Academic Advisor (Virginia Beach)

Tidewater Community College; Virginia Beach (VA); On-site; USD 29,000 - 32,000; Part time

Job summary

Tidewater Community College is seeking an Academic Advisor for the Virginia Beach location. The role supports students’ educational, career, and personal goals using campus and community resources.

The position is part-time, 29 hours per week, with a schedule Monday through Friday between 8:30 am and 6:30 pm, and occasional evenings/weekends. AHP considerations may apply per Virginia guidelines.

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.
• Demonstrated understanding of student assessment, education and career planning, registration, and retention principles and practices.
• Demonstrated ability to collect, interpret, analyze, and manage data.
• Demonstrated ability to promote collaboration and teamwork in a student-centered environment.
• Experience working as an academic advisor.

Responsibilities

• To aid students in achieving educational, career, and personal goals through the use of institutional and community resources.
• Assist students in identifying appropriate academic and career goals and strategies.
• Independently analyze student issues to provide coaching, mentoring, and advisement; track and evaluate progress.
• Work with individuals and groups to assess educational status and interests, guiding persistence and retention.

Skills

Advising first-year students

Student support services

Student retention strategies

Interpersonal communication

Data interpretation

Team collaboration

Job description

Academic Advisor (Virginia Beach)

In support of the Commonwealth’s commitment to inclusion, we are encouraging individuals with disabilities to apply through the Commonwealth's Alternative Hiring Process. To be considered for this opportunity, applicants will need to provide their AHP Letter (formerly called a Certificate of Disability) provided by the Department for Aging & Rehabilitative Services (DARS), or the Department for the Blind & Vision Impaired (DBVI). Service-Connected Veterans may also apply via the AHP if they also provide an AHP Letter. To request an AHP Letter, use this link: https://www.dars.virginia.gov/drs/cpid/PWContact.aspx or call DARS at 800-552-5019, or DBVI at 800-622-2155.

Posting Summary

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

Posting Detail Information

Posting Number | WGE_3487P

Recruitment Type | General Public - G

Number of Vacancies | 1

Position End Date (if temporary)

Job Open Date | 09/30/2026

Job Close Date | 10/14/2026

Open Until Filled | No

Agency Website | TCC.edu

Contact Name | Lizette White

Email | [e-mail]

Phone Number

Special Instructions to Applicants | In support of the Commonwealth’s commitment to inclusion, we are encouraging individuals with disabilities to apply through the Commonwealth's Alternative Hiring Process. To be considered for this opportunity, applicants will need to provide their AHP Letter (formerly called a Certificate of Disability) provided by the Department for Aging & Rehabilitative Services (DARS), or the Department for the Blind & Vision Impaired (DBVI). Service-Connected Veterans may also apply via the AHP if they also provide an AHP Letter. To request an AHP Letter, use this link: https://www.dars.virginia.gov/drs/cpid/PWContact.aspx or call DARS at 800-552-5019, or DBVI at 800-622-2155.

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.

Quicklink for Posting | https://jobs.vccs.edu/postings/101765