Academic Advisor - College Arts

Department: Deans Office - Arts

Salary: $43,000 - $50,000

Provides information to and advises both enrolled and prospective students regarding the academic programs offered by the University or a specific department, including requirements for admission and retention through graduation; may coordinate the work of entry level academic advisors.

• Holistic Advising & Empowerment:
  Empowers advisees to navigate their academic journeys, fostering agency and assisting them in making personally, socially, and/or culturally relevant meaning of their learning experiences.
• Proactive Advising & Interpretation:
  Communicates and interprets the institution’s curricula, learning outcomes, policies, and procedures tailored to each advisee’s unique situation.
• Data-Informed Best Practices:
  Utilizes student data systems to analyze trends in retention and graduation, implementing data-driven advising strategies to improve student outcomes.
• High-Stakes Policy Application:
  Interprets and applies university academic policies, procedures, and degree requirements, including delivering difficult news regarding academic probation, suspension, or dismissal with professionalism and empathy.
• Goal Setting & Decision Making:
  Partners with advisees in decision-making, critical‑thinking, and planning related to their education, connecting them to resources to support achievement of academic, artistic, career, and personal goals.
• Institutional Advocacy &
  
  Collaboration:
  
  Contributes expertise to influence local curricula, processes, policies, and organizational structures while collaborating with campus partners to support student wellbeing.

• This frontline academic advising position will work directly with undergraduate art (Graphic Design BFA) and graduate arts leadership (Arts Leadership MA and related certificate programs) students and faculty.
• Experience working with high performing/achieving students would help prepare a successful candidate for this position.
• Experience working in academic programs with competitive admission standards would help prepare a successful candidate for this position.
• Professional development supported.
• College Time Release (The College Program) and Personal Fitness Release supported.

Experience will be considered in lieu of education.

Education will be considered in lieu of experience.

MQ: Requires a thorough understanding of both theoretical and practical aspects of an analytical, technical or professional discipline; or the basic knowledge of more than one professional discipline. Knowledge of the discipline is normally obtained through a formal, directly job-related 4 year degree from a college or university or an equivalent in-depth specialized training program that is directly related to the type of work being performed.

Requires a minimum of three (3) years 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.