Engineering Academic Advisor: Student Success & Planning

Chapman University; Irvine (CA); On-site; USD 60,000 - 81,000; Full time

Job summary

Chapman University in Orange, California, invites applications for an Academic Advisor in the Fowler School of Engineering. This full-time, on-campus role supports engineering majors through coaching, planning, and retention initiatives.

You will develop individualized plans, coordinate with campus resources, guide students toward degree progress, and help them navigate policies, deadlines, and career goals.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field and at least 3 years of related job experience in advising, supporting undergraduate programs, admissions and/or recruiting.
• Thorough knowledge of advising and counseling techniques.
• Thorough understanding of how processes and procedures work within a university setting.
• Understands graduation requirements, referral resources, and information about other offices on campus.
• Demonstrates ability to relate to individuals and groups of students through the use of basic communication, helping, and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Interprets academic requirements and provides fundamental to complex academic advising to undergraduate students, including advising for retention.
• Uses principles of developmental academic advising to promote academic, career and life goals in an effort to support student retention, timeliness to degree, academic success, and intellectual and personal development.
• Develops an individualized plan of study based on program requirements, AP and transfer credits and academic and personal goals; updates plan of study each term.
• Works directly with students to assess and develop an appropriate academic plan of study to achieve degree and professional goals, guided by national best practices as well as university and college/school policies; liaise with other colleges to help student academic scheduling for major, minor, and General Education courses, resolve conflicts for students as appropriate; understand and communicate to students the implications of the program plan and degree progress and in particular the impact of changing academic plans to these goals.
• Understand, interpret, and enforce University policies while exploring academic and professional options.

Skills

Critical thinking

Active listening

Communication skills

Empathy

Collaboration

Time management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in related field

Job description

Chapman University in Orange, California, invites applications for an Academic Advisor in the Fowler School of Engineering. This full-time, on-campus role supports engineering majors through coaching, planning, and retention initiatives.

You will develop individualized plans, coordinate with campus resources, guide students toward degree progress, and help them navigate policies, deadlines, and career goals.