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Academic Advisor III

The Academic Advisor III is responsible for driving engagement and empowering students to achieve their academic and career goals. This position will play a vital role in maximizing undergraduate student retention by building relationships with students and clarifying procedures and academic requirements for specific programs or majors. In addition, Academic Advisor III will have individual duties that serve the needs of the entire department.

Salary: $54,450-$57,740

Cover Letter and Resume: A cover letter and resume are strongly recommended.

The Academic Advisor III is required to have a bachelor's degree and four years of academic advising experience. Knowledge, skills, and abilities include NACADA's core values of academic advising, theories relevant to academic advising, academic advising models, approaches, and strategies, professional standards and ethical guidelines for academic advising, legal guidelines of advising practice, expected student learning outcomes, characteristics, needs, and experiences of major and emerging student populations, resources and effective responses to address mental health issues, curriculum, degree programs, critical partners for academic advisors, campus and community resources, information technology, methods and techniques for managing and supervising others, project management principles, professional standards and ethical guidelines for coaching, training methods and techniques for planning, designing, developing, and delivering instructional content.

Using the novice to expert model, proficiency level of advanced beginner includes coaching and mentoring all academic advisors within the program area, conducting research and developing and delivering training, supervising student employees to assist with administrative advising duties and programming. Proficiency level of competent includes articulating a personal philosophy of academic advising, discussing and referring students to appropriate campus resources for mental health issues, promoting student understanding of the purpose and underlying rationale of the curriculum, identifying high-risk indicators, engaging in ongoing assessment and development of self and the advising practice, planning and delivering various department related advising, student success, retention events and academic campaigns. Proficiency level of proficient includes creating rapport and building academic advising relationships, communicating in a respectful and confidential manner, planning and conducting advising interactions, demonstrating high ethical standards in advising, facilitating problem-solving, decision-making, and meaning-making for students, facilitating planning and goal setting, evaluating the impact of academic advising on student learning outcomes, using appropriate academic advising technologies.

Preferred knowledge, skills, and abilities include Texas A&M University's history, mission, vision, values, and culture, the history and role of academic advising in higher education and at Texas A&M University, Texas A&M University policies, procedures, rules, and regulations relevant to academic advising.

Responsibilities include advising students, delivering student success and retention strategies, collaborative leadership, and training and development.

The mission of Transition Academic Programs is to communicate relevant, timely, and accurate academic information to students in a supportive and professional environment that is focused on each student's goal to complete a degree. Why Texas A&M University? We are a prestigious university with strong traditions, core values, and a community of caring and collaboration. Experience all that a big city has to offer but with a reasonable cost-of-living and no long commutes. Benefits include medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, life and AD&D, flexible spending accounts, and long-term disability insurance with Texas A&M contributing to employee health and basic life premiums, 12-15 days of annual paid holidays, up to eight hours of paid sick leave, at least eight hours of paid vacation each month, automatic enrollment in the Teacher Retirement System of Texas, free exercise programs and release time, access to LinkedIn Learning training, webinars, and limited financial support to attend conferences, workshops, and more, educational release time and tuition assistance for completing a degree while a Texas A&M employee, and Living Well, a program at Texas A&M that has been built by employees for employees.

Texas A&M University is committed to enriching the learning and working environment by promoting a culture that respects all perspectives, talents, and lived experiences. All positions are security-sensitive. Applicants are subject to a criminal history investigation, and employment is contingent upon the institution's verification of credentials and other information required by the institution's procedures, including the completion of the criminal history check. Equal Opportunity/Veterans/Disability Employer.