Academic Advisor jobs in Las Vegas, NV

Job Description

• This position will be open until filled. For full consideration, all application related materials should be submitted by 5/10/22. Application review will begin 5/11/22.

The role of Academic Advisor is charged with helping students: declare a major, plan their course work toward certificate or degree completion, assess their personal strengths and limitations, learn and utilize various academic success strategies, explore career opportunities, learn how to successfully navigate the educational system, benefit from campus and community resources, and connect to campus life. The Academic Advisor works with students in collaboration with varied academic units/staff to implement a personalized success plan, identify available resources and take necessary corrective actions essential for academic success.

Additionally, the Academic Advisor is responsible for assisting students with graduation audits, residency appeals, unusual enrollment, and credit overload requests.

The Academic Advisor position may be a general advising role across various academic units and/or assigned to work with a specific academic department/school while continually fostering a partnership with the student, faculty, and staff across campus. This post may function within a hybrid or remote model and operate from various CSN sites within the Charleston service region.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Education, Liberal Arts, Social Science, or related field from a regionally accredited college/university; OR equivalent combination of education and experience.
  
• 1 year in an Advising related role.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's degree from a regionally accredited college/university.
  
• NSHE experience.
  
• Bilingual Spanish.
  
• Direct academic advising and/or coaching experience in a community college setting.
  
• Demonstrate understanding of the purpose and function of community colleges.
  
• Working knowledge of PeopleSoft as it pertains to Student Services, Degree Audits, Creating WHIF reports, and related duties.

The duties, knowledge, skills, and abilities for this position include, but are not limited to:

• Working knowledge of advising, student development/engagement, retention, and student success best practices and strategies.
  
• Ability to provide effective academic, personal, financial, adjustment and career advisement to a diverse college student population.
  
• Exhibit excellent critical-thinking skills through a demonstrated ability to interpret and evaluate explanations of problems of sensitive and complex nature, analyzing and defining uses obtained explicitly and implicitly from students, faculty, and staff.
  
• Demonstrate skill to evaluate and assess student's academic needs, strengths, and weaknesses, and with student's input develop appropriate courses of action.
  
• Capacity to develop, implement and present workshops pertaining to college success and advanced learning strategies, effective graduation planning, and transfer agreements.
  
• Show sensitivity toward understanding the special needs of at-risk, marginalized and/or disadvantaged students from diverse academic, socioeconomic, cultural, disability, and ethnic backgrounds.
  
• Possess strong problem-solving skills, resourcefulness, the capacity to be a self-starter.
  
• Demonstrate strategic planning and capacity to develop and carry out short-term and long-term action goals/plans.
  
• Must be approachable and personable and articulate with excellent writing, interpersonal and public speaking skills, and able to communicate effectively with students, parents, faculty, and staff.
  
• Demonstrate knowledge of FERPA including ability to interpret and adhere to student privacy policies.
  
• Be proficient in MS Office Suite and computer database management software in general.
  
• Ability to demonstrate proficient caseload management skills.

Starting Salary Range

Administrative Faculty B

The minimum starting salary is $45,463 The successful candidate may be placed above the minimum based on education and experience.

CSN offers a generous benefit package comprised of excellent health insurance including medical, dental, vison, pharmacy, basic life insurance, and supplemental options (long term care, short term disability, and legal). Paid vacation, sick leave, and holidays. Comprehensive retirement plans, employee assistance program, tuition discounts at the Nevada System of Higher Education (NSHE) institutions. As well as tuition discounts for spouses, domestic partners, and dependents. Perks encompassing on campus employee discounts, professional and personal development opportunities; and statewide employee purchase programs. Join a dynamic team investing in our future, Students First.

Local Search

Out of Area/State Candidates will not be offered travel reimbursement.

Exempt
Yes

Full-Time Equivalent
100.0%

Required Attachment(s)

To be considered for this position, please upload the following documents to your application:

• Resume/CV
  
• Cover Letter
  
• Contact information for three professional references (Name, email and phone number)
  
• Unofficial Academic Transcripts (Applicants who have earned their degrees outside of the United States must have their educational transcripts evaluated by an approved evaluator if their college or university is not listed in the most recent edition of the Higher Education Directory, published by Higher Education Publications, Inc. If you have any questions regarding this, please reach out to the Human Resources, Talent Acquisition & Classification team)

NSHE - INTERNAL APPLICANTS PLEASE NOTE

CSN employees or employees within the Nevada System of Higher Education (NSHE) MUST use the "Find Jobs" process within Workday to find and apply for jobs at CSN and other NSHE Institutions. Once you log into Workday, type "Find Jobs" in the search box which will navigate to the internal job posting site. Locate this specific job posting by typing the requisition number in the search box. If you complete an application outside of the internal application process and apply as an external candidate, your application will no longer be considered at the time of minimum qualification review. In order to prevent the disqualification of your application, you will need to reapply as an internal candidate before 11:59pm the day prior to the position close date.

CSN is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action institution. For more information, visit http://www.csn.edu/nondiscrimination.

Posting Close Date

Note to Applicant

Applicants should fully describe their qualifications and experience with specific reference to each of the minimum and preferred qualifications. The search committee will use this information during the initial review of application materials.

All document(s) must be received by 11:59 p.m. the day prior to the closing date posted on the job announcement.

This position may require that a criminal background check be conducted on the candidate(s) selected for hire.

As part of the hiring process, applicants for positions in the Nevada System of Higher Education may be required to demonstrate the ability to perform job-related tasks.

Schedules are subject to change based on organizational needs.

CSN is responsive to serving the educational needs of a diverse and ever-changing community. CSN employs only U.S. citizens and aliens authorized to work in the U.S. CSN does not sponsor aliens applying for faculty, professional staff, or management positions (H-1B Visas) in the absence of exceptional circumstances as defined by the USCIS.

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