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Student Services Advisor I

🇺🇸 Los Angeles, CA

🕑 Full-Time

💰 $30 - $32 per Hour

💻 Academic Advising

🗓️ December 12th, 2025

Edtech.com's Summary

USC Roski School of Art and Design is hiring a Student Services Advisor I to provide comprehensive academic support and student services within the Admissions and Student Affairs department. The role involves advising undergraduate and graduate students on academic policies, coordinating registration and student records, planning student events, and supporting faculty and committees to enhance student success.

Highlights
  • Provide academic counseling on curriculum, degree requirements, transfer credit, graduation, and student progress monitoring.
  • Maintain student records, coordinate registrations, grading, enrollment verifications, and interface with faculty and administrators.
  • Plan and oversee student events such as commencement, orientation, and award ceremonies.
  • Prepare and update student materials including bulletins, newsletters, and brochures.
  • Participate in and provide support for committees related to student services.
  • Support faculty and academic committees with curriculum administration and course scheduling.
  • Maintain knowledge of university policies on admissions, financial aid, registration, and graduation requirements.
  • Compile statistical data and prepare reports for internal and external use.
  • Assist with occasional weekend admission recruitment events.
  • Preferred qualifications include a Master's degree and knowledge of USC student programs and student information systems.
  • Hourly compensation ranges from $29.68 to $31.68.

Student Services Advisor I Full Description

Student Services Advisor I

Los Angeles, CA

Job ID REQ20169605
Category Student Support Services

USC’s Roski School of Art and Design is seeking an experienced Advisor to join our team as a Student Services Advisor I, for Roski’s Admissions and Student Affairs department. The Student Services Advisor I will perform a variety of duties, including:
Counsels and/or provides undergraduate and/or graduate students with a range of services covering admissions, financial aid, academic counseling and advisement, graduation counseling and clearance, records and registration, placement and career services, and student programs. Coordinates delivery of services with appropriate university offices. Position is affiliated with a major academic program, academic department, school or college.

Job Accountabilities:
•    Provides academic counseling for undergraduate and/or graduate students. Advises on matters of curriculum, course and degree requirements, transfer credit evaluation, and graduation counseling and clearance. Monitors student progress in honors and probation programs.
•    Maintains academic unit student records and coordinates registration activities, grading, degree progress, enrollment and degree verification, and transcripts with the USC Office of Academic Records and Registrar. Assists with Petition
applications, resumes and letters of recommendation. Interfaces with faculty, administrators and students regarding grading policies, academic progress and student promotability.
•    Plans and coordinates student events including commencement, orientation, receptions, and award ceremonies. Contracts with vendors for services and attends and oversees events to ensure arrangements are handled as planned.
•    Assists in the preparation or update of bulletins, newsletters, handbooks, guides, fact sheets and brochures. May coordinate production of materials by outside vendors.
•    Participates in committees at the department, school, college or university level which deal in student services issues. Provides administrative support for local committees and works on committee-assigned projects.
•    Provides administrative support to faculty and academic committees by coordinating textbook orders, class and exam schedules, curricula changes and new course approvals, and changes to the university catalog and school bulletin.
•    Maintains currency on policies, procedures and regulations pertaining to admissions, financial aid, registration, transfer credit evaluation, course and degree requirements, graduation requirements, petitions and other student services.
•    Maintains and compiles statistical data. Prepares reports for internal and external use.
•    Assist with occasional weekend events related to admission recruitment and conversion.

Preferred Education: 
Master's degree

Preferred Experience: 
Knowledge of USC student and academic programs, policies and procedures and knowledge of the student information system.

The hourly rate range for this position is $29.68 - $31.68 per hour. 
When extending an offer of employment, the University of Southern California considers factors such as (but not limited to) the scope and responsibilities of the position, the candidate’s work experience, education/training, critical skills, internal peer equity, federal, state, and local laws, contractual stipulations, grant funding, as well as external market and organizational considerations.

USC prohibits discrimination based on protected characteristics and welcomes candidates committed to academic excellence and community building. Ideal candidates demonstrate this commitment through their ideas, words, and actions. Please refer to USC’s Unifying Values.

Why Work at the Roski School of Art and Design?
The USC Roski School of Art and Design offers an arts education that is as individual as the student.  The varied programs – from design, painting and sculpture, to performance art and social practice – are all taught by the school’s renowned faculty of artists, designer, curators, scholars, and arts professionals, who provide students with creative, interpretive, and critical skills essential to the practices of art and design today.  Join us!

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Minimum Education: Bachelor's degree Additional Education Requirements Combined experience/education as substitute for minimum education Minimum Experience: 1 year Minimum Skills: Student program or service experience.

Job ID REQ20169605
Posted Date 12/10/2025