Academic Advisor

The College of Southern Nevada appreciates your interest in employment at our growing institution. We want your application process to go smoothly and quickly. We ask that you keep in mind the following when completing your application:

• Once you start the application process you cannot save your work. Please ensure you have all required attachment(s) available to complete your application before you begin the process.
• Required attachments are listed below on the posting. Your application will not be considered without the required attachments.
• Please note that applications must be submitted prior to the close of the recruitment. Once a recruitment has closed, applications will no longer be accepted.

If you are unable to attach the required documents to your online application or need assistance regarding the application process, please contact the Talent Acquisition team within Human Resources via email at [email protected] or call (702) 651-5800 to be directed to the appropriate Recruiter.

Job Description

Job Description

Help students plan their course work toward certificate or degree completion, assess their personal strengths and limitations, learn academic success strategies, explore career, declare a major, learn to navigate the educational system, benefit from campus and community resources, and connect to campus life. The Academic Advisor works with students to implement a personalized success plan and identify available resources and take corrective actions essential for academic success. Assist students with graduation audits, Residency appeals, Unusual Enrollment, and Credit Overload requests. Positions may function within a hybrid or remote model and operate from various CSN sites within the Charleston service region.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Education, Liberal Arts, Social Science, or related field from an accredited college/university; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

• One year in an Advising related role.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree from an accredited college/university.

The ideal candidate should possess the following knowledge, skills, and abilities:

• Working knowledge of advising, student development, retention, and student success best practice and strategies.

• Demonstrate ability to provide effective academic, personal, financial, adjustment and career advisement to a diverse college student population.

• Exhibit excellent critical-thinking skills through a demonstrated ability to interpret and evaluate explanations of problems of sensitive and complex nature, analyzing and defining uses obtained explicitly and implicitly from students, faculty and staff.

• Demonstrated ability to evaluate and assess student’s academic needs, strengths and weaknesses, and with student’s input develop appropriate course of action.

• Able to develop, implement and present workshops pertaining to college success and advanced learning strategies, effective graduation planning, and transfer agreements.

• Exhibit sensitive to an understanding of at-risk, and disadvantaged students with diverse academic, socioeconomic, cultural, disability, and ethnic backgrounds typical of community college students.

• Possess strong problem-solving skills, resourcefulness, and demonstrated ability as a self-started planning and carrying out short-term and long-term action plans.

• Must be approachable and personable and articulate with excellent writing, interpersonal and public speaking skills, and able to communicate effectively with students, parents, faculty and staff.

• Demonstrated knowledge of FERPA including ability to interpret and adhere to student privacy policies.

• Be proficient in MS Office Suite and compute database management software in general.

• Must possess a valid driver’s license.

• NSHE experience.

• Bilingual Spanish.

• Direct academic advising and/or coaching experience in a community college setting.

• Demonstrate understanding of the purpose and function of community colleges.

• Working knowledge of PeopleSoft as it pertains to Student Services, Degree Audits, Creating WHIF reports, and related duties.

Salary information:

Administrative Faculty B - The starting salary is $50,207.

*This position is contingent upon ongoing and available funding.

Exempt

Yes

Full-Time Equivalent 

100.0%

Required Attachment(s)

To be considered for this position, please upload the following documents to your application:

• Resume/CV

• Cover Letter

• Contact information for three professional references (Name, email and phone number)

• Unofficial Academic Transcripts (Applicants who have earned their degrees outside of the United States must have their educational transcripts evaluated by an approved evaluator if their college or university is not listed in the most recent edition of the Higher Education Directory, published by Higher Education Publications, Inc. If you have any questions regarding this, please reach out to the Human Resources, Talent Acquisition & Classification team)

Local Search

Out of Area/State Candidates will not be offered travel reimbursement.

For more details on this position, please visit our website: My Career at CSN.

CSN is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action institution. For more information, visit http://www.csn.edu/nondiscrimination.

NSHE - INTERNAL APPLICANTS PLEASE NOTE

CSN employees or employees within the Nevada System of Higher Education (NSHE) MUST use the "Find Jobs" process within Workday to find and apply for jobs at CSN and other NSHE Institutions. Once you log into Workday, type "Find Jobs" in the search box which will navigate to the internal job posting site. Locate this specific job posting by typing the requisition number in the search box. If you complete an application outside of the internal application process and apply as an external candidate, your application will no longer be considered at the time of minimum qualification review. In order to prevent the disqualification of your application, you will need to reapply as an internal candidate before 11:59pm the day prior to the position close date.

Posting Close Date

11/16/2026

Note to Applicant

Applicants should fully describe their qualifications and experience with specific reference to each of the minimum and preferred qualifications. The search committee will use this information during the initial review of application materials.  

All document(s) must be received by 11:59 p.m. the day prior to the closing date posted on the job announcement.

This position may require that a criminal background check be conducted on the candidate(s) selected for hire.  

As part of the hiring process, applicants for positions in the Nevada System of Higher Education may be required to demonstrate the ability to perform job-related tasks.  

Schedules are subject to change based on organizational needs.  

CSN is responsive to serving the educational needs of a diverse and ever-changing community. CSN employs only U.S. citizens and aliens authorized to work in the U.S. CSN does not sponsor aliens applying for faculty, professional staff, or management positions (H-1B Visas) in the absence of exceptional circumstances as defined by the USCIS.