:

• Provides academic counseling for students pursuing or considering majors, minors, or certificates; guides students in planning their course of study in concert with the departments' curricular requirements and explains curriculum requirements and school and campus policies.
• Meets with students in groups and 1-on-1 to guide them in academic programs that will meet their educational needs and the requirements of their chosen major, minor, and/or certificate.
• Assists students in making informed decisions about a choice of major and potential career or graduate school direction; helps students to assess their interests, values, and academic skills and to understand these in relation to major choice and potential future career/graduate school options.
• Teaches students how to navigate university systems, academic processes, and policies; empowers student accountability in academic decisions about courses, career direction, and long-term plans.
• Provides guidance on avenues for increased involvement as an IU student and in the IU community.
• Refers students to appropriate campus resources, such as academic support resources, placement programs, internship and overseas study opportunities, etc.
• Tracks and monitors students' academic progress, reviews and maintains confidential student records to ensure that students meet requirements and to document advising discussions, and communicates this information in a timely manner to students and to appropriate academic offices when necessary.
• Represents the advising function as a presenter at campus meetings and recruiting functions; assists in developing written advising materials for use in student events.
• Researches, recommends, or creates best practices for unit or campus initiatives, projects, processes, or programs and may provide guidance to other Academic Advisors.

• Master's degree in related field.

• 2 years in student affairs, teaching, academic advising, or related field. Experience in a student-focused, higher education environment is highly desired.

• 3 years in student affairs, teaching, academic advising, or related field.
• Experience advising undergraduate or…