Senior Academic Advisor for Strategic Student Support

Senior Academic Advisor for Strategic Student Support
Academic Exploration Advising
Office of Academic Programs

Application Procedure: 
To be considered for this opportunity, please submit a cover letter with your resume/CV.

About USC
The University of Southern California (USC) is one of the world’s leading private research universities with approximately 45,000 students from all 50 states and internationally. USC is located in the heart of Los Angeles, a culturally rich metropolitan city, and is close to both beach and mountains, and offers the opportunity to work in a dynamic environment.

About the Opportunity
Academic Exploration Advising is seeking a Senior Academic Advisor for Strategic Student Support (Student Services Advisor II) to join our collaborative team, which empowers students to explore a growth- and goal- oriented mindset. 

Reporting to the Assistant Vice Provost for Academic Advising, this role will serve as a university wide referral point for complicated academic advising situations, ensuring consistency, fairness and supportive student outcomes. Complicated cases may involve undergraduate leave of absence policy and procedures; students dismissed from an academic major; students working with multiple administrative offices; students with a foreign language substitution accommodation; students who have had multiple withdrawals or failed classes. 

The Senior Academic Advisor for Strategic Student Support will also support a population of Undergraduate Success Program students, a population of Exploratory major students and collaborate with other academic advisors in the Academic Exploration Advising office on projects and tasks.

The successful candidate must possess direct, related experience in student services and programming with an ability to collaborate across campus with multiple stakeholders. As part of a team, they will act creatively in both an individual role and in concert with others to initiate and to further develop programs that will enable the University to meet its strategic objectives for persistence and timely graduation. The position requires a strong, creative and flexible candidate.

Job Accountabilities
•    Assists in resolving non-routine problems and provides policy or procedural interpretations for matters which are not clearly defined.
•    Intervenes with university central student services as necessary to connect prospective students with the right staff member or department.
•    Evaluates student situations and requests and takes appropriate action.
•    Provides academic counseling for undergraduate students. Advises on matters of curriculum, course and degree requirements. Monitors student progress.
•    Researches demographics, plans outreach programs and events.
•    Evaluates student problems, academic, administrative or personal, and refers student to appropriate student services office for additional counseling. Liaises with other offices on behalf of students to facilitate problem resolution.
•    Maintains academic unit student records and coordinates registration activities, grading, degree progress, enrollment and transcripts with the USC Office of Academic Records and Registrar. Assists with Petition applications and letters of recommendation.
•    Participates in committees at the college or university level which deal in student services issues. Provides administrative support for local committees and works on committee assigned projects.
•    Maintains currency on policies, procedures and regulations pertaining to admission, financial aid, registration, transfer credit evaluation, course and degree requirements, graduation requirements, petitions and other student services.
•    Maintains and compiles statistical data. Prepares reports for internal and external use.
•    In addition, the successful candidate must demonstrate, through ideas, words and actions, a strong commitment to USC’s Unifying Values.

Preferred Qualifications
•    Master’s degree in Student Affairs, Higher Education, Counseling or related field
•    Demonstrated knowledge of USC programs, services and offices across campus including Campus Support and Intervention, Kortschak Center for Learning and Creativity, Student Life and Office of Student Accessibility Services
•    Demonstrated strong technical skills in the use of USC’s Student Information System, Advise USC and Slate
•    Ability to work in a fast-paced environment
•    Flexibility in the face of changing priorities and information
•    Demonstrated experience with problem identification, novel solutions and conflict resolution
•    Ability to build and maintain strong working relationships with students, staff and faculty across USC

Minimum Qualifications
•    Bachelor’s degree
•    Minimum of 3 years of experience advising and developing student programs
•    Combined experience/education can be used as a substitute for minimum education
•    Academic advising experience in a non-profit, higher education setting
•    Committed to working with a wide range of students interested in enriching their undergraduate experience
•    Outstanding written and oral communication skills, able to distill and convey information to diverse audiences

The annual hourly range for this position is $34.35-$41.70 When determining an offer, the University of Southern California considers factors such as the scope and responsibilities of the role, the candidates experience, education, training, key skills, internal peer alignment, applicable laws, contractual requirements, grant funding, and market conditions.

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Minimum Education: Bachelor's degree, Combined experience/education as substitute for minimum education
Preferred Education: Masters or Doctorate degree
Minimum Experience: 3 years
Minimum Field of Expertise: Directly related experience in student services and programming with ability to lead

                                                  

USC is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, or any other characteristic protected by law or USC policy. USC observes affirmative action obligations consistent with state and federal law. USC will consider for employment all qualified applicants with criminal records in a manner consistent with applicable laws and regulations, including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for employers and the Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, and with due consideration for patient and student safety. Please refer to the Background Screening Policy Appendix D for specific employment screen implications for the position for which you are applying. 

We provide reasonable accommodations to applicants and employees with disabilities. Applicants with questions about access or requiring a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process should contact USC Human Resources by phone at (213) 821-8100, or by email at [email protected]. Inquiries will be treated as confidential to the extent permitted by law.

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