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Position Description
Academic Advisors – Student Academic Affairs Office University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
The College of Liberal Arts & Sciences is home to 15,000 students; 1,300 faculty and staff; and over 186,000 alumni. The college is home to more than 65 units and 70 plus majors. LAS is a diverse and dynamic place made up of incredible people doing impactful work every day at the heart of the university. The LAS Student Academic Affairs Office (SAAO) supports the academic, personal, and professional development of every student. Through collaborations across academic advising, academic achievement program, career services, first year experience program, honors program, and international programs, we support students, promote inclusive dialogue, recognize diverse experiences, and encourage them to design experiences that enable their success. The Student Academic Affairs Office in the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences are seeking to hire two Academic Advisors. One Academic Advisor will serve on the Core Academic Advising Team while the other will serve the Access and Achievement Program.
Core – Academic Advisor
Job Summary
Academic Advisors provide holistic academic advising and coordination of student services in support of the personal, educational, and professional development of undergraduate students in the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences.
Access and Achievement Program – Academic Advisor
Job Summary
Serve as one of the primary Academic Advisors in the Access and Achievement Program (AAP). Provides academic advising and student affairs-related services to students in the Access and Achievement Program. The AAP program is a recruitment, retention, and enrichment program in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. Students are assigned AAP attributes the undergraduate admissions process.
Duties
Core – Academic Advisor
- Serves on the Core Academic Advisor Team Participates in weekly walk-in advising duty (three shifts). Hold weekly advising appointments with students (two shifts).
- Serves on late and retroactive drop/withdrawal committees and related committees supporting student success.
- Reviews and approves student academic relief requests.
- Processes Student Engagement Reports.
- Assists Records Advisors with Progress Degree Monitoring Communications and Student Meetings
- Participates in Shared Office Responsibilities
- Participates in end-of-term academic progress review audits.
- Contributes to LAS student recruitment and orientation activities, as needed.
- Serves as the unit representative and on internal and external committees or working groups, as needed.
Access and Achievement Program – Academic Advisor
- Serves as an Academic Advisor for Students Admitted into LAS Undeclared
- Serves as an Academic Advisor for students assigned to specific cohorts in the Access and Achievement Program including students in honors, on academic warning, in LAS General Curriculum, and other students who need assistance from the College of LAS.
- Teaches and assesses a section of LAS 112: First Year College Success.
- Serves as a freshmen registration Academic Advisor for LAS Undeclared/LAS General Curriculum.
- Contributes to orientation and onboarding activities for new students in AAP.
- Monitors Student Engagement Reports submitted by Faculty Members for students at-risk of experiencing academic difficulties.
- Participates in the review of the Late-retroactive drop queue and other online administrative process queues.
- Participates in end-of-term academic progress review audits.
- Serves on the walk-in advisor on duty rotation for LAS SAAO.
- Collaborates and communicates with LAS departments and other colleges/units to ensure accurate dissemination of information for students for academic planning purposes.
- Contributes to LAS new student recruitment and yield events and activities that may require overnight and weekend work, as needed.
- Serves as unit representative on internal and external committees or working groups, as needed.
- Other duties as assigned to further the mission of the unit.
Application Process
Application Procedures & Deadline Information
Applications must be received by 6:00 pm (CST) on February 3, 2025. Apply for this position using the Apply Now button at the top or bottom of this posting and upload your cover letter, resume, and names/contact information for three professional references. Please remember to include specific information on how you meet the qualifications of the position in your application materials. Applications not submitted through https://jobs.illinois.edu will not be considered. For further information about this specific position, please contact [email protected]. For questions regarding the application process, please contact 217-333-2137. The University of Illinois must also comply with applicable federal export control laws and regulations and, as such, reserves the right to employ restricted party screening procedures for applicants.
Institution Information
www.las.illinois.edu
Additional Information
Successful candidates will have: Organizational, communication, interpersonal and assessment skills. Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, particularly those that enable the candidate to effectively communicate clearly with a wide range of constituencies including, students, parents, faculty, staff, alumni, and partners. Intercultural skills and a commitment to inclusive practices. Demonstrated ability to work from a strengths-based advising perspective. Demonstrated ability to track and assess student academic progress. Ability to work independently, as well as collaboratively, with a wide range of on-campus and off-campus constituencies. Knowledge of academic skills and student development issues associated with undergraduate student populations, especially those that require enhanced advising and academic skills support. Experience with Microsoft Office Suite, Google Workspace, Zoom, web and social media, Banner, and degree audit systems. Successful candidates will demonstrate a working level of proficiency in the following competencies: Facilitating student development, success, and outcomes: ability to work developmentally with students; Ability to promote student learning, development, and success by applying varied advising approaches to diverse individual student situations. Communicating for effective relationships: Knowledge and application of communication techniques (including listening skills) and relationship building skills to work with a variety of individuals and groups in a constructive and collaborative manner. Communicating complex concepts: Knowledge and use of summarization and simplification techniques to explain complex concepts in simple, clear language appropriate to the audience. Resourcefulness and good judgment: Ability to apply past experience and analysis of information to arrive at sound and timely conclusions. Planning and organizing: Ability to mobilize time and other resources to get things done. Collaboration and Embracing Diversity: Ability to work with a variety of individuals in a constructive and civil manner while appreciating the unique contribution of individuals from varied cultures, race, creed, color, national origin, age, sex, disability, sexual orientation and gender identity. Appointment Information These are 100% full-time Academic Professional position, appointed on a 12-month basis. The expected start date is as soon as possible after the deadline date. The target salary for these positions are $53,000 - $58,000. Actual starting salary will be determined by the candidate’s credentials and alignment with the position requirements. Hybrid work options may be available for this position after an initial on-site training period of six months, with the ability to be on-site at the Champaign-Urbana campus as needed per the University of Illinois workplace flexibility guidelines https://cam.illinois.edu/policies/hr-87-2/. Sponsorship for work authorization is not available for this position.
Contact Information
Allison Perry - [email protected]
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