Student Counselor

🇺🇸 Hybrid - Newark, New Jersey 🕑 Full-Time 💰 $68K - $101K 💻 Academic Advising 🗓️ October 30th, 2026

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Rutgers University is hiring a Student Counselor. The role is in the School of Criminal Justice at Rutgers University-Newark, where it combines recruitment, enrollment and retention support, academic advising, and career counseling for undergraduates. The counselor reports to the Assistant Dean of Undergraduate Programs.

Highlights

Develop and carry out a recruitment plan for transfer students.
Stay in regular contact with an assigned caseload of about 125 new freshmen and 150 transfer students, counseling them on progress toward graduation and career development.
Coordinate transfer student initiatives, workshops, transcript evaluations, new student registration, and recruiting events with other unit staff.
Keep content current in the university's degree audit program, the transfer services website, the School of Criminal Justice website, and social media.
Help run office events, commencement activities, and major and minor fairs.
Requires a bachelor's degree, preferably in Criminal Justice or a related social science, and two years of postgraduate experience in academic counseling or advising in higher education.
Occasional evening and weekend programs and a valid driver's license are required.
Salary range of $68,278 to $100,509, in a hybrid-eligible position.