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Undergraduate Academic Advisor

Salary

Depends on Qualifications

Location

Shreveport, LA

Job Type

Unclassified

Job Number

210272

Department

LSU-Shreveport

Opening Date

07/08/2025

Closing Date

7/22/2025 11:59 PM Central

+ Description

+ Benefits

About this Job

The College of Business Undergraduate Academic Advisor (Advisor) reports directly to the Dean of the College of Business, and works closely with the Associate and Assistant Deans, Department Chairs, and Academic Staff. The Advisor’s primary purpose is supporting the College’s undergraduate students across a variety of standardized academic advising activities and processes. The position also assists the administration and faculty as needed.

The Advisor’s duties include learning about and adhering to LSUS and College policies, procedures, and other relevant requirements. The Advisor, in addition to supporting undergraduate students, represents and supports the Advising team and the College of Business in a variety of events and other activities or initiatives. The Advisor is responsible for documenting student support activities.

Responsibilities:

+ Provide customer support services to undergraduate students via appointments, on-campus and virtual, emails, and phone calls.

+ Evaluate degree progress and provide recommendations and feedback on course registrations and program options (such as majors, minors, or certificates).

+ Support the College and the Advising team by helping to maintain and revise general advising-related documents and/or other program informational materials as assigned.

+ Maintain up-to-date degree progress and advising documents for students and document student support activities in a timely manner in accordance with established protocols.

+ Maintain familiarity with other student support services offered by LSUS or available within the College of Business in order to refer students when appropriate.

+ Collaborate with internal and external constituencies for special events.

+ Assist with documenting the College’s and Advising team’s participation in events.

+ Working closely with the Deans, Recruitment Office, Admissions Office, and external partners to support recruiting efforts.

+ Collaborate with the Deans, Department Chairs, and academic staff to facilitate college strategic initiatives, particularly student engagement initiatives.

+ Represent the College of Business and coordinate with other College and/or LSUS personnel at events such as student success initiative meetings, new student orientation activities, and college preview days for local high school students.

+ Coordinate with other campus offices, such as the Student Success Center and Institutional Effectiveness, on data collection and reporting.

+ The majority of standard advising activities and related events occur during the regularly scheduled work week, but occasional evening and weekend work time may be required.

+ Limited and infrequent travel to training and/or events at external locations, such as another LSU system campus, may also be required.

Minimum Qualifications

Qualifications:

+ Bachelor’s degree. Candidates who have relevant experience in key job responsibilities are encouraged to apply - a degree is not required if the candidate meets the required years of experience specified in the job description.

+ Three years of experience working in a student advising or other student-facing support role in higher education.

+ Evidence of written and oral communication skills such as tailoring a message to an audience, adapting the communication style and/or method for the context, and knowledge of standard principles of grammar and syntax.

+ Evidence of interpersonal skills including active listening, empathy, and collaboration.

+ Evidence of organizational skills such as attention to detail when preparing or reviewing documents plus experience with filing/storing records electronically.

+ Evidence of effective time management skills such as planning, scheduling, prioritization, and minimizing distractions.

+ Demonstrated ability to use standard office technology such as MS Outlook and Word along with the expectation and ability to learn new software programs.

+ Willingness and ability to work the standard work schedule as well as occasional evenings or weekends for events or during weeks when additional student advising work time is needed before the opening of each semester’s registration period.

Applicants are to include a personal statement of interest along with contact information for three references. Applicants will be reviewed immediately after the application deadline.

Job Duties and Other Information

Position Characteristics: This is a 12-month, full-time (40 hour per week) unclassified sta? position. The standard work schedule is Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. with a half-hour lunch.

LSUS is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer and encourages applications from women and minorities. For more information about LSU Shreveport go towww.lsus.edu.

LSUS is a State As a Model (SAME) employer that promotes affirmative strategies and goals for employment of individuals with disabilities.

How To Apply:

No Civil Service testscore is required in order to be considered for this vacancy.

To apply for this vacancy, click on the “Apply” link above and complete an electronic application, which can be used for this vacancy as well as future job opportunities. Applicants are responsible for checking the status of their application to determine where they are in the recruitment process. Further status message information is located under the Information section of the Current Job Opportunities page.

*Resumes WILL NOT be accepted in lieu of completed education and experience sections on your application. Applications may be rejected if incomplete.*

For additional information concerning this job posting contact:

Jennifer Isaac

LSUS Department of Human Resource Management

Room 108 Administration Building, LSUS

(318) 797-5279

Benefits for unclassified employees are determined by the individual hiring authority.

Employer

State of Louisiana

Address

For agency contact information, please refer to

the supplemental information above.

Louisiana State Civil Service, Louisiana, 70802

Phone

(866) 783-5462

Website

http://agency.governmentjobs.com/louisiana/default.cfm

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