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Academic & Career Advisor

Northwestern Michigan College • Traverse City, MI • 1w ago

Salary: $57,515.00 Annually

Job Type: Full-Time

Job Number: 2025-00489

Closing: 11/3/2025 8:00 AM Eastern

Location: Main Campus - 1701 E Front Street, Traverse City

Division: Student Services & Technologies

Summary & Qualifications:

Summary

The position provides comprehensive academic and transfer advising, and career counseling services for all NMC degrees, including developing and updating resources and tools, interpreting standardized assessments and transfer information. This position implements, and facilitates career development and exploration services. Advisors design and conduct staff and faculty development in advising related topics through the formulation of continued, comprehensive trainings and oneonone consultation. To facilitate the transfer process advisors maintain vital external relationships with two and fouryear institutions.

Qualifications

Master's degree (Required)

Between 2 and 5 years of related experience (Required)

Master's degree in Counseling, Psychology, Social Work, Higher Education or related field (Required)

Prior advising experience, including career advising and testing interpretation (Required)

Myers-Briggs Type Indicator Certification or ability to obtain within one year of start date (Required)

Experience using web editing software (Preferred)

Experience with Student Information System (SIS) (Preferred)

Essential Responsibilities

(Critical) Provides both online and inperson comprehensive academic advising, career counseling, and transfer advising (i.e. educational planning and career exploration, goal establishment, course planning and selection, registration, transfer coordination, and graduation requirements) to facilitate student retention and completion.

(Critical) Participates, provides expertise in the implementation of the Guided Pathways approach and strategic enrollment management strategies related to student retention and ontime completion.

(Critical) Provides students opportunity to discuss academic goals, concerns, and issues while providing the freedom and security for students to discuss academic and life issues that may impede or interfere with those goals.

(Critical) Develops a strategic academic advising plan for individual students; facilitates student comprehension of degree program, sequencing of courses, and, where necessary, intervenes with support resources, and referrals to other Student Services areas.

(Critical) Designs and implements program of targeted academic advising for all atrisk, probationary, suspended and reinstated students including the development of an academic plan for success, persistence and ontime completion.

(Critical) Assesses and analyzes the needs of unique student populations to inform the development of critical interventions, strategies and programs.

(Critical) Uses data to plan and maintain systematic and frequent contact with advisees and coordinates communications to students regarding registration, academic probation, and career development.

(Critical) Maintains thorough knowledge of campus and community resources to conduct needs assessments and inform/refer students as appropriate. Cons

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