Academic Advisor (Virginia Beach)

Commonwealth of VA Careers; Virginia Beach (VA); On-site; USD 25,000 - 36,000; Part time

Job summary

Tidewater Community College in Virginia Beach invites applications for an Academic Advisor, part-time, located in Virginia Beach. The advisor will assist students in achieving educational, career, and personal goals using institutional and community resources.

Responsibilities include advising diverse first-year students, helping set academic and career plans, and tracking progress to improve persistence and retention.

Qualifications

• Ability to interact and advise first-year students from diverse backgrounds in higher education.
• Experience advising individuals to identify academic and career goals.
• Understanding of intrusive advising practices.
• Knowledge of student retention strategies and initiatives.
• Commitment to the mission of a comprehensive community college and student support services.

Responsibilities

• Provide coaching, mentoring, and academic advisement to support persistence and retention.
• Independently analyze student issues and guide development of academic plans.
• Track and evaluate academic progress for students and groups.
• Share programs and strategies to aid educational and career development.

Skills

Advising first-year students

Interpersonal communication

Data interpretation

Job description

Title: Academic Advisor (Virginia Beach)

Agency: Tidewater Community College

Location: Virginia Beach - 810

FLSA: Nonexempt

Hiring Range: $21.99 per hour, part time

Full Time or Part Time: Part Time

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.

Minimum 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