Graduate Advisor

Job Summary

The Graduate Advisor’s primary function is to provide advising services to graduate students throughout the online and residential programs. The Graduate Advisor will ensure students meet all degree requirements and have a thorough understanding of career, research and academic opportunities.

Academic Advisors promote an inclusive environment that challenges and supports students by providing meaningful opportunities for student learning, development, and integration of curricular and co-curricular experiences. Advisors are dedicated to empowering students to be active responsible learners while guiding students to make well-informed decisions that lead to the achievement of students’ educational, career and life goals.

• Create an open, respectful, and inclusive environment by utilizing an equity-minded, student-centered practice that emphasizes mutual respect, dignity, self-awareness, and authenticity.
• Center the student in an asset framed approach where advising differentiates educational guidance to meet students where they are and acknowledges the critical value of each student’s unique social capital.
• Empower students to be active responsible learners and assist them in making well-informed decisions.
• Guide students in course selection and the process for registering for courses.
• Maintain a consistent pattern of contact and communications with assigned students.
• Provide timely outreach to students on their academic progress and conduct audits on student’s degree progress.
• Assess when a student’s situation requires referral to campus resources.
• Maintain and ensure confidentiality of student records.
• Teach students about the university’s structure, systems, policies, and practices.

• Graduate or Professional Degree in a field relevant to academic advising and/or public health.

• Excellent interpersonal and written communication skills.
• Ability to work collaboratively with faculty, staff and students.
• Able to manage multiple meetings a day while still meeting deadlines.
• Ability to problem-solve student issues by utilizing campus resources.

Purdue University is an EO/AA university.