Academic Advisor

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Working Title:

Academic Advisor

Institution:

Metropolitan State University

Classification Title:

MSUAASF Range C

Bargaining Unit / Union:

211: Minnesota State University Association of Administrative Service Faculty

City:

St. Paul

FLSA:

Job Exempt

Full Time / Part Time:

Full time

Employment Condition:

Unclassified - Unlimited Academic

Salary Range:

$46,372. 00 - $93,342. 00



Metro State University, Minnesota's public, urban university, and four-time recipient of the Insight Into Diversity Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) Award is seeking to hire three Academic Advisors. These are full-time probationary positions within the Academic Advising unit within Academic Affairs.

Responsibilities:

Serve as academic advisor for an assigned caseload of students to assist with degree planning, navigating education requirements, educational persistence, and successful completion of their courses and/or degrees.

Provide a full range of advising activities to advisees in one-to-one meetings and small group counseling and consultation in-person and through phone, email, remote technologies, and other appropriate strategies.

Using advising models and culturally responsive strategies, support students in navigating program and university requirements and policies; degree planning and revision; graduation approval; and retention support services in the context of each student's academic, civic, career, and personal development.

Maintain a broad knowledge of complex factors, campus resources, and community partners to support student success; such factors include university curriculum and requirements, transfer equivalencies and opportunities, creative learning strategies, pathways and requirements for advanced studies, financial aid programs, support services, community engagement and career offices.

Manage projects including planning, assessment, decision making authority and accountability for continuous improvement that enhances advising and student services.

Function as a member within and representing an advising team, while serving the needs of learners and contributing to practices that support student success, inclusion, equity, and critical thinking.

Minimum Qualifications

The following qualifications are required of all applicants seeking consideration for this position. Only applicants whose resumes clearly demonstrate fulfillment of each of these minimum qualifications will be considered for the position:

Master's degree plus one year of professional experience advising, counseling, or student development in an educational setting; Or

Bachelor's degree plus two years of professional experience in academic advising, counseling, or student development in an education setting.

Excellent and culturally responsive communication skills (oral, written interpersonal, intercultural, presentation).

Demonstrated ability to work effectively in student record and customer relationship management systems, including compliance with FERPA and similar regulations.

Demonstrated ability to learn, understand, and communicate complex information such as degree program requirements, pre-requisites, and graduation requirements sufficient to advise students in multiple degree programs.

Demonstrated competence and commitment to serve an ethnically and culturally diverse student body.

Experience providing academic advising or other student support services through telephone, email, social media, and video conferencing, or other innovative approaches to connecting with students.

Preferred Qualification

A record of professional development related to serving non-traditional and diverse students, including development on topics such as anti-racism and inclusion.

Demonstrated knowledge of and ability to apply a complex body of advising theories and practices, including approaches such as intrusive advising, developmental advising, and student success strategies.

Work experience with education in minority-serving institutions or similar contexts.

Experience with project management, program assessment, or regional accreditation sufficient to independently manage small-to-medium projects.

Other Requirements

The ability to work in person and remotely, occasional evening and weekend hours required to meet student and program needs.

Physical Requirements:

Light: Requires occasionally transporting such articles as file boxes and heavy hand tools or heavier materials with help from others and/or transporting light objects frequently. The position may require sitting most of the time or movement throughout building(s) to a significant degree.

Notice

: In accordance with the Minnesota State Vehicle Fleet Safety Program, employees driving on university business who use a rental or state vehicle shall be required to conform to Minnesota State's vehicle use criteria and consent to a motor vehicle records check.

Work Shift (Hours / Days of work)

8:00 am - 4:30 pm, Monday - Friday

Telework (Yes/No)

Hybrid

About

The University:

We are the urban, public, comprehensive university in the Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan area where the faculty, staff, and students of Metro State will reflect the area's rich diversity, build a culturally competent and anti-racist learning community, and demonstrate an unwavering commitment to civic engagement.

Metro State University provides an excellent, inclusive, and engaging education to eliminate opportunity gaps and empower our students to lead our communities to a prosperous and equitable future. The university offers programs leading to baccalaureate, masters, and applied doctoral degrees. We provide accessible, high quality liberal arts, professional, and graduate education with continued emphasis on marginalized groups, including adult learners. Metro State is a five-time recipient of the Insight into Diversity Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) Award, most recently in 2023. Federally recognized as a Minority Serving Institution, its employees serve more than 9,000 post-traditional learners, two-thirds of whom identify as belonging to communities of color or American Indian nations, are first in their family to attend college, and/or are eligible for Pell Grants. Since we do not operate residential facilities, Metro State University students all commute to class locations across the Minneapolis-St. Paul metro area, or take their courses wherever they are through our many distance-learning and hybrid course offerings, allowing Metro State to truly be 'where learning meets living. ' Metropolitan State is recognized by CollegeNet as a leading higher education promoter of social mobility for students (Ranked # 22 out of 1,441 in 2022). Recognized in 2008 and 2016 by the Carnegie Foundation for Community Engagement, the university is committed to academic excellence and community engagement through curriculum, teaching, scholarship, and services designed to s.