Troy University
Project Advisor
🇺🇸 Troy, AL
🕑 Full-Time
💰 TBD
💻 Other
🗓️ July 21st, 2025
Edtech.com's Summary
Troy University is hiring a Project Advisor. The role involves providing academic support to reduce student attrition and boost course completion, delivering individual and group coaching in writing, math, and study skills, and maintaining academic progress documentation for program participants. The advisor will also administer assessments, create academic plans, and participate in professional development under the direction of the Project Coordinator.
Highlights
- Provide academic support in a designated discipline to reduce student attrition and improve course completion.
- Offer individual and group coaching in writing, math, and study skills to assigned participants.
- Maintain academic progress files and create Individual Academic and Service Plans (IASP) for participants.
- Administer and evaluate academic and needs survey assessments.
- Attend professional development training sessions.
- Serve as academic advisor to assigned program participants.
- Supervisory responsibility is included in the role.
- Required qualifications include a bachelor's degree in postsecondary education, counseling, educational psychology, or a related field, at least one year tutoring experience, and experience working with diverse adult populations in higher education.
- Driving may be required but is not a primary responsibility.
- Position is full-time, permanent, and funded by an external sponsor with no guarantee of continuation if funding ceases.
Project Advisor Full Description
Project Advisor
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Posting Details
Position Information
Posting Number | SF2360P
Position Title | Project Advisor
Position Type | Professional/Salaried
Department | Student Support Services - Troy
Division | Academics
Campus | Troy
Work Status | Full-Time (FT)
Temporary | No
Location | Troy - T01
Job Summary | The duties of the Project Advisor include, but are not limited to: Providing academic support in a designated discipline with the goal of reducing student attrition and increase completion of required college courses; providing individual and group coaching in writing, math, and/or study skills; maintaining academic progress files on all tutored participants.
As Project Advisor, position will serve as academic advisor to assigned program participants; administering and evaluating academic and needs survey assessments, creating and maintaining Individual Academic and Service Plans (IASP) on assigned participants; providing individual and group coaching in writing and study skill; attending professional development training; and other duties as assigned by the Project Coordinator.
Minimum Qualifications | Bachelor’s degree in postsecondary education, counseling, educational psychology, or a related field. Experience in working with a diverse adult population in a higher education setting. Minimum of one (1) year of tutoring experience in area of subject competency. Professional or personal experiences in overcoming barriers similar to those confronting SSS Eligible Students. Ability to effectively tutor Participants and track academic progress as indicated on their Academic Progress Plans.
Preferred Qualifications |
Will this position require driving (personal vehicle, university vehicle, utility vehicle, or golf cart) in order to perform the job duties? | Driving may be necessary but is not a primary responsibility
Work Hours | To be determined
List any hazardous conditions or physical demands required by this position | N/A
Does this position have supervisory responsibility? | Yes
Posting Date | 07/10/2025
Closing Date |
Open Until Filled | Yes
Special Instructions to Applicants | Position is funded by external sponsor agency. Troy University is under no obligation to maintain this position if funding from external source is reduced or ceased.
Quick Link | https://www.troyuniversityjobs.com/postings/44722
Position Title | Project Advisor
Position Type | Professional/Salaried
Department | Student Support Services - Troy
Division | Academics
Campus | Troy
Work Status | Full-Time (FT)
Temporary | No
Location | Troy - T01
Job Summary | The duties of the Project Advisor include, but are not limited to: Providing academic support in a designated discipline with the goal of reducing student attrition and increase completion of required college courses; providing individual and group coaching in writing, math, and/or study skills; maintaining academic progress files on all tutored participants.
As Project Advisor, position will serve as academic advisor to assigned program participants; administering and evaluating academic and needs survey assessments, creating and maintaining Individual Academic and Service Plans (IASP) on assigned participants; providing individual and group coaching in writing and study skill; attending professional development training; and other duties as assigned by the Project Coordinator.
Minimum Qualifications | Bachelor’s degree in postsecondary education, counseling, educational psychology, or a related field. Experience in working with a diverse adult population in a higher education setting. Minimum of one (1) year of tutoring experience in area of subject competency. Professional or personal experiences in overcoming barriers similar to those confronting SSS Eligible Students. Ability to effectively tutor Participants and track academic progress as indicated on their Academic Progress Plans.
Preferred Qualifications |
Will this position require driving (personal vehicle, university vehicle, utility vehicle, or golf cart) in order to perform the job duties? | Driving may be necessary but is not a primary responsibility
Work Hours | To be determined
List any hazardous conditions or physical demands required by this position | N/A
Does this position have supervisory responsibility? | Yes
Posting Date | 07/10/2025
Closing Date |
Open Until Filled | Yes
Special Instructions to Applicants | Position is funded by external sponsor agency. Troy University is under no obligation to maintain this position if funding from external source is reduced or ceased.
Quick Link | https://www.troyuniversityjobs.com/postings/44722
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 postsecondary education, counseling, educational psychology, or a related field?
- Yes
- No
Applicant Documents
Required Documents
- Resume
- Cover Letter
- List of References
- Unofficial Transcript 1
Optional Documents
- 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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