Job Details
Requisition Number: AS1027P
Job Title: Supplemental Advisor, Career & Academic Planning Services
Pay Rate: $24.41 - $35 hourly
Position Type: Part-time Variable Schedule
Position Summary
This position supports the CAPS Advising team during the peak advising season. The responsibilities include providing comprehensive academic advising for new, current, and returning students and facilitating registration procedures. Ability to use varying styles and approaches that reflect an understanding and acceptance of the role of culture in a diverse, multicultural workplace.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
These are intended only as examples of the various types of job duties to be performed. The omission of the specific duties does not exclude them from the position if the work is a similar, related, or logical assignment to the position.
The following are the functions essential to performing this job:
- Provide academic advising services, including interpretation of placement tests, interpretation of degree audit and curricular requirements, interpretation of academic policies, and the application of College academic standing procedures.
- Provide guidance in course selection and scheduling, integrating student career goals into their academic planning.
- Ensure students understand the content and structure of FCC programming, including graduation and/or transfer requirements for specific programs of study.
- Inform students about alternatives, limitations, and possible consequences of academic decisions (e.g. adding, dropping, and withdrawing from courses; change of program, major selection, and/or transfer institutions).
- Promote student success by identifying and referring at-risk students to the appropriate resources, including their assigned advisor.
- Assist with initial assessment of needs and serve as a triage advisor and registration assistant within the Career and Academic Planning Services department as needed.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Required Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor’s Degree
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills
- Ability to work effectively with a diverse student population
Desired Qualifications
- Master’s degree in student counseling, development, education, or related field
- Experience using an integrated student information system
- Two years of experience in a college environment providing academic advising to students
Work Schedule
No more than 15 hours per week during CAPS office hours: Monday and Thursday, 8:30 AM – 6:00 PM, and Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday, 8:30 AM – 4:30 PM
Full/Part Time: Part Time
Telework Eligible?: No
Essential Personnel?: No
Special Instructions to Applicants
All applications and required documents must be submitted online. Mail, e-mail, or fax submissions will not be accepted. Cover letters may be addressed to the Search Committee and should briefly address your qualifications as related to the requirements of this position.
Frederick Community College prohibits discrimination against any person on the basis of age, ancestry, citizenship status, color, creed, ethnicity, gender identity and expression, genetic information, marital status, mental or physical disability, national origin, race, religious affiliation, sex, sexual orientation, or veteran status in its activities, admissions, educational programs, and employment. Frederick Community College, an equal opportunity employer, values engagement and belonging for students and staff and encourages members from historically under-represented groups to apply.
Non-Discrimination Statement
Frederick Community College is committed to the principles of equal opportunity and strictly prohibits discrimination against any person on the basis of age, ancestry, citizenship status, color, creed, ethnicity, gender identity and expression, genetic information, marital status, mental or physical disability, national origin, race, religious affiliation, sex, sexual orientation, or veteran status in its activities, admissions, educational programs, and employment.
Organization
Frederick Community College (FCC) is a public college accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education (MSCHE). FCC is distinguished by its quality and affordability, making it attainable and valuable for local students. Accredited programs, comprehensive instruction, and affordable costs of attendance have made FCC the learning destination for nearly 30,000 graduates since 1957.
In traditional and alternative learning environments, we anticipate and respond to the needs of our local, regional, and global communities. FCC recognizes the different learning needs and preferences of students and offers instruction in flexible learning formats that include day, evening, weekend, online, and hybrid options. In addition, FCC offers current high school students access to college courses through its Open Campus and High School-Based Dual Enrollment programs.
FCC offers 55 associate degree programs and areas of concentration, 39 certificate, and 51 subject areas in continuing education through credit and Continuing Education and Workforce Development (CEWD).
Explore our wide variety of program options designed for career and transfer students, and those studying for job credentials, professional development, and personal enrichment.
