University System of New Hampshire
New Hampshire public university system
Academic Progress & Transfer Advisor
Full-Time
$47.9k - $85.4k/yr
Mid
Bachelor's, Master's
Plymouth, NH, USA
In Person
About the job
Requirements
- A bachelor's degree is required in advising, higher education, human resources, program administration, or a related field.
- Experience coaching and advising students.
- Knowledge of university degree programs, policies, and procedures.
- Ability to communicate verbally and in writing.
- Ability to solve problems while navigating individual and complex academic requirements.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite, student database software, and other educational technology tools.
Responsibilities
- Conduct degree reviews and junior-level audits to identify completed and outstanding course requirements.
- Assign and adjust academic faculty advisors as requested by programs and students.
- Serve as the primary advising contact for readmitted, study-away, and inactive students who have credits remaining to complete.
- Advise undeclared, transfer, business, and other assigned students on degree planning and time to completion.
- Collaborate with academic advisors, faculty, and program coordinators regarding student progress, academic plans, requirements, and degree alternatives.
- Provide feedback and recommendations to off-track students regarding course adjustments, substitutions, or retakes.
- Monitor degree program changes.
- Help stop-out students return and complete their degrees.
- Assist students in creating personalized academic plans and completing required student requests.
- Advise study-abroad students on eligibility, course selection, and credit transfer.
- Advise incoming transfer students and advocate for their degree planning and completion progress.
- Receive and evaluate transcripts to ensure proper credit awards.
- Guide students through course selection, catalog course sequences, pending credit awards, and prerequisites.
- Educate students on DegreeWorks, myPlymouth, the Registration portal, Navigate, the catalog, and other academic tools and platforms.
- Collaborate with academic programs on suggestions and overrides, especially for block transfer, degree planning, and course-sequence progression.
- Advise undeclared and business students on college transition, registration, classes, major and minor exploration, and advising tools and platforms.
- Oversee advisor assignments and adjustments for all undergraduate students.
- Help reinstate students who were dropped for non-payment.
- Provide open advising for add/drop and under-enrolled students before each semester.
- Support students who do not meet Satisfactory Academic Progress and assist with appeals and plans for the following three semesters.
- Serve as the advising representative for the Academic Affairs Committee.
- Assist in creating degree plans for the Workday transition.
- Represent ACAC at Accepted Student Days, Open Houses, and other campus events.
Desired Qualifications
- A master's degree with at least two years of experience in student advising, higher education, human resources, program administration, or a related field.
- Experience in a college or university academic advising or career development office.
- Evidence of an innovative and research-based mindset.
About the company
University System of New Hampshire is a public higher-education system serving New Hampshire. The system coordinates universities and colleges that provide undergraduate and graduate education, research, workforce programs, and public service. It serves students, faculty, researchers, employers, public agencies, and communities throughout New Hampshire. Its operating model centers on member institutions connected through system governance, shared services, public funding, technology, and statewide priorities. Teams work across instruction, research, student services, technology, facilities, finance, administration, and public engagement. Teams support coordinated daily delivery.
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