• Job Description

  Req#: R16742

  Position Title:

  Academic Advisor I or II

  Job Group:

  Professional & Scientific

  Required Minimum Qualifications:

  Bachelor’s degree

  Preferred Qualifications:

  • Experience advising students at an institute of higher education.
  • Experience recruiting and retaining students.
  • Experience teaching or advising undergraduate students.
  • Experience managing student programs, such as learning communities and honor programs

  Job Description:

  Summary
  The Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering (CBE) at Iowa State University is looking for dedicated individuals to join us as an Academic Advisor I or II. The Academic Advisor plays a key role in recruiting, retaining, and enhancing the academic experience of undergraduate students.

  Key Responsibilities and Duties:

  • Assisting undergraduate students with scheduling, registration, degree audits and course selection, and interpreting academic policies and procedures.
  • Referring students to appropriate resources for assistance with academic success, counseling, financial aid, study abroad, career opportunities, etc.
  • Teaching orientation courses.
  • Supporting recruitment activities such as providing information to prospective students and their parents during individual and group visit days; participating in student orientation sessions; and ensuring proper placement in courses.
  • Working collaboratively with other academic advisors and staff to deliver programming aimed at student success

  Additional Key Responsibilities as an Academic Advisor II:

  • Develops course materials for orientation courses
  • Coordinates learning community programs, including supervising peer mentors
  • Serves as a resource for other academic advisors within the department
  • Develops programming aimed at student success
  • Serves on university, college and departmental committees

  About Us: The College of Engineering is committed to sustaining a positive and productive environment for each individual and for the collective benefit of all. All staff members have a common responsibility to support and sustain our core values. They are expected to interact collegially and maintain the highest standards of integrity and ethical behavior. Additionally, all CBE employees must abide by departmental policies and procedures, rules and advising expectations outlined by Iowa State University, and FERPA guidelines with respect for the professional, confidential nature of advising undergraduate students.

  This position will be filled at the Academic Advisor I or II level, depending on the candidate's experience.

  Academic Advisor I

  • Minimum requirements: Bachelor's degree

  • Compensation Grade: PS805

  Academic Advisor II

  • Minimum requirements: Bachelor's degree and 2 years of related experience

  • Compensation Grade: PS806

  Level I Guidelines
  • Individual contributor position with developing professional and/or technical skills working under immediate to general supervision
  • Grasps professional-level knowledge and concepts of field while working in a progressive learning mode
  • Works on problems and issues of somewhat limited scope
  • Follows standard practices and procedures in analyzing situations or data for which answers are available or can be obtained
  • Responds to inquiries and issues, escalating to manager or higher level workers as appropriate
  • May lead projects of limited scope and complexity
  • May provide guidance to students

  Level II Guidelines
  • Intermediate-level position with solid professional and/or technical skills working under general supervision to achieve goals
  • Applies broad, working knowledge of the principles of the field to moderately complex, difficult, and varied problems and issues
  • Exercises judgment within defined procedures and practices to determine appropriate action and resolve problems
  • Responds to a broad range of inquiries and requests
  • May provide training and/or direction to lower-level staff
  • May lead projects of moderate scope and complexity
  • Provides guidance to students

  Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the U.S. on an on-going basis without sponsorship.

  Appointment Type:

  Regular

  Number of Months Employed Per Year:

  12 Month Work Period

  Time Type:

  Full time

  Pay Grade:

  PS805

  Application Instructions:

  To apply for this position, please click on “Apply” and complete the Employment Application. Please be prepared to enter or attach the following:
  
  1) Resume/Curriculum Vitae
  2) Letter of Application/Cover Letter
  
  If you have questions regarding this application process, please email employment@iastate.edu or call 515-294-4800 or Toll Free: 1-877-477-7485.
  
  Why Choose ISU?
  Iowa State Employees enjoy comprehensive health and work-life benefits, including medical and dental; as well as:
  • Retirement benefits including defined benefit and defined contribution plans
  • Generous vacation, holiday and sick time and leave plans
  • Onsite childcare (Ames, Iowa)
  • Life insurance and long-term disability
  • Flexible Spending Accounts
  • Various voluntary benefits and discounts
  • Employee Assistance Program
  • Wellbeing program
  • Iowa State offers WorkFlex options for some positions. WorkFlex offers flexibility on when, where, and how you do your work. For more information, please speak with the Hiring Manager.

  Original Posting Date:

  April 3, 2025

  Posting Close Date:

  April 20, 2025

  Job Requisition Number:

  R16742

• About the company

  Iowa State University of Science and Technology,, is a public land-grant research university in Ames, Iowa.

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