Academic Advisor (Virginia Beach)

Virginia's Community College System; Richmond (VA); On-site; USD 25,000 - 36,000; Part time

Job summary

Tidewater Community College is seeking an Academic Advisor (Virginia Beach) to assist students in achieving educational, career, and personal goals using campus and community resources. The role emphasizes holistic student development and proactive, intrusive advising to promote persistence and success.

Responsibilities include working with individuals and groups, assessing needs, guiding goal setting, sharing programs, and tracking academic progress within a flexible, part-time schedule that

Qualifications

• Demonstrated ability to interact and advise first year students in a higher education setting.
• Ability to advise individuals facing barriers to academic success.
• Understanding of intrusive advising practices and student retention initiatives.
• Knowledge of mission of a comprehensive community college and student support services.
• Experience with student assessment, education and career planning, registration, and retention.

Responsibilities

• Work with individual students and groups to assess educational status and interests.
• Help determine appropriate academic and career goals.
• Identify and share programs and strategies to support development.
• Analyze and understand student issues to provide coaching, mentoring, and advisement.
• Track and evaluate academic progress.

Skills

Advising

Student retention

Communication

Team collaboration

Data interpretation

Multitasking

Customer relations

Problem solving

Use of IT tools

Tools

Word processing

Spreadsheets

Student information system

Job description

Working Title Academic Advisor (Virginia Beach) Role Title Education Support Spec III Role Code 29144-SW FLSA Nonexempt Pay Band 04 Position Number 295W5183 Agency Tidewater Community College Division Tidewater Community College (Div) Work Location Virginia Beach - 810 Hiring Range $21.99 per hour, part time Emergency/Essential Personnel No EEO Category 6-Administrative Support Full Time or Part Time Part Time Does this position have telework options? -Telework options are subject to change based on business needs- No Does this position have a bilingual or multilingual skill requirement or preference?

Work Schedule

29 hours per week to be scheduled Monday through Friday between the hours of 8:30 am and 6:30 pm.

Occasional evenings and weekends will also be required.

Sensitive Position No Job Description

Tidewater Community College has served South Hampton Roads - both students and employers - for 50 years. It has grown from 1 campus into a regional educational and economic force. TCC is the largest provider of higher education and workforce services in Hampton Roads, enrolling nearly 25,000 students in 2024-25. Founded in 1968 as a part of the Virginia Community College System, Tidewater Community College (TCC) services South Hampton Roads with 4 campuses in Chesapeake, Norfolk, Portsmouth, and Virginia Beach, 7 regional centers and 2 important cultural institutions. The college had 3,399 graduates in 2024-2025, 40 percent of whom pursued degrees that would let them transfer to 4-year institutions. Of South Hampton Roads residents enrolled in higher education 33% enrolled at TCC. TCC's institutional accreditation is affirmed through 2027 by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges.

Position Summary

To aid students in achieving educational, career, and personal goals through the use of the full range of institutional and community resources.

To stimulate and support students in their quest for an enriched quality of life, reflecting the institution's mission of holistic student development.

Functional Responsibilities

• To work with individual students and groups of students to
• Assess their educational status and interests
• Help to determine appropriate academic and career goals
• Identify and share programs and strategies to support development
• Independently analyze and understand student issues to provide appropriate coaching, mentoring, and academic advisement that will ultimately lead to greater student persistence and retention Track and evaluate academic progress.

Special Assignments

May be required to perform other duties as assigned. May be required to assist the agency or state government generally in the event of an emergency declaration by the Governor.

KSA's/Required Qualifications

• Demonstrated ability to interact and advise first year students of diverse backgrounds and needs in a higher education setting.
• Demonstrated ability to advise individuals in an educational setting with circumstances that may hinder academic success.
• Demonstrated understanding and experience in intrusive advising practices.
• Demonstrated knowledge and experience with student retention strategies and initiatives.
• Knowledge of and belief in the mission of a comprehensive community college, particularly as it relates to advising and student support services.
• Demonstrated understanding of student assessment, education and career planning, registration, and retention principles and practices.
• Demonstrated oral, written, group communication, and customer relations skills.
• Demonstrated ability to collect, interpret, analyze, and manage data.
• Demonstrated ability to promote collaboration and teamwork in a student-centered environment.
• Demonstrated ability to solve problems using strong analytical and critical thinking skills.
• Demonstrated ability to multi-task in a fast-paced student environment.
• Demonstrated skills in the use of contemporary computer application software to include word processing and spreadsheets, and other information technology applications such as those that manage college student information data.
• Experience working as an academic advisor.

Additional Considerations

• Experience in Counseling, Student Development, or Student Services-related fields
• Experience working in a community college environment

Operation of a State Vehicle

No Supervises Employees No Required Travel N/A

Additional Information Background Check Statement Disclaimer

The selected candidate's offer is contingent upon the successful completion of a criminal background investigation, which may include: fingerprint checks, local agency checks, employment verification, verification of education, credit checks (relevant to employment). Additionally, selected candidates may be required to complete the Commonwealth's Statement of Economic Interest. For more information, please follow this link: http://ethics.dls.virginia.gov/

EEO Statement

The Virginia Community College System (VCCS) provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, political affiliation, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or other non-merit factors.

ADA Statement

The Virginia Community College System (VCCS) is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and complies with the Americans with Disabilities Acts (ADA and ADAAA), to provide, reasonable accommodation to applicants in need of access to the application, interviewing, and selection processes when requested.

E-Verify Statement

VCCS uses E-Verify to check employee eligibility to work in the United States. You will be required to complete an I-9 form and provide documentation of your identity for employment purposes.