Academic Advisor

Egreenservices; Rockford (IL); On-site; USD 74,000 - 105,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible hours

Wellness perks

Meaningful career development support

Job summary

Bain & Company in Rockford is seeking an Academic Advisor for a contract role with a $74,000 - $105,000 annual range and a senior ownership mindset. The position emphasizes outcomes, rapid system learning, and high-quality, plain-English communication within a people-first culture.

Key duties include coordinating tasks, sustaining momentum in a lean senior pipeline, and coaching newer seniors while addressing IL compliance considerations and customer concerns.

Qualifications

• 6+ years in an Academic Advisor role.
• Collaborative with senior teammates.
• Comfort with contract cadence in a Rockford setting.
• Ability to learn general systems quickly and apply them.
• Clear communication translating jargon into plain English.
• Keen eye for quality and consistency in output.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate scheduling, resources, and logistics for tasks.
• Maintain momentum in Rockford as the senior pipeline runs thin.
• Maintain general knowledge beyond existing wikis.
• Anticipate IL compliance issues before they escalate.
• Keep Attention Management pipeline humming with minimal oversight.
• Improve Work-Life Balance processes where needed.
• Coach newer senior teammates on general projects.
• Resolve customer concerns with a focus on outcomes.

Skills

Active listening

Quality output

Collaboration

System learning

Plain English

Contract cadence

Job description

Come build the general side of Bain & Company as our Academic Advisor in Rockford, where Growth Mindset decisions land with real weight. The offer reads simply — contract, $74,000 - $105,000, 5 years, and a senior role where ownership is not a perk but the point.

Key Responsibilities

• Coordinate scheduling, resources, and logistics for assigned tasks
• Keep Rockford, IL momentum when the senior pipeline runs thin
• Carry general knowledge that doesn't live in any wiki yet
• Anticipate the IL compliance wrinkle before it becomes a fire
• Keep Bain & Company's Attention Management pipeline humming without constant hand-holding
• Trim Work-Life Balance processes that have quietly outlived their purpose
• Coach newer senior teammates through their first messy general project
• Resolve customer concerns with patience and a focus on outcomes

What You'll Bring

• A keen eye for quality and consistency in your output
• The kind of listening that makes the other person feel heard
• Roughly 6+ years operating in a similar Academic Advisor position
• A collaborator who makes the senior review feel less like an exam
• Comfort with the contract cadence of a Rockford-based operation
• Ability to learn new general systems quickly and apply them effectively
• A communication style that translates jargon back into plain English

Bain & Company is where curious, people-first people come to build the future of general. The team trusts each other to do the right thing without constant oversight or micromanagement.

We reward deadline-driven contributors with $74,000 - $105,000, flexible hours, wellness perks, and meaningful career development support.

Applications submitted this week are going straight into our current review cycle.