University of Houston
Academic Advisor 2 - Liberal Arts & Social Sciences
🇺🇸 Houston, TX
🕑 Full-Time
💰 $43K - $49K
💻 Academic Advising
🗓️ July 14th, 2025
Edtech.com's Summary
- Advise students on academic programs, admission, retention, and graduation requirements.
- Process degree plans, graduation applications, grade change forms, and petitions.
- Maintain and update student academic records throughout their enrollment.
- Handle requests for readmission from suspension and financial aid reinstatements; provide probation retention services.
- Assist with student orientation sessions and recruitment activities.
- Coordinate entry-level academic advisors' work as needed.
- Requires thorough knowledge of academic advising gained from a 4-year degree or equivalent experience.
- Minimum of three years of directly related academic advising experience required.
- Salary range: $43,000 - $48,900 annually.
- Employment subject to criminal history check due to security-sensitive position.
Academic Advisor 2 - Liberal Arts & Social Sciences Full Description
| Department: Dean Liberal Arts & Social Sci
| Salary: 43,000 - 48,900
| Description: Provides information to and advises both enrolled and prospective students regarding the academic programs offered by the University or a specific department, including requirements for admission and retention through graduation; may coordinate the work of entry level academic advisors.
1. Advises enrolled and prospective students regarding academic programs and curriculums.
2. Analyzes and processes degree plans, graduation applications, grade change forms, and general petitions.
3. Maintains student files updated throughout their academic careers and makes changes to records as necessary.
4. Analyzes and processes requests for readmission from academic suspension, as well as financial aid reinstatements; provides retention services for students on probation.
5. May assist in conducting orientation sessions for groups of incoming new students.
6. May assist in recruiting high school and community college students and may make presentations at special events.
7. Performs other job-related duties as assigned.
Experience will be considered in lieu of education.
Education will be considered in lieu of experience.
MQ: Requires a thorough understanding of both theoretical and practical aspects of an analytical, technical or professional discipline; or the basic knowledge of more than one professional discipline. Knowledge of the discipline is normally obtained through a formal, directly job-related 4 year degree from a college or university or an equivalent in-depth specialized training program that is directly related to the type of work being performed. Requires a minimum of three (3) years of directly job-related experience.
| All positions at the University of Houston-System are security sensitive and will require a criminal history check. The University of Houston System and its universities are an Equal Opportunity Institution.
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