Student Advisor - Pahrump

University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV); Pahrump (NV); On-site; USD 45,000 - 56,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remarkable retirement plan with NSHE

Health insurance options

Life insurance and long‑term coverage

Generous leave and sick days

No state income tax

Free parking

Job summary

Great Basin College in Pahrump, NV is seeking a Student Advisor to guide incoming, transfer, and undecided students toward tailored educational success plans. The role includes admission, advising, career exploration, and transfer information.

The Advisor works with multiple departments, serves remotely as needed, and travels within Nevada. A valid Nevada driver’s license and some evenings/weekends are required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree from a regionally accredited college or university.
• One year of relevant experience.
• Ability to demonstrate a working knowledge of student advising.
• Experience working with students of diverse backgrounds.
• Ability to work through sensitive issues in a thoughtful, caring, professional, and confidential manner.
• Knowledge of academic programs, student assessment, student‑services procedures, and student life issues that may create a barrier to student success.
• Articulate and able to communicate effectively with students, parents, faculty, and staff.
• Valid driver’s license.
• Ability to work some evenings and Saturdays as needed.

Responsibilities

• Provides initial academic and career advisement to incoming, traditional and non‑traditional students who are undecided or non‑degree students.
• Follows up with students who are struggling academically or behaviorally.
• Provides academic advisement and career exploration in person, by phone, online, and/or electronically via email or real‑time face‑to‑face interaction.
• Identifies life issues that may be a barrier to a student's success and facilitates referrals to appropriate social service agencies.
• Spearheads awareness programs such as alcohol and drug awareness, anxiety, and stress.
• Coordinates with part‑time advisors in centers.
• Consistently checks institutional web pages and catalog for inconsistencies.
• Serves as a member of various institutional and system‑wide committees as appropriate.
• Maintains a valid Nevada Driver's License for occasional travel throughout Nevada and the region.
• Other duties as assigned.]

Skills

Communication skills

Interpersonal skills

Advising knowledge

Diversity sensitivity

Confidentiality

Public speaking

Organizational skills

Time management

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Master’s degree (preferred)

Job description

Student Advisor

Job Description

The Student Advisor works with incoming, first‑time college and transfer students, as well as students who are undecided in their major, to design a personalized educational success plan and identify available resources to facilitate the student's academic success. The role includes admission, academic advising, career exploration, and transfer information. The Advisor may also make referrals to appropriate social service agencies for students experiencing personal and social problems. This position collaborates with academic and other student‑service departments, disseminates information to part‑time advisors, provides advising in person, by phone, online and/or electronically via email or real‑time face‑to‑face interaction, and may serve on various college committees as appropriate. The position requires a valid Nevada Driver's License and occasional travel. Flexibility to work Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., with possible evenings and weekends is required. The Advisor is based at GBC's Pahrump Center in Pahrump, Nevada, and reports to the Pahrump Center Director.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree from a regionally accredited college or university
• One year of relevant experience
• Ability to demonstrate a working knowledge of student advising
• Experience working with students of diverse backgrounds
• Ability to work through sensitive issues in a thoughtful, caring, professional, and confidential manner
• Knowledge of academic programs, student assessment, student‑services procedures, and student "life" issues that may create a barrier to student success
• Articulate and able to communicate effectively with students, parents, faculty, and staff
• Valid driver’s license
• Ability to work some evenings and Saturdays as needed

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree from a regionally accredited college or university
• Bilingual in English and Spanish

Responsibilities and Duties

• Provides initial academic and career advisement to incoming, traditional and non‑traditional students who are undecided or non‑degree students
• Follows up with students who are struggling academically or behaviorally
• Provides academic advisement and career exploration in person, by phone, online, and/or electronically via email or real‑time face‑to‑face interaction
• Identifies life issues that may be a barrier to a student's success and facilitates referrals to appropriate social service agencies
• Spearheads awareness programs such as alcohol and drug awareness, anxiety, and stress
• Coordinates with part‑time advisors in centers
• Consistently checks institutional web pages and catalog for inconsistencies
• Serves as a member of various institutional and system‑wide committees as appropriate
• Maintains a valid Nevada Driver's License for occasional travel throughout Nevada and the region
• Other duties as assigned

Compensation

Administrative Faculty – B. This is a 12 month “A” contract. The budgeted salary range for this position is $45,000 to $56,000. Salary is based on education, experience, internal equity and budgets.

Benefits

• Remarkable retirement plan: 19.25% contribution matched; 100% vested after first day; eligible under the NSHE retirement program for full‑time employees.
• Health insurance options, including medical, dental, and vision.
• Life insurance and long‑term disability coverage.
• Generous annual and sick leave: 24 annual leave days and a starting balance of 30 sick leave days.
• ComPsych employee assistance program for personal‑life challenges.
• No state income tax.
• Free parking.
• Grants‑in‑aid for faculty employees.
• Reduced‑rate tuition benefit for faculty and qualified dependents; faculty up to six credits at reduced rate; dependents unlimited credits under certain conditions.

EEO Statement

NSHE is committed to providing a place of work and learning free of discrimination on the basis of a person’s age (40 or older), disability, gender (including pregnancy related conditions), military status or obligations, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, national origin, race (including hair texture and protected hairstyles such as natural hairstyles, afros, bantu knots, curls, braids, locks and twists), color, or religion (protected classes).

Title IX

Great Basin College does not discriminate on the basis of sex in any education program or activity that it operates. Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 and its implementation regulations require the College to maintain nondiscrimination in its education programs and activities, including employment.