Posting Number: 20111063-2

Pay Rate

$38,000 - $42,000 Annually

Job Category: Staff

Department: ACADEMIC ADVISING AND RESOURCE CENTER

Job Description Summary

Academic advisors are responsible for advising and assisting students with their educational and career plans. In addition, advisors support new students in making a successful transition to college by providing resources for success, engagement initiatives and advising so that all students become full members of the SMC community.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree
• Minimum one year of advising experience or one year of experience directly related to the duties and responsibilities specified.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's degree
• Minimum three years of advising experience

Other Information

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

Provide general academic advising to new, current, returning, transfer, and veteran students:

• Inform students of the types of programs available at SMC and explain their purposes, job outlook, and curriculum
• Develop Degree Plans according to students' academic and life goals in order to keep students on track for graduation and in sequence according to their published curriculum
• Identify required placement exams and interpret scores; inform students of alternative credit and test out options; review prior coursework to determine eligibility for course waivers and submit waivers as necessary
• Implement New Student Orientation and Welcome Week activities, to support the onboarding of our new and transfer students.
• Run and interpret degree audits to verify academic progress and degree completion
• Assist students with navigating the published Schedule of Classes and selecting courses appropriate to their degree and transfer goals; teach and assist students in the self-registration process and accessing Dashboard
• Assist students with schedule adjustments and the withdrawal process
• Maintain continuous lines of communication with academic deans and the records office regarding scheduling issues, overrides, and curriculum variances
• Formulate suggested curricular recommendations for faculty program directors based on findings and observations of students in those programs.
• Apply retention strategies to assigned cohort of students to meet goals of advising and student development.
• Provide effective tools and resources to students who experience difficulties maintaining a positive academic experience
• Initiate collaborative efforts with other advisors as a team to anticipate and respond to advising challenges and opportunities as they arise
• Enact communication plans to provide individualized information to support student success and retention.
• Utilize Banner Student Information System and other various software systems to enter overrides, collect and analyze data, and perform other key operations.
• Conduct advising workshops as directed by supervisor

Advise students planning to transfer to four-year institutions in Michigan and out-of-state:

• Explain the Michigan Transfer Agreement, its goals, and its benefits to those transferring to a four-year school in Michigan
• Assist students with selecting an appropriate transfer school in accordance with their academic goals and personal preferences
• Refer students to transfer representatives at prospective school(s)
• Help students navigate transfer resources - transfer guides, articulation agreements, application process, transfer scholarships, etc.
• Assist students with transfer application process and provide recommendations, as requested
• Research transfer equivalencies at students' prospective transfer school(s) to ensure they are maximizing their time at SMC and taking courses required for transfer

The duties listed in this job description are not all-inclusive, but a list of the major responsibilities. Additional duties not noted in the job description may be assigned by a supervisor.

Physical Requirements

Must be able to complete the following with or without a reasonable accommodation:

1. The physical activity of this position.
A. Reaching. Extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction.
B. Standing. Particularly for sustained periods of time.
C. Walking. Moving about on foot to accomplish tasks, particularly for long distances or moving from one work site to another.
D. Fingering. Picking, pinching, typing or otherwise working, primarily with fingers rather than with the whole hand as in handling.
E. Grasping. Applying pressure to an object with the fingers and palm.
F. Talking. Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word.
G. Hearing. Perceiving the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction. Ability to receive detailed information through oral communication, and to make the discriminations in sound.
H. Repetitive motion. Substantial movements (motions) of the wrists, hands, and/or fingers.

2. The physical requirements of this position.
Light work. Exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 10 pounds of force frequently, and/or a negligible amount of force constantly to move objects.

3. The visual acuity requirements including color, depth perception, and field vision.
The employee is required to have close visual acuity to perform an activity such as: preparing and analyzing data and figures; transcribing; viewing a computer terminal; extensive reading.

4. The conditions the employee will be subject to in this position.
The employee is not substantially exposed to adverse environmental conditions (such as in typical office or administrative work.)

Close Date: 05/05/2024

Quicklink: https://swmich.peopleadmin.com/postings/4471

Accept References: Yes

Minimum Requests: 3

Maximum Requests: 3

SMC is an EOE, Title IX, and Section 504 Employer

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