Academic Advisor

Our goal is to support students throughout their academic careers at North Dakota State University.

If you are ready to be a part of a team helping to transform students' lives by setting them up for success, this is the place for you.

The purpose of this position is to serve as the academic advisor for a caseload of students. As part of the Career and Advising Center team, specifically part of the academic advising team, this person will be integral in assisting students achieve their academic, career, and personal goals through developmental, proactive, and holistic individual and group interactions, registration and other academic planning, and collaborating with other campus resources for appropriate referrals. This person will also closely collaborate with department faculty and staff contacts of students they serve, forming in-depth information channels with specific departments and colleges. This position reports to the Lead Advisor in their academic area.

Details:

• Provide academic advising services based on the NACADA Core Competencies guiding framework.

• Advise a caseload of students (typically new, transfer, primarily first and second year students) with understanding of academic curriculum including selection of courses, major fit, policies and procedures; and support advisees with campus resources and referrals.

• Assist students with academic planning and registration beginning at summer orientation registration sessions and subsequently throughout their time at NDSU leading up to a transition point to a faculty advisor.

• Assist students with academic difficulty, including providing proactive outreach and other strategies to improve academic performance.

• Refer students as needed to other student support services (financial aid, counseling, center for writers, etc.).

• Discuss career goals, outcomes, and resources with students utilizing Handshake, FOCUS2, and other available resources.

• Maintain frequent outreach and timely communication with students and scale it based on recorded student support need.

• Utilizing the NDSU co-curricular model, help students identify and understand opportunities to maximize their student experience at NDSU to positively impact their communities.

• Meet with students interested in changing majors.

• Provide supplemental academic and career advising for walk-in, email, and phone call inquiries.

• Regularly use official student success platform, Campus Connection, Outlook, and other resources to accurately record student interactions including appointments held and appropriate notes/reports and degree progress.

• Ensure all advisees' plans of study are within student success software.

• Participate in outreach campaigns including departmental, college, and university-wide that includes various types of student outreach including emailing, calling, follow up, and reporting on results.

• Participate in ongoing training for accurate information on innovative and effective advising and career development techniques.

• Maintain regular involvement with faculty, administrators, and related campus offices (Registration & Records, Student Success Programs, etc.) for academic curriculum, policy/procedure and other pertinent updates.

• Support and engage, as appropriate, with major admission events (Discover Days, National College Fair, etc.).

Work Schedule:

• Academic Year Hours: Monday-Friday: 8am-5pm

• Summer and Break Hours: Monday-Friday: 7:30am-4pm

• Occasional evening and weekend hours throughout the year.

Advertised Salary:

$44,000/year

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree

• 2+ years of student engagement on a college campus.

• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.

• Evidence of commitment to creating inclusive, student-focused, and positive work spaces.

• Current knowledge of student development and counseling theory.

• Excellent oral and written communication skills.

• Exceptional organizational skills, detail oriented, and a problem-solver.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master's Degree

• Advanced experience and knowledge of student advising issues and university/college policies and procedures.

Applicant Materials Required:

• Resume

• Cover Letter

• Names and contact information of three (3) professional references

Benefits:

NDSU offers a comprehensive benefits package which includes single or family health insurance coverage with premiums paid for by the university - with an effective date for new employees the first of the month following date of hire. Other benefits include: wellness benefits, basic life insurance, retirement plan, tuition waiver, annual leave, EAP, sick leave and holiday pay. Optional benefits include: supplemental life, dental, vision, long-term care insurance, flexible spending account, and supplemental retirement plans.

About Us:

North Dakota State University is distinctive as a student focused, land-grant, research university. We educate leaders who solve national and global challenges by providing affordable access to an excellent education that combines teaching and research in a rich learning environment.

NDSU is in the highest Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education, R1, granted to the top research institutions in the country.

NDSU has offices across the state of North Dakota, and the main campus is in Fargo, on the Minnesota border. Along with Moorhead, Minnesota, Fargo forms one of the largest metropolitan centers between Minneapolis and Seattle. The community is consistently ranked as one of the best places to live.

No Smoking Notice:

As an employer, the State of North Dakota prohibits smoking in all places of state employment in accordance with N.D.C.C. § 23-12-10.

EO/AA Statement:

North Dakota State University is an Equal Opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, color, gender expression/identity, genetic information, marital status, national origin, participation in lawful off-campus activity, physical or mental disability, pregnancy, public assistance status, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, spousal relationship to current employee, or veteran status, as applicable.

Diversity Statement:

NDSU strives to be a community of belonging, recognizing unique differences as strengths of our university. We seek to recruit and retain a diverse workforce that supports a community in which diverse populations and perspectives will know and learn from one another. NDSU values candidates who are committed to our core values of respect, inclusivity, community, creativity, excellence, impact, innovation, integrity, resilience, responsiveness, and transformation. Successful candidates will be committed to and help advance our strategic goal to create and maintain an open and respectful environment to promote inclusivity and diversity as a cornerstone of education, research, and outreach.

Veteran's Preference Notice:

This position is subject to North Dakota Veteran's Preference requirements.

Reasonable Accommodation Information

North Dakota State University is committed to providing access and reasonable accommodation in its services, programs, activities, education, and employment for individuals with disabilities. To request disability accommodation in the application process, please contact Human Resources at 701-231-8961 or ndsu.hr@ndsu.edu.

Land Acknowledgement

We collectively acknowledge that NDSU, a land grant institution, on the traditional lands of the Oceti Sakowin (Dakota, Lakota, Nakoda) and Anishinaabe Peoples in addition to many diverse Indigenous Peoples still connected to these lands. We honor with gratitude Mother Earth and the Indigenous Peoples who have walked with her throughout generations. We will continue to learn how to live in unity with Mother Earth and build strong, mutually beneficial, trusting relationships with Indigenous Peoples of our region. (see www.ndsu.edu/inclusioncouncil/native_american_initiatives/).