Academic Advisor (ADM3380)

Hutchinson Community College; Hutchinson (KS); On-site; USD 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

Hutchinson Community College seeks an Academic Advisor to provide advising services to undecided students and support transfer discussions with partner colleges. The role collaborates with the Student Success Center to coordinate career advising, orientation, and engagement activities.

The candidate should be able to manage articulation documents, support retention initiatives, and document communications across multiple channels.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree required.
• Academic advising or related experience preferred.
• Ability to work with students with varied needs and collaborate with faculty and staff.
• Computer literacy including spreadsheets, word processing, and presentation software is preferred.
• Excellent verbal, written and listening skills; able to sit or stand for extended periods; attention to detail and independent work.

Responsibilities

• Provide academic advising services to students who are undecided.
• Communicate with representatives from other colleges on transfer topics.
• Develop and coordinate career advising, orientation, and student engagement activities with SSC staff.
• Maintain articulation documents using computerized delivery systems.
• Implement retention procedures with various intervention activities.
• Document student communications using multiple contact management delivery systems.
• Maintain resource materials related to advising.
• Assess students using college-adopted tools.
• Participate on institutional committees.
• Arrive on time and attend work regularly; fulfill responsibilities; attend SSC staff meetings.

Skills

Verbal communication

Written communication

Listening skills

Interpersonal skills

Communication with diverse students

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

Spreadsheets

Word processing

Presentation software

Job description

• Provide academic advising services to students who are undecided.
• Communicate with representatives from other colleges on topics related to transfer.
• In cooperation with Student Success Center staff, develop and coordinate career advising, orientation, and student engagement activities.
• Maintain articulation documents using computerized delivery systems.
• Implement retention procedures including a variety of intervention activities.
• Utilize multiple contact management delivery systems (e.g., virtual, text, call, chat, face to face, email, and/or other) and document student communications accordingly.
• Maintain resource materials related to advising.
• Assess students and potential students utilizing college adopted assessment tools.
• Participate actively on institutional committees.
• Comply with HutchCC policies, procedures, and practices.
• Arrive on time for work, attend work regularly, and successfully complete the responsibilities of the position.
• Attend SSC staff meetings.
• All other duties assigned.

Responsibilities

• Provide academic advising services to students who are undecided.
• Communicate with representatives from other colleges on topics related to transfer.
• In cooperation with Student Success Center staff, develop and coordinate career advising, orientation, and student engagement activities.
• Maintain articulation documents using computerized delivery systems.
• Implement retention procedures including a variety of intervention activities.
• Utilize multiple contact management delivery systems (e.g., virtual, text, call, chat, face to face, email, and/or other) and document student communications accordingly.
• Maintain resource materials related to advising.
• Assess students and potential students utilizing college adopted assessment tools.
• Participate actively on institutional committees.
• Comply with HutchCC policies, procedures, and practices.
• Arrive on time for work, attend work regularly, and successfully complete the responsibilities of the position.
• Attend SSC staff meetings.
• All other duties assigned.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree required.
• Academic advising or related experience preferred.
• The ability to work with students with varied needs. This person must also be able to work effectively with faculty and staff.
• Computer literacy, including spreadsheets, word processing, and presentation software, is preferred.
• Physical requirements: Excellent verbal, written and listening skills; Must have the ability to sit for stand or extended periods of time; exhibit manual dexterity to dial a telephone, to enter data into a computer, and to operate additional office equipment; see and read a computer screen and printed material with or without vision aids; hear and understand speech at normal levels and on the telephone; speak in audible tones so that others may understand clearly in person and on the telephone; use appropriate judgment and to apply tact and courtesy in difficult situations; understand words and respond effectively and appropriately; attentive to detail, accurately follow written and verbal instructions, work independently, sedentary/indoor work environment
• Mental requirements include the ability to learn and comprehend basic instructions about the position.
• Physical and mental qualifications must be performed with or without a reasonable accommodation.
• The qualifications listed are guidelines for selection purposes; alternative qualifications may be substituted if sufficient to perform the duties.

SALARY And STATUS

Salary is commensurate with qualifications as determined by HutchCC administration. This full-time administrative staff position is 12-months annual, benefit eligible, at-will, and exempt.

HutchCC reserves the right to revise job responsibilities as the need occurs. This position announcement does not constitute a written or implied contract of employment; rather, it is a clarification of the responsibilities of the position.

This job description may be changed at any time by the HutchCC administration.