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First-Year Advisor

Work type: Officer of Administration

Categories: Academic Advising/Support, Student Life/Services

Department: Clark Honors College

Appointment Type and Duration: Regular, Ongoing

Salary: $50,000 - $55,000 per year

Compensation Band: OS-OA04-Fiscal Year 2025-2026

FTE: 1.0

Application Review Begins

November 2, 2025; position open until filled

Special Instructions to Applicants

Along with your online application and resume, please include a brief cover letter (one page or less) that addresses how you meet the minimum (and, if applicable, preferred) qualifications for this position. Use your letter to share what excites you about this opportunity and how you would contribute to the Clark Honors College in this role.

For a copy of the full position description, please email [email protected]. Salary offers are based on qualifications, experience, and the University's fair, equitable, and consistent pay practices.

Note: Applicants who meet the minimum qualifications may be contacted for further information during the review process.

Department Summary

The Robert D. Clark Honors College (CHC) is a liberal arts honors college within the University of Oregon, an AAU Research 1 institution. Founded in 1960, it is one of the oldest public university honors colleges in the United States. The CHC prides itself on building community among students, faculty, and staff. CHC courses are seminar-style and allow for vibrant intellectual discussions, rich faculty-student interaction, and the opportunity for students to build lifelong connections with some of the brightest students in the country. In addition to the expertise students gain from coursework in their majors, CHC students receive a strong interdisciplinary foundation in the liberal arts. The CHC’s writing and communication-intensive curriculum helps students develop excellent communication skills, as well as confidence and cultural competency.

Position Summary

CHC advisors work collaboratively on a student success team dedicated to providing comprehensive support to CHC First-Year students, as part of a dynamic team that includes CHC professional and faculty advisors, major advisors, and other student success campus partners. First-year advisors assist students holistically with academic planning, course registration, academic success strategies, selecting majors and minors, and developing plans for completion of requirements. They provide outreach, proactive advising and referrals, as well as individual guidance as students make informed/reasonable decisions in setting goals, selecting courses, and studying effectively. They assist with CHC advising, registration and orientation programming during the UO’s new student summer orientation and maintain accurate advising records and student data tracking using the program’s database and university-wide advisor tools (e.g., Navigate).

Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree, awarded by the time of appointment

• Two years of advising, mentoring, or counseling experience with students or adult learners in education, career, and/or academic services and topics

Professional Competencies

• Strong student service orientation

• Understanding of issues facing diverse student populations, low-socioeconomic, first-generation, underrepresented, non-traditional, disadvantaged, and under-prepared individuals, as well as demonstrated commitment to promoting and enhancing equity, justice, and inclusion

• Ability to organize timelines, tasks, and large and small projects

• Excellent written and interpersonal communication skills

• Detail-oriented and experience with record-keeping

• Problem-solving skills with the ability to think creatively

• Ability to work independently and in a team environment

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree in social work, counseling, student services/student affairs, higher education, or other related areas

• Knowledge of university systems (such as EAB Navigate) and policies

• Experience supporting and developing programs for students, clients, customers, or similar

• Experience with proactive advising

• Knowledge of STEM degree pathways

FLSA Exempt: Yes

All offers of employment are contingent upon successful completion of a background check.

The University of Oregon is proud to offer a robust benefits package to eligible employees, including health insurance, retirement plans, and paid time off. For more information about benefits, visitour website (https://hr.uoregon.edu/about-benefits) .

The University of Oregon is an equal-opportunity institution committed to cultural diversity and compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act. The University encourages all qualified individuals to apply and does not discriminate on the basis of any protected status, including veteran and disability status. The University is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to applicants and employees with disabilities. To request an accommodation in connection with the application process, pleaseemail us ([email protected]) or call 541-346-5112.

UO prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy (including pregnancy-related conditions), age, physical or mental disability, genetic information (including family medical history), ancestry, familial status, citizenship, service in the uniformed services (as defined in federal and state law), veteran status, expunged juvenile record, and/or the use of leave protected by state or federal law in all programs, activities and employment practices as required by Title IX, other applicable laws, and policies. Retaliation is prohibited by UO policy. Questions may be referred to the Office of Equal Opportunity and Access. Contact information, related policies, and complaint procedures arelisted here (https://investigations.uoregon.edu/reporting) .

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Advertised: October 9, 2025 Pacific Daylight Time

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