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Washington University in St. Louis
Academic Advisor - Olin Business
Higher Ed
FERPA
Enrollment
Edtech.com's Summary
Washington University in St. Louis is hiring an Academic Advisor - Olin Business to guide graduate students at Olin through their educational journey, from choosing programs to finishing their degrees. The advisor counsels students on curriculum and university policies, connects them with campus partners, and helps recruit students through events and orientation. The position centers on student success, retention, and progression to graduation.
Highlights
- Provide in-depth advising to graduate students that promotes student success, retention, and degree completion.
- Advise students on programs, curriculum, graduate education, and the university’s policies, processes, and procedures.
- Assess each student’s holistic needs, refer them to the right campus partners, and respond to student communication in a timely manner.
- Plan student engagement opportunities and events, both on and off campus.
- Represent the department at orientation, commencement, and other events.
- Organize and maintain individual student files and coordinate incoming and outgoing communications.
- Need a bachelor’s degree plus three years of relevant experience, with a master’s degree preferred.
- Prefer familiarity with FERPA, transcript evaluation, student records management, enrollment management, and higher education admissions.
- The posted salary range is $49,700 to $82,100 per year for a full-time schedule of 37.5 hours per week.
Academic Advisor - Olin Business Full Description
Position Summary
Plays an integral part in guiding Olin students through their educational journey. The Academic Advisor advises students, recruits students and promotes student success, retention and progression to graduation.
Job Description
Primary Duties & Responsibilities:
- Provides in-depth advising services promoting graduate student success, retention, and degree completion. Advises graduate students on programs, curriculum, graduate education, and university policies, processes, and procedures
- Assesses the holistic needs of students, provides support, and refers to appropriate campus partners. Responds to communication in a timely manner. Works closely with other University partners in the best interest of our students.
- Organizes and maintains files, coordinates incoming and outgoing communications. Maintains files for students.
- Plans student engagement opportunities and events both on and off-campus for students.
- Represents the department at orientation, commencement and other events.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Working Conditions:
Job Location/Working Conditions
- Normal office environment.
- Ability to travel to on- and off-campus locations.
Physical Effort
Typically sitting at a desk or table.
Equipment
Office equipment.
The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by people assigned to this classification. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all job duties performed by the personnel so classified. Management reserves the right to revise or amend duties at any time.
Required Qualifications
Education:
Bachelor's degree
Certifications/Professional Licenses:
No specific certification/professional license is required for this position.
Work Experience:
Relevant Experience (3 Years)
Skills:
Not Applicable
Driver's License:
A driver's license is not required for this position.
Preferred Qualifications
Education:
Master's degree
Certifications/Professional Licenses:
No additional certification/professional licenses unless stated elsewhere in the job posting.
Work Experience:
No additional work experience unless stated elsewhere in the job posting.
Skills:
Academic Advising, ADA Compliance, Curriculum Consulting, Curriculum Development, Enrollment Management, Family Educational Rights And Privacy Act (FERPA), Higher Education Admissions, Multicultural Environments, Oral Communications, Policies & Procedures, Student Accommodation, Student Records Management, Student Retention, Transcript Evaluation, Written Communication
Scheduled Hours
37.5
Grade
G10
Salary Range
$49,700.00 - $82,100.00 / Annually
The salary range reflects base salaries paid for positions in a given job grade across the University. Individual rates within the range will be determined by factors including one's qualifications and performance, equity with others in the department, market rates for positions within the same grade and department budget.
Pre-Employment Screening
All external candidates receiving an offer for employment will be required to submit to pre-employment screening for this position. The screenings will include criminal background check and, as applicable for the position, other background checks, drug screen, an employment and education or licensure/certification verification, physical examination, certain vaccinations and/or governmental registry checks. All offers are contingent upon successful completion of required screening.
EEO Statement
Washington University in St. Louis is committed to the principles and practices of equal employment opportunity. It is the University’s policy to provide equal opportunity and access to persons in all job titles without regard to race, ethnicity or shared ancestry, color, national origin, citizenship (where prohibited by federal law), age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, protected veteran status, or genetic information. As a federal contractor, the university maintains affirmative action programs to implement its equal employment opportunity policy for individuals with disabilities and protected veterans, in accordance with Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended, and the Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act of 1974 (VEVRAA), as amended.
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