Academic Advisor
Role Overview
The Academic Advisor provides accurate, timely, and student-centered academic guidance to prospective and enrolled students.
This position requires a consistent on-site presence multiple days per week to conduct in-person student meetings, collaborate with faculty and staff, and support campus-based advising, registration, retention, and student-success activities.
The Academic Advisor develops projected academic schedules, evaluates transcripts, monitors academic progress, and maintains complete records in the institution’s student information system (“SIS”).
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Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution; master’s degree preferred.
- One to three years of experience in academic advising, registrar services, admissions, student services, or another higher-education administrative role preferred.
- Demonstrated ability to interpret transcripts, curriculum requirements, academic policies, and degree-completion standards.
- Experience using a student information system and maintaining detailed, confidential student records.
- Strong organizational, analytical, communication, and customer-service skills.
- Ability to exercise sound judgment, manage competing priorities, and work effectively with students from diverse backgrounds.
- Ability and willingness to work on-site multiple days per week and occasionally work evenings or weekends for institutional events or student needs.
- Knowledge of FERPA and ability to protect confidential student information.
Preferred Qualifications
- Extensive experience in higher education, counseling, education, student affairs, business, or a related field.
- Experience with transfer-credit evaluation, degree audits, academic scheduling, and student-retention initiatives.
- Familiarity with accreditation, state regulatory, and institutional compliance requirements.
- Experience advising adult, transfer, international, online, graduate, or nontraditional students.
- UWLA is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. All employment decisions are based on business needs, job requirements, and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, disability status, age, ancestry, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.
- Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution; master’s degree preferred.
- One to three years of experience in academic advising, registrar services, admissions, student services, or another higher-education administrative role preferred.
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