Academic Advisor
Job description
Must be able to work all campuses.
Virginia Peninsula Community College changes lives, empowers students to succeed, and enhances the social and economic vitality of the region through high quality education and workforce training, excellent services, and innovative partnerships.
The Advisor’s primary role will be onboarding and supporting students in G3 (Get Skilled, Get a Job, Give Back) credit and noncredit programs. The advisor serves as a resource to assist individuals in overcoming non-academic barriers that may affect their ability to complete their educational goals successfully. This includes communicating regularly with students, maintaining records of student outreach and other interactions, making connections to available college and community support services, and assisting with academic interventions when necessary. Performs other duties as assigned.
May be required to perform other duties as assigned. May be required to assist the agency or state government generally in the event of an emergency declaration by the Governor.
- Bachelor’s degree in Education, Humanities or related field or an equivalent combination of training and/or experience.
- Experience in advising students.
- A commitment to diversity issues concerning student access, enrollment, and retention.
Knowledge:
- Utilize theories and practices related to higher education academic advising.
- Possess awareness of academic disciplines, curriculums, and programs.
Skills:
- Demonstrate excellent written and verbal communication.
- Exhibit attention-to-detail and a high degree of organization.
Abilities:
- Work effectively within an ethnic, cultural, and socially diverse student population.
- Interpret and administers federal and state policies and procedures.
- Employ the interpersonal skills needed to facilitate a student-centered, inclusive, and culturally sensitive advising rapport that effectively meets student needs, interests and goals.
- Develop inclusive and ethical practices consistent with program and population needs that promote learning, student development, progress, and success.
- Conduct detailed analysis of program issues and concerns.
- Make recommendations as appropriate while exercising decision making, judgment and discretion.
- Deliver student services and referrals to other partner services and/or agencies.
- Display leadership qualities and characteristics necessary for developing effective working relationships with students/customers, partner agencies, partner staff and other community individuals and groups.
- Ability to provide services to prospective students including non-credit training preparedness, academic advising, registration and enrollment, counseling and possibly student activities.
- Works with students/customers who are frustrated, angry and/or confused; diffuses the situation and provides the student with a positive experience.
- Master’s degree in Student Personnel, Higher Education, Counseling, Adult Education, or related field.
- Work experience in a higher education setting or in counseling or academic coaching.
- Knowledge of available financial aid and scholarship information.
- Knowledge of PeopleSoft, Navigate and other educational technologies.
- Familiar with creating and/or using forms, surveys, brochures, and record-keeping procedures.
The selected candidate’s offer is contingent upon the successful completion of a criminal background investigation, which may include: fingerprint checks, local agency checks, employment verification, verification of education, credit checks (relevant to employment). Additionally, selected candidates may be required to complete the Commonwealth’s Statement of Economic Interest. For more information, please follow this link: http://ethics.dls.virginia.gov/
The Virginia Community College System, an EEO employer, welcomes applications from people of all backgrounds and recognizes the benefits of a diverse workforce. Therefore, the VCCS is committed to providing a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. Employment decisions are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications. We prohibit discrimination and harassment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, mental or physical disabilities, political affiliation, veteran status, gender identity, or other non-merit factors.
The VCCS is an EOE and Affirmative Action Employer. In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Acts (ADA and ADAAA), VCCS will provide, if requested, reasonable accommodation to applicants in need of access to the application, interviewing and selection processes.
VCCS uses E-Verify to check employee eligibility to work in the United States. You will be required to complete an I-9 form and provide documentation of your identity for employment purposes.
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