International Student and Scholar Advisor

Online applications must be received before 11:59pm on:

May 29, 2025

If a date is not listed above, review the Applicant Instructions below for more details.

Available Title(s):

1481-YN_ADMINPRO - Student Services Coordinator/Advisor 1

Business Title:

International Student and Scholar Advisor

Employee Type:

Admin. Professional

Position Details:

The Opportunity:

As the International Student and Scholar Advisor, you will provide essential and critical student and scholar immigration counseling and holistic support to continuing international students to ensure maintenance of immigration records and appropriate lawful status. In this position, you will often intersect between immigration regulations, academic regulations and holistic counseling/support to help students and scholars meet their professional, educational, and academic goals, with a primary focus on F and to a lesser extent J visa programs.

You will also be responsible for providing specialized immigration advice for international students and campus offices across the WSU system at all study plan levels. In this position, you must stay up-to-date on complex, and currently ever-changing, immigration regulations and directly apply them to extremely complex student and scholar cases with a high level of focus on legality and record maintenance. In addition, you must be familiar with University academic and other policies and procedures related to international students as well as their dependents.

Your responsibilities will include monitoring compliance with federal immigration regulations in alignment with applicable university policies, reviewing and assisting with the development of unit procedures and methodologies; explaining applicable policies, state and federal laws and regulations to international students, monitoring and updating the office case management system (SUNAPSIS) (this is a paperless office), tracking immigration status for students; training students and University colleagues on immigration matters, educating students on their visa status, how to maintain lawful status, and the consequences for falling out of status, presenting and assisting with cultural programming efforts for international students and the WSU international community.
 

You will also serve as a Designated School Official (DSO) for F visas, and may serve as an Alternate Responsible Officer (ARO) for J visas. As DSO and ARO, you will have legal responsibility and signature authority for institutional compliance with immigration requirements under federal law.

Additionally, you will work as a liaison with government agencies, organizations and various stakeholders, maintaining compliance with federal immigration reporting requirements in SEVIS and elsewhere. In this position, you are required to have knowledge of federal regulations governing F and J visa status.

Additional Information:

This is a full time (100% FTE), permanent position. This position is overtime eligible.

Monthly Salary: $3,750.85 - $4,500 | Commensurate with experience and qualifications

In accordance with RCW 49.58.110, the above salary reflects the full salary range for this position. Individual placement within the range is based on the candidate’s current experience, education, skills, and abilities related to the position.

Benefits: WSU offers a comprehensive benefits package which includes paid sick and vacation leave; paid holidays; medical, dental, life and disability insurance package for employees and dependents; retirement; deferred compensation, optional supplemental retirement accounts; training and development; and employee tuition waiver. For additional information, please review the detailed Summary of Benefits offered by WSU for AP staff and Total Compensation.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree and two (2) years of relevant professional work experience in student services or related education/experience. A Master’s degree in a related field may substitute for one (1) year of professional work experience. Any combination of relevant education and profe