Academic Counselor

🇺🇸 Chapel Hill, NC 🕑 Full-Time 💰 TBD 💻 Academic Advising 🗓️ March 18th, 2026

Edtech.com's Summary

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is hiring an Academic Counselor. The role involves providing academic support and coaching to student-athletes, monitoring their academic progress, reinforcing eligibility requirements, reporting to coaches, attending team meetings, and assisting with academic progress metrics while ensuring compliance with NCAA, ACC, and University policies.

Highlights

Provide academic coaching in study skills, time management, and balanced schedule planning for student-athletes.
Regularly monitor academic progress and review faculty and tutor reports on attendance and grades.
Educate student-athletes on NCAA and institutional eligibility standards and reinforce campus academic advising.
Prepare detailed weekly reports for coaches, attend team meetings, and compile semester grade and eligibility reports.
Support preparation of Academic Progress Rate (APR) and Graduation Success Rate (GSR) for each team.
Must comply with all NCAA, ACC, and University policies and maintain high integrity standards.
Requires a relevant post-baccalaureate degree or a bachelor's degree with 3+ years of relevant experience.
Knowledge of undergraduate student retention best practices and student-athlete academic transition issues is essential.
Strong written and verbal communication skills are required; nightly and weekend work is expected year-round.
Preferred qualifications include a master's degree and experience working with diverse student-athlete populations in academic support roles.