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Requisition Number: 2025032P

Salary Range: $43,028 yr

DBM Rating: C41

Job Category: Professional/Staff

Anticipated Start Date: 07/14/2025

Campus: Bryan

FLSA
Exempt

Security Sensitive?: Yes

Work Hours: Monday - Friday, 8am to 5pm, additional time as needed

Objective

To provide individual and small group educational advising to students. This will include but is not limited to providing assistance in the areas of course planning, career investigation, transfer information, and academic and technical degree completion.

Required Quals Summary

• Bachelors degree required
• 1-3 years related experience

Special Notes To Applicants

This is a 12 month, benefits eligible position. Blinn College pays 100% of health insurance for full time employees, 50% for dependents, and two times your annual salary in life insurance benefits. Optional coverages can begin on your first active duty date. If you would like to review insurance benefits in advance, you can access the New Employee Benefits Guide online, http://www.ers.texas.gov/PDFs/NEBG-HE.pdf

Leave time includes 96 hours vacation, 40 hours discretionary and 16 hours personal each year and 8 hours sick each month. Paid leave for college designated holiday's, spring break, Thanksgiving and Christmas break (approx. 25 days per year)

Quick Link: https://employment.blinn.edu/postings/12489

Principal Accountabilities

• Delivers academic advice to prospective and currently enrolled students as well as their parents and other college personnel. Develop educational plan of academic courses, which help students achieve their intended educational goal.
• Assist currently enrolled students with identifying their educational and career goals to the extent the student can develop an educational plan to achieve their goal.
• Provide students with the resources and support to succeed in obtaining the education and training that will help them reach their educational goals.
• Review degree plans and advise students with academic, developmental and probationary concerns. Be a liaison to college departments and off campus resources. Maintain accurate record of student interactions.
• Work collaboratively with other advisors and staff in developing specialized programs for student's academic development. Serve as a resource for faculty and part time advisors on office procedures and academic advising related matters.
• Assist with registration and student service activities as needed.
• Interact with parents and guardians of students while ensuring the students FERPA rights are protected.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required.
• 1-3 related experience.

Minimum Competencies

1. Ability to travel to all Blinn College locations, as needed
2. Attend required and/or necessary software, state and federal trainings for updates.
3. Strong analytical and organization skills combined with careful attention to detail.
4. Self-motivated and goal oriented, team player.
5. Computer literacy and ability to learn proprietary software
6. Experience with virtual meetings using TEAMS and Zoom.
7. Experience with Office products (Word, Excel)
8. Strong oral and written communication skills.
9. Ability to work with a diverse group of individuals and complex long- and short-range concurrent planning.
10. Strong commitment to quality customer service.
11. Ability to work overtime during peak activity periods.
12. Ability to maintain the confidentiality of college records and student information.

Preferred Qualifications

• A master's degree or an equivalent combination of relevant training and responsible experience.
• Advising experience at the college level.

Preferred Competencies

• Experience working with Banner and Ellucian products, Degree Works.
• Ability to work independently and take initiative.
• Ability to work effectively in a group and one on one with students.

Are there particular working conditions associated with this job that should be noted (I.E., working environment, hours of work, workspace, etc.)?
Yes

If 'Yes', please explain

The Office of Academic Advising is expected to remain open during the office hours as posted on the Blinn College website of Monday - Friday 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. On occasion student advising may exceed the normal work hours and the Academic Advisor is expected to remain on the premise until the student(s) is finished with their advising session.

In addition, the Office of Academic Advising hosts different Student Service events which may take place after hours and/or on a Saturday which is considered a non-work day. Staff members of Academic Advising may be asked to work after hours and on a non-work day.

Physical and Mental Requirements
Moderate lifting, 15 to 44 lbs., Moderate carrying, 15 to 44 lbs., Reaching above shoulder, Walking, Standing, Sitting, Operating office equipment, Operating motor vehicle, Seeing, Hearing (with aid), Hearing (without aid), Writing, Counting, Reading, Telling time

Environmental Requirements
Travel by car (enter percentage of time in below field), Travel by plane (enter percentage of time in below field), Inside, Working closely with other, Working alone

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