Senior Academic Advisor

Position Summary:

Adams State University is seeking a caring and self-motivated individual with excellent communication skills and strong advising experience to advise students in an academic setting. A state-supported Hispanic Serving Institution in the beautiful San Luis Valley of south-central Colorado, Adams State University offers undergraduate majors, minors and emphases as well as master's degree programs and a doctoral program. We are distinguished by caring professors, small classes, and a diverse, yet close-knit community. This environment fosters student engagement, and individual attention helps students achieve their best.
This position in the First Year Advising Center delivers academic advising (which includes intervention as deemed necessary) to admitted undergraduate students, specializes in academic areas with complex degree plans and pathways, provides support to the Assistant Director of Academic Advising, and trains advisors.

 

Specific Job Duties (Essential Functions and Responsibilities):

• Oversee and manager all major/minor/advisor assignments and changes, including communicating changes to various departments

• Proactively advise  undergraduate students implementing targeted intervention strategies for those identified as not making Satisfactory Academic Progress.  Collaborate with faculty and support services to develop individual success plans. 

• Serves as a liaison between academic advising and key campus offices - (e.g., Registrar’s Office, Admissions, Financial Aid, Student Support Services) to better serve students

• Advises students for complex degree plans, such as very prescribed STEM degrees or individualized interdisciplinary studies degrees

• Refer advisees to other ASU resources as needed

• Initiates retention contacts with advisees who are behind in registration for the subsequent semester

• Participates and attends at minimum one department meeting per Fall and Spring semester for each assigned school as appropriate for supporting assigned students

• Participates on Academic SOS committee

• Assists Director of Academic Advising in verifying majors of newly admitted students and assigning appropriate advisors

•  Leads training to new and  current advisors and facilitates workshops twice each semester during academic year

• Supervises and mentors Student Success Center kiosk ambassadors

• Serves as a Campus Security Authority, as federally mandated under the Clery Act.

• Additional responsibilities may be assigned based on department needs

Qualifications:

Minimum Qualifications:

• Master’s Degree in Advising, Student Affairs or related field

• Three years of academic advising experience

• Knowledge of degree programs and corresponding career options

• Understanding of educational requirements and advising processes

• Excellent oral and written communication skills

• Demonstrated technology proficiency with various software applications

• Strong organizational skills including an ability to multitask

• Ability to work occasional flexible hours

• Ability to work with diverse, non-traditional, and underserved student populations in a compassionate, firm and structured manner.

• Ability to treat others with respect, civility, and courtesy and to work honestly, effectively, and collegially with employees, students, and the community. This includes the ability to use appropriate conflict management skills to effectively manage any disagreement that might arise or to bring the disagreement to management for assistance in productive resolution when the situation requires.

• Ability to perform with diplomacy, confidentiality and professionalism.

Highly Preferred Qualification:

• Bilingual, English/Spanish.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience working in higher education as part of an academic team

• Experience with student data systems such as Workday

• Ability to perform above primary duties

Conditions of Employment:

This position is a full-time, 12-month exempt at-will administrative position with benefits.

 

Salary and Benefits:

The salary range for this position is $46,476-52,872.  In addition to salary, Adams State University offers a competitive benefits program including medical, dental, vision, disability insurance, flexible spending accounts, life insurance, and retirement savings plans. For detailed benefits information please visit our Human Resources Benefits Page. 

How to Apply: 

All interested candidates must submit application materials electronically through Adams State University’s Workday application portal.

Completed applications include the following:

• Letter of application, describing interest in and directly addressing qualifications of the position.

• Current resume/vitae.

• Names and contact information of three to five professional references.

• Unofficial or official transcripts from all post-secondary education institutions attended (official transcripts required upon hiring).

No other format of application material will be accepted.

Applications received prior to 4/24/2025 will receive priority, the position will remain open until filled.

Questions about the position may be directed to Sean Bolton at seanbolton@adams.edu

Adams State University is committed to building and expanding the talent of its professional staff and actively seeks qualified applicants who bring unique perspectives, experiences, skills, and attributes that can augment the perspectives of our current faculty and staff and can contribute to serving and preparing our students to engage and thrive in their learning, leadership, and service.

We strive to create a more representative workforce that mirrors the people who study, work, and lead our institution and welcome applications from candidates from all walks of life, especially members of communities who fall within state and federally protected classes such as: women, BIPOC, LGBTQ individuals, veterans, and people with disabilities.

We value qualified candidates, with varied language skills, who have a record of successful experience with varied communities and student populations, and who have a deep understanding of and commitment to the unique geographical and historical characteristics of the place we are situated in and the intersecting perspectives that define our university being a low-income, first-generation, and Hispanic-serving, rural anchor university. Therefore, we seek individuals committed to intentionally supporting students and colleagues who possess these characteristics through their teaching, service, and scholarship.

The successful candidate will join a campus that is dedicated to inclusive excellence and acknowledges Adams State’s purpose to foster the educational goals of its students and the well-being of the surrounding community.

Additional information about the university and the academic mission may be found at www.adams.edu/academics/
 

Disclosures:

In compliance with the Immigration Control Act of 1968 candidates for positions must provide proof of eligibility to work before an offer of employment can be made final.

Adams State University is committed to providing a safe and secure environment for its students, faculty, staff and visitors, and to protecting its funds, property and other assets. Well-informed hiring decisions contribute to this effort. Therefore, Adams State University has adopted a policy on background screening for its prospective, continuing, and returning employees as well as students in certain circumstances. Offers of employment will be contingent upon the completion of an acceptable background check. The information received in response to a background check will be treated as confidential to the extent provided for by law.

Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 and Part 106 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex, including in admission and employment. Inquiries about the application of Title IX and CFR 106 to Adams State University (ASU) may be directed to ASU's Office of Equal Opportunity, Director Ana Guevara, and/or to the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights of the Department of Education. Support resources for sexual misconduct, ASU's  sexual misconduct policies, contact information for the Adams State University's Office of Equal Opportunity & Title IX, as well as a detailed  procedure for filing a grievance due to discrimination on the basis of sex may be found online at  https://www.adams.edu/administration/oeo/reporting-sexual-harassment/.  These  procedures also describe the University's response to reports and/or complaints of sex discrimination or sexual harassment.  

Adams State University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. Applications are sought from all qualified persons regardless of race, color, sex, disability, and, as covered by law, veteran status. In addition, University policies prohibit discrimination on the basis of religion, national origin, ancestry, age, sexual orientation including transgender status and gender expression, marital status, and parental status.

Salary : $46,476 - $52,872