Graduate Academic Advisor II - 994000

Nova Southeastern University; Fort Lauderdale (FL); On-site; USD 42,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

Nova Southwestern University in Fort Lauderdale invites applications for a Counselor/Student Advisor role. You will counsel prospective and enrolled graduate students and provide educational guidance to support their admission, enrollment, academic progress, and graduation.

Essential duties include maintaining knowledge of program requirements, advising on course selection and degree plans, tracking progress, and assisting with financial aid information.

Qualifications

• Two to five years of student advising experience in an academic environment.
• Bachelor's Degree required.
• Strong communication and interpersonal abilities.
• Ability to counsel on course selection, graduation progress, and career decisions.

Responsibilities

• Counsels graduate students and provides educational guidance to support admission and graduation.
• Advises on course selection, progress toward graduation, and career decisions.
• Monitors student progress and maintains accurate records as required by policies.
• Participates in recruitment and enrollment activities and maintains outreach records.
• Keeps up to date on program requirements and degree sequencing.

Skills

Active Listening

Speaking

Reading Comprehension

Social Perceptiveness

Critical Thinking

Writing

Judgment and Decision Making

Service Orientation

MS Office

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Job description

We are excited that you are considering joining Nova Southwestern University!

Nova Southwestern University (NSU) was founded in 1964, and is a not-for-profit, independent university with a reputation for academic excellence and innovation. Nova Southwestern University offers competitive salaries, a comprehensive benefits package including tuition waiver, retirement plan, excellent medical and dental plans and much more. NSU cares about the health and welfare of its students, faculty, staff, and campus visitors and is a tobacco-free university.

We appreciate your support in making NSU the preeminent place to live, work, study and grow. Thank you for your interest in a career with Nova Southwestern University.

Primary Purpose:

Counsels potential and enrolled graduate students and provides educational guidance services. Facilitates student success by resolving student issues interfering with student admission, enrollment, academic progress, and graduation.

Job Category: Exempt

Hiring Range: $47,000

Pay Basis: Annually

Subject to Grant Funding? No

Essential Job Functions:

1. Maintains current knowledge of program requirements, course requirements, and sequencing, and establishes and maintains relationships with program faculty.
2. Tracks and monitors student academic progress for assigned program(s) or cohorts.
3. Reviews, resolves, and communicates decisions regarding extensions of time to complete coursework in accordance with established policies and procedures.
4. Advises students on issues such as course selection, progress toward graduation, and career decisions.
5. Counsels students regarding educational issues, such as course and program selection, class scheduling and registration. May conduct exit interviews for student withdrawals.
6. Counsels students regarding educational issues, such as course and program selection, progress toward graduation, and career decisions. May conduct exit interviews for student withdrawals.
7. Counsels individuals to help them understand and overcome personal, social, or behavioral problems affecting their educational situations.
8. Reviews degree plans to ensure that students meet graduation requirements. Advises students on continuing graduate education entrance requirements.
9. Reviews degree plans to ensure that students meet graduation requirements. Advises students on graduate medical education (residency) entrance requirements.
10. Refers students to degree programs and concentrations.
11. Provides students with information on topics, such as college degree programs, admission requirements, and financial aid opportunities.
12. Assesses needs for assistance, such as rehabilitation, financial aid, or additional training, and refers clients to the appropriate services.
13. Participates in recruitment and enrollment activities.
14. Prepares reports on outreach to students and activities as required by administration.
15. Maintains accurate and complete student records as required by laws, policies, and administrative regulations.
16. Attends meetings, educational conferences, and training workshops and serves on committees.
17. Completes special projects as assigned.
18. Performs other duties as assigned or required.

Job Requirements:

Required Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities: Knowledge:

1. Customer and Personal Service - General knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
2. Psychology - General knowledge of human behavior and performance, individual differences in ability, personality, and interests; learning and motivation; psychological research methods; and the assessment and treatment of behavioral and affective disorders.
3. Therapy and Counseling - General knowledge of principles, methods, and procedures for diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of physical and mental dysfunctions, and for career counseling and guidance.

Skills:

1. Active Listening - Proficient skills in giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to under the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
2. Speaking - Proficient skills in talking to others to convey information effectively.
3. Reading Comprehension - Proficient understanding of written sentences and paragraphs in work-related documents.
4. Social Perceptiveness - Proficient skills in being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.
5. Critical Thinking - Proficient skills in using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems.
6. Writing - Proficient skills in communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.
7. Judgment and Decision Making - Proficient skills in considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the appropriate one.
8. Service Orientation - Proficient skills in actively looking for ways to help people.
9. General skills in using of MS Office Suite (Outlook, Word and Excel).

Abilities:

1. Deductive Reasoning - The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
2. Problem Sensitivity - The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem.
3. Inductive Reasoning - The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (including finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events).

Physical Requirements:

1. Speech Recognition - Must be able to identify and understand the speech of another person.
2. Speech Clarity - Must be able to speak clearly so others can understand you.
3. Near Vision - Must be able to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
4. May be required to work nights or weekends.
5. May be exposed to short, intermittent, and/or prolonged periods of sitting and/or standing in performance of job duties.
6. May be required to accomplish job duties using various types of equipment/supplies, to include but not limited to pens, pencils, and computer keyboards.

Required Certifications/Licensures:

Required Education: Bachelor's Degree

Major (if required:

Required Experience: Two (2) to five (5) years of student advising experience in an academic environment.

Preferred Qualifications:

Master’s Degree and up to two (2) years of student advising experience.

Is this a safety sensitive position? No

Background Screening Required? No

Pre-Employment Conditions:

Sensitivity Disclaimer: Nova Southwestern University is in full compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and does not discriminate with regard to applicants or employees with disabilities and will make reasonable accommodation when necessary.

NSU is an Equal Opportunity Employer and considers applicants for all positions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, national origin, age, disability, marital or veteran status or any other legally protected status.