Academic Advisor at Truckee Meadows Community College Reno, NV

Academic Advisor 1 job at Truckee Meadows Community College.

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Truckee Meadows Community College (TMCC), located in Reno, Nevada is seeking applicants for an Academic Advisor.

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution in education, student development or a related field.
• One year of experience as an Academic Advisor or related student services area in a college or university setting.

• One year of academic advising at a community college.
• One year experience working with People Soft.
• Bilingual skills preferred.
• Master's degree in education or counseling field from an accredited institution preferred.

• Advise continuing and transfer students through individual appointments and group workshops.
• Assist students with goal setting, major exploration, degree options, and educational planning for all TMCC degrees and programs.
• Work in a collaborative manner with Advising staff and other campus departments to ensure the information given to students is accurate and timely.
• Answer questions students have through Express Advising and advising email.
• Help students understand placement options so they are properly placed into the correct English and Math.
• Assist students with their MyTMCC so they are informed on how to use an academic advisement report, What-if Scenario, My Planner and enrolling into classes.
• Place course substitutions for students who have courses transferred in that are similar by nature to TMCC courses and assist students with credit for prior learning requests.
• Unofficial evaluation of domestic and foreign transcripts.
• Attend professional development workshops and conferences to enhance the quality of Academic Advising.
• Practice TMCC's Academic Advising core values of Authenticity, Making a Difference, Inclusiveness, Service to Others, Compassion, Exploration, Balance and Growth.
• Knowledge of advising theory and best practices including Appreciative Advising.
• Utilize student systems (i.e. People Soft, e2e Achieve, OnBase, TES, Canvas, etc.) to advise students and maintain accurate records.
• Assists with or coordinates an advising initiative or programming areas to include establishing annual goals, assessing effectiveness, and continuous improvement of initiative or area.
• Other duties as assigned.

Salary: $53,104 - $66,380, initial salary placement will be dependent on education level and years of experience.

• Health insurance options including dental and vision.
• 19.25% retirement match.
• Life insurance, long-term disability, generous annual and sick leave.
• Employer-paid long term disability (LTD) at 60% of salary up to $7,500 per month.
• Sports and Fitness Center with annual or monthly membership options for employee and spouse/domestic partner.
• Com Psych supports employees through life's difficult moments.
• Professional Grant-in-Aid : TMCC is proud to provide a reduced-rate tuition benefit to faculty and qualified dependents. Faculty can take up to six credits per semester at a reduced rate. Dependents of faculty have unlimited credits, but in order to be eligible children must be unmarried and under the age of 24 and must receive at least 50% of their financial support from the employee and/or employee's spouse or domestic partner.
• Free parking on all TMCC campus locations.
• No State income tax.
• All full-time faculty and staff are provided with a variety of discounts and employee purchase programs.

Exempt
Yes

Full-Time Equivalent
100.0%

Please note, once you submit your application the only attachment/s viewable to you will be the attachment/s to the resume/CV section of the application. Any additional required attachment/s to the cover letter, references, additional documents sections of the application, will not be viewable to you after you submit your application. All uploaded attachment/s will be on the application for the committee to review.

To request updates to attachments, prior to the committee review of applications, please contact human resources . In order to be given full consideration all of the following must be attached to your application.

• Resume/CV
• Cover Letter
• Contact Information for Three Professional References - Please make a note if you do not want your present employer contacted unless necessary to determine your qualifications for the position.

02/9/2026

Applicants should fully describe their qualifications and experience with specific reference to each of the minimum and preferred qualifications. Search committees will use this information to determine that applicants meet minimum qualifications as listed in the job announcement. This posting will close at 12:00 am on the date listed above. The posting will no longer be available to…