Advisor

CHESS•Albuquerque, NM

8d•$48,007 - $60,008

About The Position

The Advisor is a professional who provides guidance, advice, and expertise in a specific field or industry-related to a student's course work at CNM and other institutions. The Advisor helps promote the mission of the college, encouraging academic achievement, and providing support to students in making informed educational decisions. Advisors specialize in several areas such as financial planning, career development, academic advising, legal matters, or business strategy. You will collaborate with multiple programs aimed at enhancing CNM enrollment, student retention, and success and undertakes responsibilities that directly impact enrollment, persistence, retention, and graduation rates. The Advisor plays a role in student retention efforts by identifying at-risk students, providing interventions, and connecting students with support services to address academic and personal challenges.

Requirements

Bachelor's Degree
Two (2) years of advisement or related experience

Nice To Haves

Bilingual
Experience working at a Community College

Responsibilities

Provide academic advisement and coaching for credit and non-credit programs.
Maintain knowledge and skills of advisement-related best practices as well as institutional, state, and national higher education policies and practices—learning and applying changes as they occur.
Provide career exploration and connection to CNM and community career resources.
Share CNM resources to facilitate student persistence and success.
Provide targeted outreach to coach students toward their goals; remains on the educational path at CNM; and promotes student retention, graduation, and transfer.
Monitors and documents student academic progress, including support to students at risk of not being retained.
Implement advisement strategies to achieve and improve institutional standards related to enrollment, persistence, retention, graduation, and transfer.
Support student satisfaction by engaging with students in a variety of ways to meet individual student needs.
Assist with projects, collaboration, and communication with other departments, divisions, and community partners.
Work may be performed at multiple locations to support department needs.
Performs other related duties as assigned.