Graduate Academic Success Advisor

Job Profile:

Academic Advisor 1

Job Family:

Academic Advising

Time Type:

Full time

Max Pay - Depends on experience:

$55,000.00 USD Annual

Apply before 11:59 PM Arizona time the day before the posted End Date.

Minimum Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree; OR, Any equivalent combination of experience and/or training from which comparable knowledge, skills and abilities have been achieved.

Job Profile Summary:
Provides direct student-facing support to undergraduate students enrolled at the university. Utilizes a wide range of software, student development theory, and retention-focused strategies. Working under direct supervision to support students by performing specific, articulated goals and outcomes

Job Description:

The Graduate Academic Success Advisor acts as a key contributor to promoting and supporting the School of Public Affairs within the Watts College of Public Service and Community Solutions, Graduate student retention and graduation university-wide, and advises Masters and Ph.D. students in making timely progress toward degree completion through a range of in-person and virtual academic counseling and support strategies. Please note this position is in person at the Downtown Phoenix Campus.

Position Salary Range: $51,000 - $55,000 per year; depending on experience

Essential Duties:

• Provides individual and group academic advising and interacts with graduate students to support academic success. In addition, they work closely with Master's-level and Ph.D. students, faculty, and staff to support academic success

• Monitors student academic progress and program effectiveness using various technology-based tools (such as degree progress, customer relationship management, and analytics software/tools) and the application of retention-focused strategies and relevant advising/student development/engagement theories

• Able to learn and use multiple systems simultaneously (such as student record databases, customer relationship management systems, degree progress tools, appointment systems, and analytics software/tools). Shares feedback and insight regarding technology systems and their daily use

• Utilizes collegial interpersonal skills and an ability to communicate effectively in person, by writing, and by phone; establishes and maintains effective professional working relationships

• Proactively monitors student academic performance; addresses, responds to, and works to resolve student concerns, questions, or issues; collaborates closely with students to identify all educational options including, but not limited to: degrees, tutoring, counseling, career services, success coaches, extracurricular activities, study abroad program(s), research, and internships; supports and provides counsel to students in the selection of options best suited to the student's goals, interests, and skills

• Acts as a college/department/school representative to current and prospective students, faculty, staff, and external groups on issues related to academic success; attends and presents at orientation and recruiting events/activities/workshops

• Works to ensure ongoing satisfaction for students with their program and degree progress and provides follow-up to ensure satisfaction with and effectiveness of services. Utilizes various university data and programmatic direction to promote student academic success. Regularly monitors assessment resources to refine and build effective practices

• Works collaboratively and collegially with academic units and services throughout the University to facilitate comprehensive student support

• Possesses a clear understanding of the larger picture of the college and departmental processes and expectations around utilizing these tools and how they impact the student experience

• Escalates/redirects urgent or conflicting requests

• Recognizes complex issues and alerts leadership; may provide suggestions in response

• Other duties as assigned

Desired Qualifications:

• Masters degree in Counseling or higher education, preferred

• Experience working with students in higher education/college-level academic advising

• Evidence of effective verbal and written communication skills

• Demonstrated use of problem-solving skills; critical thinking; time management skills; and having to rapidly adapt and effectively utilize new technology, practices, and policies

• Experience in establishing and maintaining effective working relationships with peers, faculty, students, administration, and others

• Organizational experience while prioritizing multiple tasks in a fast-paced and service-focused environment; detail-oriented

• Demonstrated knowledge of ASU academic structure and organization

• Experience using: Student information computer systems (i.e., PeopleSoft, DARS, etc.)

• Experience using: Microsoft Office Applications (i.e., Outlook, Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint); Salesforce

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Knowledge of principles, practices, procedures, and methods of evidence-based academic advising strategies

• Ability to direct and support undergraduate and graduate students at the University

• Ability to utilize various software, advising theories, and retention-focused strategies

• Ability to work under direct supervision to support students by performing specific, articulated goals and outcomes

• Ability to understand general student requests for information and assistance

• Demonstrates how to escalate urgent/conflicting requests

• Applies collaborative approaches and strategies to devise solutions for student requests

• Ability to utilize collegial interpersonal skills to maintain effective working relationships

• Demonstrates proficient knowledge of essential applications to communicate with internal and external customers

• Ability to utilize multiple applications or systems to elicit resolutions to student requests while maintaining an openness to new and developing tools used across the University to aid in student success and service excellence 

• Applies and demonstrates approaches for supporting/guiding students through curriculum requirements; identifies and creates connections to resources for students to support goals; delivers advising practices following relevant university, college/department/school ethical and legal guidelines; actively builds knowledge of key University or college/department/school resources

• Knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite and comfortable working in an environment focused on continuous improvement and innovation

Working Environment:

• Activities are performed in an environmentally controlled office setting subject to extended periods of sitting, keyboarding, and manipulating a computer mouse; required to stand for varying lengths of time and walk moderate distances to perform work.

• Frequent bending, reaching, lifting, pushing, and pulling up to 25 pounds.

• Regular activities require the ability to quickly change priorities, which may include and are subject to the resolution of conflicts.

Department Statement:

The School of Public Affairs advances excellence in governance by creating, sharing, and applying knowledge of public administration. In support of this mission, we are committed to enabling students to analyze public problems, communicate, collaborate, make decisions, and manage public institutions effectively, ethically, and democratically; teaching and providing continuing education at times and locations appropriate for working students and practitioners; identifying emerging public issues, applying research to public programs, disseminating information, and proposing solutions to public problems; assisting public, private, and nonprofit organizations; facilitating community discourse on public issues; contributing to public affairs scholarship; and fostering the next generation of public affairs scholars.

Driving Requirement:

Driving is not required for this position.

Location:

Off-Campus: Phoenix

Funding:

No Federal Funding

Instructions to Apply:

Current employees, student workers seeking staff opportunities, and students applying for student worker positions must apply directly through the Workday Jobs Hub.

Please use the link below to log in using single sign-on.

https://www.myworkday.com/asu/d/inst/1$9925/9925$19389.htmld

To be considered, your application must include all of the following attachments:

• Cover letter

• Resume or CV

Multiple documents may be uploaded in the attachments section. Alternatively, applicants may combine all required materials into a single PDF for submission. Please ensure uploaded documents are clearly labeled and include your name.

Please ensure your resume includes all employment information in month and year format, for example 6/04 to 8/14, along with job title, job duties, and employer name for each position. Your resume should clearly demonstrate how your experience and background meet the minimum and desired qualifications for this position. Incomplete applications or missing required materials may not be considered.

Important: Do not withdraw your application to make edits. Once an application is withdrawn, it cannot be edited, reactivated, or replaced with a new submission. If you have questions or need assistance, please contact HR Talent Acquisition before the posting close date to request edits.

Graduate Assistant, Intern and part-time positions are counted as half time for experience equivalency, meaning one year equals six months of experience.

Only electronic applications will be accepted for this position. By submitting an application, you confirm that the information provided is accurate and complete.

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Arizona State University is a new model for American higher education, an unprecedented combination of academic excellence, entrepreneurial energy and broad access. This New American University is a single, unified institution comprising four differentiated campuses positively impacting the economic, social, cultural and environmental health of the communities it serves. Its research is inspired by real world application blurring the boundaries that traditionally separate academic disciplines. ASU serves more than 100,000 students in metropolitan Phoenix, Arizona, the nation's fifth largest city. ASU champions inclusive excellence, and welcomes students from all fifty states and more than one hundred nations across the globe.

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