Academic Advisor - Liberal Arts and Social Sciences

Overview

Department: Dean Liberal Arts & Social Sci Salary: 49,400 - 56,200

Description

Directs and coordinates the academic advising activities of a college or major educational office.

• Directs, implements and evaluates advising activities for a college or major office.
• Interprets and communicates academic policies and procedures to faculty, students and staff.
• Coordinates and supervises the mailing of all letters of recommendation to professional schools and maintains statistics on the number of students entering professional school.
• Conducts career counseling workshops and provides advice on field of study.
• Participates in class schedule development and registration tasks, including problem enrollments, drop/adds, and so forth.
• Supervises the compilation and analyses of data and the preparation of related management reports.
• Acts as liaison with university administration and faculty on academic matters.
• Performs other job-related duties as required.

Experience will be considered in lieu of education. Education will be considered in lieu of experience.

MQ: Requires application of advanced principles, techniques and theory in a professional discipline or a thorough general business management knowledge. Knowledge of this level is typically obtained through a directly job-related Master's degree or equivalent formal training in a recognized field of specialization that is directly related to the type of work being performed. Requires a minimum of one (1) year of directly job-related experience.

All positions at the University of Houston-System are security sensitive and will require a criminal history check.

The University of Houston System and its universities are Equal Opportunity Institutions. Everyone is encouraged to apply.