Troy University
College Advisor
🇺🇸 Troy, AL
🕑 Full-Time
💰 TBD
💻 Academic Advising
🗓️ June 24th, 2025
Edtech.com's Summary
Troy University is hiring a College Advisor. The College Advisor provides academic advisement and support to undergraduate students, tracks student progress, identifies academic challenges, and implements strategies to increase student retention and success. They advocate for students and facilitate connections between students, staff, and faculty advisors while supporting the overall advising process related to student progression and degree completion.
Highlights
- Provide academic advisement guidance and support to undergraduate students within assigned college fields.
- Track student progress, identify challenges, and develop strategies to promote persistence and retention.
- Assist with support services and research student trends to inform university administrators.
- Advocate for student needs and facilitate communication between students, staff, and faculty advisors.
- Support university advising processes focusing on student success, retention, progression, and degree completion.
- Proficiency required in Microsoft Office applications and technology use.
- Minimum qualifications include a Bachelor’s degree and at least one year of academic advising or related experience, or three years in student services.
- Preferred qualifications include a Master’s degree in counseling, student personnel, or education and experience with university databases.
- Employment is full-time, within the Advisement - Troy Online department under Financial Affairs and Online Education division.
- No driving or supervisory responsibilities required for this position.
College Advisor Full Description
College Advisor
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Posting Details
Position Information
Posting Number | SF2315P
Position Title | College Advisor
Position Type | Professional/Salaried
Department | Advisement - Troy Online
Division | Financial Affairs and Online Education
Campus | Troy Online
Work Status | Full-Time (FT)
Temporary | No
Location | Troy - T01
Job Summary | The College Advisor position is responsible for providing academic advisement guidance and support to undergraduate students who are majoring in a field within the college for which they are assigned. The position will track student progress, identify potential academic challenges, and provide support to help students stay on track; develop and implement effective strategies to support student persistence; increase student retention; assist with support services; research and compile information on student trends and needs; and present information on matters related to student success to appropriate University administrators. The position serves as an advocate for students’ needs and concerns and facilitates connection between the student, staff and their assigned faculty advisor; and provides support for the overall advising process for the University in areas relating to student success, retention, progression and degree completion.
Minimum Qualifications | 1. Bachelor’s degree
2. Minimum of one year of experience in academic advising, counseling, or a related field; OR minimum of three years of experience working in student services or related academic functions
3. Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
4. High level of organizational and problem-solving skills
3. Proficiency with Technology including Microsoft Office applications
Preferred Qualifications | 1. Master’s degree in counseling, student personnel, education or related field
2. Experience with university databases
Will this position require driving (personal vehicle, university vehicle, utility vehicle, or golf cart) in order to perform the job duties? | No
Work Hours | 40 hours per week
Standard office hours
List any hazardous conditions or physical demands required by this position | N/A
Does this position have supervisory responsibility? | No
Posting Date | 05/07/2025
Closing Date |
Open Until Filled | Yes
Special Instructions to Applicants |
Quick Link | https://www.troyuniversityjobs.com/postings/44011
Position Title | College Advisor
Position Type | Professional/Salaried
Department | Advisement - Troy Online
Division | Financial Affairs and Online Education
Campus | Troy Online
Work Status | Full-Time (FT)
Temporary | No
Location | Troy - T01
Job Summary | The College Advisor position is responsible for providing academic advisement guidance and support to undergraduate students who are majoring in a field within the college for which they are assigned. The position will track student progress, identify potential academic challenges, and provide support to help students stay on track; develop and implement effective strategies to support student persistence; increase student retention; assist with support services; research and compile information on student trends and needs; and present information on matters related to student success to appropriate University administrators. The position serves as an advocate for students’ needs and concerns and facilitates connection between the student, staff and their assigned faculty advisor; and provides support for the overall advising process for the University in areas relating to student success, retention, progression and degree completion.
Minimum Qualifications | 1. Bachelor’s degree
2. Minimum of one year of experience in academic advising, counseling, or a related field; OR minimum of three years of experience working in student services or related academic functions
3. Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
4. High level of organizational and problem-solving skills
3. Proficiency with Technology including Microsoft Office applications
Preferred Qualifications | 1. Master’s degree in counseling, student personnel, education or related field
2. Experience with university databases
Will this position require driving (personal vehicle, university vehicle, utility vehicle, or golf cart) in order to perform the job duties? | No
Work Hours | 40 hours per week
Standard office hours
List any hazardous conditions or physical demands required by this position | N/A
Does this position have supervisory responsibility? | No
Posting Date | 05/07/2025
Closing Date |
Open Until Filled | Yes
Special Instructions to Applicants |
Quick Link | https://www.troyuniversityjobs.com/postings/44011
Reference Letters
Reference Letters
Solicit References Through the System? | No
Last Day a Reference Provider Can Submit Reference |
Applicant Special Instructions | Qualified applications will be made available to the department/committee for review immediately upon submission. We ask that you provide email addresses for your reference providers and please be certain that the email addresses you list are accurate. If you are selected as a candidate for consideration by the department/committee, an instructional email will be sent to your reference providers to ask that they submit a reference letter on your behalf via a link to our reference portal. Separate reference letters will be requested for each position to which you apply (if applicable), so your reference providers will be contacted separately for each application on which you list them. Reference letters will not be copied from one application to another. You can assure your reference providers that our system is secure and that all letters are confidential. If your reference providers have trouble using the reference portal, please advise them to contact jobs@troy.edu.
Last Day a Reference Provider Can Submit Reference |
Applicant Special Instructions | Qualified applications will be made available to the department/committee for review immediately upon submission. We ask that you provide email addresses for your reference providers and please be certain that the email addresses you list are accurate. If you are selected as a candidate for consideration by the department/committee, an instructional email will be sent to your reference providers to ask that they submit a reference letter on your behalf via a link to our reference portal. Separate reference letters will be requested for each position to which you apply (if applicable), so your reference providers will be contacted separately for each application on which you list them. Reference letters will not be copied from one application to another. You can assure your reference providers that our system is secure and that all letters are confidential. If your reference providers have trouble using the reference portal, please advise them to contact jobs@troy.edu.
Supplemental Questions
Required fields are indicated with an asterisk (*).
- * How did you hear about this employment opportunity?
- Troy University employment website (www.troyuniversityjobs.com)
- Chronicle of Higher Education
- Higher Ed Jobs
- Social Media website
- Indeed
- Other employment website (please specify below)
- Employee Referral (please specify below)
- Local newspaper (please specify below)
- Professional journal (please specify below)
- Other source (please specify below)
- Please specify:
(Open Ended Question) - * Regarding your current employment status, please select one of the following:
- Not a current Troy University employee
- Current part-time Troy employee (including adjunct faculty)
- Current full-time Troy employee - initial appraisal period complete
- Current full-time Troy employee - still within initial appraisal period (six months for new employees and three months for promoted employees)
- * Do you have a Bachelor's degree in a related field?
- Yes
- No
- * Do you have a minimum of one year of experience in academic advising, counseling, or a related field; OR a minimum of three years of experience working in student services or related academic functions?
- Yes
- No
Applicant Documents
Required Documents
- Resume
- Cover Letter
- List of References
- Unofficial Transcript 1
Optional Documents
- Unofficial Transcript 2
- Other Document
- Letter of Reference 1
- Letter of Reference 2
- Employment is contingent upon a satisfactory background check.
- Troy University is an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer.
- Troy University participates in eVerify.
- Troy University is an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer.
- Troy University participates in eVerify.
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