Academic Advisor, Applied Health Sciences

University of Illinois Chicago; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 64,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Retirement plan

Paid time off

Tuition waivers

Job summary

University of Illinois Chicago is seeking an Applied Health Sciences Advisor to join the AHS Office of Student Affairs. The role focuses on major exploration, advising undecided students, and guiding undergraduates pursuing AHS majors or concentrations.

The advisor supports degree planning, course registration, and orientation through graduation, collaborating with departments, faculty, and career leadership to promote student success.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree required.
• 2 years of advising, career services, and/or admissions in higher education.
• Advanced listening, communication, and presentation skills.
• Ability to support students from diverse backgrounds.
• Able to work independently and in a team.

Responsibilities

• Provide individual and group advising appointments, drop-in sessions, and email/phone communication.
• Guide health sciences major exploration and entry points for health professions.
• Identify student needs and refer to campus resources.
• Coordinate with Transfer Articulation and Degree Audit to evaluate transfer credits.
• Participate in orientation and program activities for new students.
• Create workshops on academic advising topics for AHS students.
• Support first-year seminars and department program orientation as needed.
• Advise on career paths in collaboration with faculty and leadership.
• Meet with departments to discuss advising needs and policy overrides.
• Attend regular AHS advising team and program director meetings.
• Stay current on advising best practices and health fields.
• Educate applicants and families about AHS programs and recruitment.

Skills

Advanced listening

Communication skills

Presentation skills

Diversity support

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's Degree

2 years advising experience

Job description

Hiring Department: Applied Health Sciences Admin

Location: Chicago, IL USA

Requisition ID: 1042203

Posting Close Date: September 14, 2026

Salary: The budgeted salary range for the position is $64,000 – $65,000.

About The University Of Illinois Chicago

UIC is among the nation’s preeminent urban public research universities, a Carnegie RU/VH research institution, and the largest university in Chicago. UIC serves over 34,000 students, comprising one of the most diverse student bodies in the nation and is designated as a Minority Serving Institution (MSI), an Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander Serving Institution (AANAPSI) and a Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI). Through its 16 colleges, UIC produces nationally and internationally recognized multidisciplinary academic programs in concert with civic, corporate and community partners worldwide, including a full complement of health sciences colleges. By emphasizing cutting-edge and transformational research along with a commitment to the success of all students, UIC embodies the dynamic, vibrant and engaged urban university. Recent “Best Colleges” rankings published by U.S. News & World Report, found UIC climbed up in its rankings among top public schools in the nation and among all national universities. UIC has over 300,000 alumni, and is one of the largest employers in the city of Chicago.

This position is intended to be eligible for benefits . This includes Health, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, a Retirement Plan, Paid time Off, and Tuition waivers for employees and dependents.

Position Summary The Applied Health Sciences (AHS) advisor is a member of the advising team in the AHS Office of Student Affairs. This position requires expertise in major and career exploration, as well as familiarity with AHS undergraduate programs; as well as general admissions information for graduate and professional health science programs. The AHS advisor works with students from undergraduate majors across the college, including supporting the unique needs of exploring majors and career paths for our undecided student population. In this role, the advisor assists AHS Undeclared students in major exploration and selection and advises students pursuing AHS undergraduate majors or concentrations. The advisor engages undergraduate students in promoting their academic, professional, and overall development from application to program and orientation through graduation. The advisor evaluates students’ progress toward degree and provides guidance on course registration, pre-requisite completion, and

Duties & Responsibilities

• Engage in individual advising appointments, drop-in advising sessions, group advising sessions, and email/phone communication with current and incoming undergraduate students and transfer students for the purpose of evaluating students’ progress to degree, course selection and registration, pre-requisites completion, degree planning, and referral available University resources.
• Provide education and guidance on health-related fields and develop students’ understanding of the points of entry for these respective health professions.
• Identify current and potential needs of students (e.g. study skills, tutoring, and counseling). Intervene, and refer students to resources throughout the University community, as appropriate. Exercise professional discretion and judgement to troubleshoot problems as they arise.
• Coordinate with Transfer Articulation and Degree Audit (TADA) unit to evaluate and verify transfer transcripts from other academic institutions for equivalencies and application to degree program. Review student’s degree audit and make exceptions manually for courses when needed.
• Participate in first-year and transfer campus orientation sessions for both fall and spring entry to UIC, as well as participate in department/program orientation activities.
• Create and facilitate workshops and group advising sessions on academic advising specific topics of interest to AHS students such as major exploration.
• Participate and support AHS Undeclared first year seminar sessions which exposes students to different AHS majors, health professions, and health-related careers, as well as themes related to first-year transition and sense of belonging. Coordinate with departments on program specific first-year seminars.
• Provide general advice and guidance on professions, jobs and career paths in collaboration with department faculty with discipline specific expertise; Assistant Dean for Student Affairs; and Career Leadership Council.
• Meet regularly with academic departments about specific advising needs, program changes, and guidelines for overrides and/or course restrictions.
• Participate in regular meetings with AHS advising team, AHS undergraduate program directors, AHS Student Affairs staff, and professional development activities to expand knowledge and maintain currency.
• Stay current on advising best practices and investigate the career health fields of interest to our student population.
• Educate prospective students and their family/friends about AHS degree programs and supports the recruitment of new AHS students including intercollege transfer students through information sessions or other programming as needed.
• Support college and university wide initiatives that support students’ major and career exploration, as well as retention and graduation persistence goals (e.g. Early Alerts; Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP); etc.)

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree
• 2 years of academic advising, career services, and/or admissions experience in higher education
• Working knowledge of university undergraduate academic policies and procedures surrounding registration, academic records, and admissions as well as resources available for students
• Advanced listening, communication, and presentation skills.
• Demonstrated ability to support students of greatly diverse backgrounds in both individual and group settings.
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively both individually and in a team setting.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree in higher education administration/college student personnel, college student development, counseling, social work, public health, health science or a related field.
• Experience with student databases and degree audit systems (e.g. Banner, uAchieve, iAdvise, Slate, or comparable applications).
• Working knowledge of pre-health resources for students and/or major and career exploration preferred.
• Familiarity with student development theory and FERPA.

The University of Illinois System is an equal opportunity employer, including but not limited to disability and/or veteran status, and complies with all applicable state and federal employment mandates. Please visit Required Employment Notices and Posters to view our non-discrimination statement and find additional information about required background checks, sexual harassment/misconduct disclosures, and employment eligibility review through E-Verify.

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