Academic Advisor,Sr (req25824)

Requisition ID: req25824

Working Title: Academic Advisor,Sr

Position Grade: 12

Position Summary

The Arts and Sciences Center for Academic Success is very excited to announce we are hiring. As an employee of this highly energetic and student- oriented advisement center, you will be providing academic advisement to prospective and current students of the College of Arts and Sciences and the various departments served within. This is a very fast-paced environment where employees strive to give excellent professional consultation/advice within demanding time constraints and multiple locations. 

The selected candidate will be advising and assisting students in the development of academic plans and class schedules. Evaluate documents for entry and exit from the College of Arts & Sciences. Partner with the student to implement tools and success strategies as they navigate the university system.  Both face-to-face and group advisement sessions are paired with required paperwork to ensure progression and graduation for students within the desired time frame. These positions will require an understanding of student success resources campus wide.  Advisors must be able to synthesize this with the specifics of departmental requirements and objectives and the overarching degree goals from the college level.

The ideal candidate would possess strong advising, interpersonal, analytical, organizational, and customer-service skills. This candidate must enjoy working in a fast-paced environment and working with a diverse student and staff population. This role requires technologically savvy, motivated individuals that have student success at the center of their career aspirations.

See the Position Description for additional information.

Conditions of Employment

• All regular, non-temporary positions assigned to this classification are represented by a labor union and subject to the terms and conditions of the US-UNM Collective Bargaining Agreement.
• Employees who provide services or work in patient care or clinical areas are required to be in compliance with the University’s influenza vaccination requirement.

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree; at least 2 years of experience directly related to the duties and responsibilities specified.

Completed degree(s) from an accredited institution that are above the minimum education requirement may be substituted for experience on a year for year basis.

Preferred Qualifications

Education:

Bachelor’s degree or higher

Ability to:
Interpret and analyze department,
college, and university degree requirements.
Multi-task with ever changing
priority demands.
Proficiently utilize programs
related to advisory duties: Banner, Microsoft Office Suite, and Web
Conferencing tools.
Follow directions.

Experience:

2 or more years’ experience in advisement
Working with diverse populations.
Working in a high traffic service-oriented environment.  

Ideal Qualifications include:

Ability to:
Connect with students through a Teaching/Learning relationship both one on one and in large groups.
Disseminate information through various media: email, oral and written communication and other social media applications.
Be flexible and adapt to ever changing priorities of students and the college

Experience:
Recent experience working at a post-secondary institution.
Supporting customers or clients in an educational setting.

Campus: Main – Albuquerque, NM

Department: Arts Sciences Advisement (711E)

Employment Type: Staff

Staff Type: Regular – Full-Time

Status: Non-Exempt

Pay: Hourly: $19.54 to $20.67 (DOE)

Benefits Eligible
This is a benefits eligible position. The University of New Mexico provides a comprehensive package of benefits including medical, dental, vision, and life insurance. In addition, UNM offers educational benefits through the tuition remission and dependent education programs. See the Benefits home page for a more information.

ERB Statement
Temporary and on-call employees working an appointment percentage of 26 (.26 FTE) or greater, per quarter, will be eligible to earn retirement service credits and thus are required to make New Mexico Educational Retirement Board (NMERB) contributions. More information pertaining to your FTE and NMERB contributions can be reviewed on the NMERB Guidelines Clarified webpage.

Background Check Required: Yes

For Best Consideration Date: 6/30/2023

Application Instructions

Only applications submitted through
the official UNMJobs site will be accepted. If you are viewing this job
advertisement on a 3rd party site, please
visit UNMJobs to submit an application.

Qualified applicants should include a cover letter that details their unique credentials for this position and why they are the best candidate for the position given the preferred qualifications listed. They should also include a personal advisement philosophy in a separate document; this should be no longer than 250 words.