Job Description

Academic Advisor

Annual Salary: $47,000

Organizational Summary:

The USF College of Arts and Sciences is committed to excellence across the liberal arts and sciences. With more than 900 full-time faculty and staff across 23 academic departments and schools on all three campuses, the college serves 15,000 undergraduate majors and 1,700 graduate students, while delivering 487,000 semester credit hours annually to students across the university.

Our highly ranked academic programs are among the best in the country and the world, with strengths in Library and Information Sciences (15th in the world), Applied Anthropology (1st in the U.S.), Industrial and Organizational Psychology (3rd in the U.S.), among others. With more than $25M in annual research expenditures, our research portfolio has been growing quickly. Our faculty conduct cutting-edge and award-winning research in such areas as cancer cell biology, social media and human experience, bacterial pathogenesis, human dynamics, national security, and religion and health. We are home to 21 research centers and institutes, including our Humanities Institute, which regularly hosts distinguished writers and scholars from across the country.

Our degrees are structured so that students have opportunities for learning both inside the classroom and beyond it. The college offers robust study abroad, internship, and independent research programs for students, including the Institute for Digital Exploration (IDEx) digital heritage research experiences in Sicily and Malta. We recently received a major grant from the Mellon Foundation to support 900 paid internships a year for humanities students across the college. The college's alumni are accomplished and engaged, and they are often recognized by the university in the campus's young alumni and Fast 56 awards. We are especially proud of the way that the college contributes to USF's national ranking as 22nd in the country in social mobility, a clear sign of the transformative value of the education we provide.

Position Summary:

This is a professional non-instructional advising position supporting both an academic department and the College of Arts and Sciences on Tampa campus. This position reports directly to either the College of Arts & Sciences Director of Advising or Assistant Director of Advising with a dotted line to the Chair or Chair Designee in the department for which they advise. CAS Advisors will represent the college, their department, and USF advising in a variety of public forums with a professional demeanor and caring attitude. There is a challenging administrative load requiring strong computer, problem-solving and organizational skills. There is also a high level of personal interactions with students which requires human relational and communication skills, distinguishing this position from advising support positions that are primarily administrative in nature.

Job Responsibilities:

• Provide guidance to students on degree requirements, appropriate class selection, academic policies and procedures and campus resources through individual consultations, electronic communication, group sessions, and presentations.
• Assist students with identification of long term goals and career plans. Work to position students to meet requirements for graduation within appropriate periods of time while preparing them to meet future goals.
• Foster student well-being and retention by offering holistic support that helps them navigate challenges and achieve their academic and personal goals.

Maintain detailed advising notes for each student interaction and graduation plans that align with CAS standards.

Manage administrative tasks such as responding to student emails, processing permits, and handling enrollment-related requests.

Provide support to CAS Advising team and collaborate with USF stakeholders to ensure all CAS students receive timely and accurate assistance.

Stay informed through participation in training, team meetings, professional development, and university-wide advising discussions.

Use digital literacy skills to implement targeted interventions to support student persistence, engagement, and overall success

Perform other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications:

This position requires a Bachelor's degree in any academic field with a minimum of one year of experience at an academic institution or in a professional career field. Work experience may not be substituted for the Bachelor's degree requirement for this position.

Requires criminal history background check - Level 1.

FLSB1310 Equivalency: 4 years of directly relevant experience may be substituted for bachelor's degree. 6 years of directly relevant experience may be substituted for master's degree.

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