Description:
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Advising
- Through 1:1 as well as group academic advising, counsel undergraduate majors and pre-majors in the Division of Humanities concerning admission, academic fields of study, registration, barriers to college persistence, and degree planning.
- Answer inquiries by email, phone, and in person.
- Monitor student academic progress through a variety of reporting tools.
- Confer with the appropriate authority on the review and evaluation of transfer credit, including credit from study abroad programs.
- Review and process graduation applications.
- Review and process petitions (e.g. Hardship Withdrawal, Satisfactory Progress for Financial Aid, Graduation Petitions, Reinstatement).
- Work with Registrar’s Office, Undergraduate Academic Advising and Office of Minority Affairs and Diversity, Admissions, First Year Programs, Graduation and Academic Records, and other campus organizations to address a wide variety of admissions, registration, advising, financial, and personal student issues.
- Refer students to appropriate campus resources and student support services.
Administrative
- Maintain individual student records in accordance with appropriate security and legal requirements; develop and/or maintain tracking processes at individual student and aggregate (program) levels.
- Assist, as needed in class scheduling, course updates, and enrollment activities.
Outreach and Recruitment
- Represent the Division at Freshman and Transfer Advising and Orientation (A&O). Support outreach and recruitment efforts for the Division, including yield events sponsored by the Office of Admissions (National College Fairs, UW Admitted Student Preview, UW Transfer Preview Day).
- Other duties as assigned.
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS
- Bachelors Degree in the Arts, Humanities, Natural Sciences or Social Sciences.
- Minimum two years experience working in academic services (e.g. admissions, academic or career counseling) in a post-secondary educational setting.
DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS
- UW experience; familiarity with Student Data Base, Electronic Academic Records System, BI Portal, Enterprise Data Warehouse, MyPlan, Time Schedule Construction and Time Schedule Update systems.