Academic Counselor - (Student Services Professional III) - Advising Center

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Working Title

Academic Counselor

SF State University

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Department

Undergraduate Advising Center

Appointment Type

This is a one-year probationary position.

Time Base

Full-Time (1.0 FTE)

Work Schedule

Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. 

Anticipated Hiring Range

$5,540.00 - $5,711.00 Per Month ($66,480.00 - $68,532.00 Annually)

Salary is commensurate with experience.

Position Summary

The Division of Undergraduate Education and Academic Planning is comprised of several units, all of which hold the students we serve at the heart of our institutional mission. One of these units is the Undergraduate Advising Center (UAC), which provides comprehensive academic counseling to help students achieve their academic, personal, and career goals. The center is the hub for undergraduate advising at San Francisco State. The UAC helps all students understand SF State’s graduation requirements, policies, and procedures. Our goal is to encourage self-advocacy, promote academic success, graduation, and a lifetime of learning.

This position reports directly to the Director of 1st & 2nd Year Advising and functions under general supervision. The Academic Counselor is responsible for providing consistent, accurate, complex, academic counseling services to a cohort of 1st year, 2nd year, and undeclared undergraduate students. Working independently, the counselor will provide individual and group counseling that requires the use of counseling techniques to facilitate major and career exploration, evaluate academic interests, and set goals to facilitate student success, persistence and degree completion in a timely manner. In addition, the incumbent will independently lead, develop, plan, implement and evaluate Undergraduate Advising Center projects.

Position Information

• Academic Counseling
  • Provide 1-1 and group academic counseling to an assigned caseload of 1st year, 2nd year, and undeclared undergraduate students; counseling to include course planning and selection, general education and major requirements, degree progress, major exploration, graduation requirements, college transition referrals and support, campus engagement, other related policies and procedures.
  • Independently coordinate and deliver academic advising to an assigned group of students each year; develop action plan for success based on the unique needs of each student; monitor and assess student progress in achieving their path to success and make adjustments to their path based on the progress and changing needs of the student; identify current and potential challenges (e.g. adjustment to college, time-management) and counsel students through complex academic/personal challenges; make appropriate referrals to campus resources.
  • Counsel undeclared students who are exploring major options; in a one-to-one or group setting, provide acad