College Advisor, Senior

Job Description

The College of Arts & Sciences has an outstanding opportunity for a Senior College Advisor to join their team.

Reporting to The Senior Director of Academic Services, the College Advisor, Senior works closely with other College Advisors across disciplines, campus partners and department faculty to deliver coordinated, student-centered support from pre-major exploration through graduation and career preparation. The College Advisor, Senior provides professional academic advising to undergraduate students across a portfolio of Arts & Sciences departments, applying broad independent judgment to complex and non-routine student situations.

The Senior Advisor brings disciplinary depth, greater autonomy in navigating difficult cases, and an active role in shaping advising practices across the college.

This position is primarily office based and operates in a hybrid environment. Direct student advising appointments, orientations, recruitment activities, and other student-facing events are primarily conducted in person. Some administrative functions may be performed remotely in accordance with College and University hybrid work guidelines. Flexibility for occasional evening or weekend events is expected.

• Advise prospective, current, and returning undergraduate students across assigned departments on degree requirements, course sequencing, registration, academic policies, and progress toward degree completion, including both majors and students enrolled in service or non-major courses

• Manage ongoing communications to current students in assigned majors on topics such as registration deadlines, policy updates, curriculum changes, program and University continuation policies and other advising resources, ensuring students have accurate, timely information to support their academic progress.

• Apply broad independent judgment to complex, non-routine student situations, including academic difficulty, policy exceptions, transfer equivalency and study abroad review processes, continuation concerns, program transitions, and students with intersecting barriers to success, making referrals as appropriate.

• Conduct difficult advising conversations with confidence and professionalism, including situations where students are dissatisfied with academic decisions, University, College and program policies, or continuation policy outcomes; draw on deep program knowledge to navigate these interactions effectively

• Serve as a contact for returning and reinstatement students, addressing registration holds, reviewing academic history, and developing individualized course plans using extensive knowledge from financial aid, international students restrictions, College and University policies.

• Lead the major declaration process (including capacity constrained admissions) for assigned programs, including coordinating new major orientations and maintaining online declaration and application workflows

• Track and enforce departmental continuation policies on a quarterly basis; initiate proactive outreach and connect students with appropriate campus resources including Counseling Services, Disability Resource for Students (DRS), the UW Office of Minority Affairs & Diversity (OMA&D),and the Career & Internship Center

• Review and process graduation applications; conduct degree audit reviews, and troubleshoot issues with central campus offices

• Maintain accurate student records, advising notes, and databases in compliance with FERPA and University records policies

• Compile program reports and statistics; assist with tracking enrollment patterns and student progress metrics

• Provide counsel to college leadership on patterns, structural barriers, and emerging student needs observed across the caseload

• Participate in and help coordinate undergraduate recruitment and yield events, transfer orientations, new student orientations, and admitted student days — primarily conducted in person

• Conduct prospective major information sessions, including outreach to community colleges and participation in UW campus events

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