Academic Adviser

🇺🇸 Rochester, MI

🕑 Full-Time

💰 $54K

💻 Academic Advising

🗓️ October 31st, 2025

Edtech.com's Summary

Oakland University is hiring an Academic Adviser to provide academic advising to current and prospective undergraduate students in the School of Business Administration. The role involves supporting student recruitment, admission, retention, and advising activities, maintaining student records, coordinating transfer credit evaluations, and performing administrative functions related to academic progress.

Highlights

Advise undergraduate students pursuing degrees in the School of Business Administration.
Assist in student recruitment, admission, retention, and advising program development and implementation.
Maintain student academic records and monitor progress.
Coordinate and prepare transfer credit evaluations.
Perform administrative tasks such as overrides, commencement permissions, major changes, and petition processing.
Complete graduation audits and participate in admissions and orientation sessions.
Required qualifications: Master's degree in Counseling, Higher Education, or related field, plus at least one year of academic counseling/advising experience.
Strong technical, organizational, communication, and analytical skills are necessary, including experience with advising technology.
Desired skills: familiarity with Oakland University programs, reporting and analytical tools like Argos and Degree Works, and integrated student record systems.
Annual salary is $54,302 with full-time employment (40 hours per week) under Administrative-Professional Band M.