Academic Advisor, Part-Time

Title: Academic Advisor, Part-Time

Salary Range: $22/hour

Contract Term Length: Not Applicable

Standard Hours: 20 hours per week

Work Location: Limited Hybrid

FLSA Status: Non-Exempt

College: Gateway Community & Technical College

Campus Location: Gateway Boone

Department: Advising

Total Rewards

Gateway Community & Technical College offers an attractive work environment that supports excellence, innovation, and creativity.

Job Summary

The primary responsibility of a part-time Professional Academic Advisor is to support students in their pursuit of credentials. The advisor will provide thorough academic guidance to new Gateway students, utilizing both in-person and virtual platforms.

Job Duties:

• Provide Academic Advising - Responsible for providing academic advising for new, transfer, and returning students. Support exploration of the student's academic and career objectives. Teach advisees how to utilize academic advising tools and access resources, as well as think critically about their educational and career goals. Identify non-academic barriers and offer appropriate internal and external referrals.
• Advisee Engagement and Documentation - Create individualized advising plans for each advisee. Responsible for recording accurate advising notes. Effective and timely communication with students in person and using provided platforms for virtual meetings, email, text, and phone.
  
• Communicates Effectively and Collaborates with Others - Responsible for establishing and maintaining collaborative and supportive relationships with the academic advising team, admissions, records, faculty, student success programs, and other areas of the college. Communicate efficiently both orally and written with internal and external audiences.
  
• Demonstrate Professional Behavior- Responsible for effective and appropriate interactions with diverse populations and for providing in-person advising on different GCTC campuses when needed. Responsible for providing a high standard of customer service when assisting students with problem resolution. Ability to seek input from an alternate authority, if necessary, use good judgment and work effectively under pressure.
  
• Collaborates with the academic advising team to support operations and training.
  
• Partners with the assigned academic division for academic advising initiatives.
  
• Other duties as assigned.
  

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent.
  
• Excellent organizational skills; high attention to detail; independent; self-motivated; able to work in a fast-paced, changing environment.
  
• Excellent interpersonal skills; ability to communicate with many individuals at all levels throughout the internal college environment and external business and community partners, representing himself/herself professionally and courteously.
  
• Ability to communicate clearly verbally and in writing.
  
• Ability to multi-task, work under deadlines, and prioritize projects to meet deadlines with high levels of efficiency and accuracy.
  
• Must have proficient computer skills in Microsoft Office (Excel, Forms, Outlook, Teams, SharePoint, and Word or equivalent).
   

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent.
  
• Excellent organizational skills; high attention to detail; independent; self-motivated; able to work in a fast-paced, changing environment.
  
• Excellent interpersonal skills; ability to communicate with many individuals at all levels throughout the internal college environment and external business and community partners, representing himself/herself professionally and courteously.
  
• Ability to communicate clearly verbally and in writing.
  
• Ability to multi-task, work under deadlines, and prioritize projects to meet deadlines with high levels of efficiency and accuracy.
  
• Must have proficient computer skills in Microsoft Office (Excel, Forms, Outlook, Teams, SharePoint, and Word or equivalent).
  

Employee Rights - Employee Polygraph Protection Act

Equal Opportunity Employer - The Kentucky Community and Technical College System is an equal educational and employment opportunity institution.