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Virginia Tech
Academic Advisor
Higher Ed
Edtech.com's Summary
Virginia Tech is hiring an Academic Advisor to provide student-centered advising for undergraduates in the College of Engineering. The advisor helps students work through academic programs, degree requirements, and university policies while supporting retention and timely degree completion. The role also partners with faculty, academic departments, and campus partners on student development and career readiness.
Highlights
- Provide comprehensive, student-centered academic advising and support to undergraduate engineering students.
- Guide students through academic programs, degree requirements, and university policies.
- Promote student success, retention, and timely degree completion.
- Collaborate with faculty, academic departments, and campus partners to support student development.
- Encourage career readiness and engagement in high-impact educational experiences.
- Master’s degree, or bachelor’s degree with professional experience in a student-focused collegiate setting such as advising, instruction, or counseling.
- Experience handling sensitive student information under privacy rules like FERPA.
- Familiarity with university processes such as orientation, course registration, degree auditing, or graduation requirements.
- NACADA advising standards and student systems like Banner, PeopleSoft, Starfish, or Navigate are preferred.
- Salary of $55,000 - $70,000 depending on experience for a regular, exempt, 40-hour-per-week appointment.
Academic Advisor Full Description
Job Number:
538122
Department:
Dean - Engineering
Employee Class:
Administrative & Professional
College:
College of Engineering
Job Description
The Academic Advisor provides comprehensive student-centered academic advising and support for undergraduate students within the College of Engineering. This position supports students in navigating academic programs, degree requirements, and university policies while promoting student success, retention, and timely degree completion. The advisor collaborates closely with faculty, academic departments, and campus partners to support student development, career readiness, and engagement in high-impact educational experiences.
Required Qualifications
- Master's degree or bachelor's degree with professional experience.
- Experience working in a student-focused collegiate setting, such as academic advising, classroom instruction, counseling, or related student services.
- Experience handling sensitive student information in accordance with applicable privacy regulations (e.g., FERPA) in a professional setting
- Experience working directly with university processes in one or more of the following areas: student orientation, course registration, degree auditing, or graduation requirements
Preferred Qualifications
- Work history showing familiarity with NACADA academic advising pillars, competencies, and standards, demonstrated through professional development, membership, conference participation, or direct application in an advising role.
- Experience using student information systems such as Banner, PeopleSoft, Starfish, or Navigate, or comparable degree audit and case management software.
- Experience presenting information to individuals and groups in a professional or educational setting, such as advising appointments, classroom instruction, orientations, or workshops.
- Demonstrated experience using Microsoft Office Suite or equivalent tools for document creation, data management, and electronic file organization in a professional setting.
Overtime Status
Exempt: Not eligible for overtime
Appointment Type
Regular
Salary Information
$55,000 - $70,000 Commensurate with experience
Hours per week
40
Review Date
October 23, 2026
Additional Information
The successful candidate will be required to have a criminal conviction check.
Virginia Tech does not discriminate against employees, students, or applicants on the basis of age, color, disability, sex (including pregnancy), gender, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, ethnicity or national origin, political affiliation, race, religion, sexual orientation, or military status, or otherwise discriminate against employees or applicants who inquire about, discuss, or disclose their compensation or the compensation of other employees or applicants, or on any other basis protected by law.
If you are an individual with a disability and desire an accommodation, please contact Cheri Warren at [email protected] during regular business hours at least 10 business days prior to the event.
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