Academic Advisor, Student Success Center

About the position

The Student Success Center puts advising, tutoring, and success coaching in one place on the first level of Halvorsen Library, so a student can be walked from an advising appointment to a tutor without re-explaining anything. Advisors carry a caseload of about 300 students, most of them exploring majors or moving between programs, and they are the first call when the early-alert system flags a student in week three or six.

The work is seasonal in a predictable way: registration rushes in November and April, orientation advising in June and July, and a quieter January and summer for projects.

Position number

PF-26-0441

Department

Student Success Center, Division of Student Affairs

Category

Academic staff (non-instructional)

Appointment

100% FTE, twelve-month, ongoing (renewable) appointment

Salary

$48,500–$53,000 annually, depending on experience.

Anticipated start

January 4, 2027

Benefits

Full benefits eligibility; see the benefits summary.

Duties and responsibilities

• Advise an assigned caseload of about 300 undeclared and transitioning students on course selection, degree audits, major exploration, and academic policy.
• Respond to faculty early-alert referrals within two business days and document outreach in the advising system.
• Advise new students during summer orientation sessions, including some Saturdays in June.
• Teach one section of the one-credit first-year seminar each fall (included in the appointment).
• Refer students to campus resources such as counseling, financial aid, and disability services, and follow up.
• Maintain confidentiality of student records under FERPA.

Qualifications

Required

• Bachelor’s degree.
• Two years of experience in advising, teaching, student services, counseling, or a comparable role working directly with college-age students.
• Strong written communication, demonstrated in the cover letter.

Preferred

• Master’s degree in higher education, student affairs, counseling, or a related field.
• Experience with degree-audit or student-information systems.
• Experience working with first-generation, transfer, or academically at-risk students.

Meet the required list? Apply. The preferred list is what separates strong finalists, not a filter applied at the door.

How to apply

Apply through the employment portal linked from Work at Porter, citing position number PF-26-0441. Upload: a cover letter, a résumé, and three professional references. Review of applications begins October 23, 2026 and continues until the position is filled; applications complete by that date are guaranteed full consideration.

Finalists will complete a short written exercise: a reply email to a student who has just received a midterm early-alert in two courses.

Questions about the position go to the search chair, Celeste Moberg, Associate Director of Advising, Student Success Center, at mobergc@uwporterfalls.edu or (715) 555–0234. Questions about the portal or an accommodation in the application process go to Human Resources at (715) 555–0216.

Equal opportunity and background check

UW–Porter Falls is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. Qualified applicants receive consideration without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, arrest or conviction record (subject to the job-related exceptions in state law), military or veteran status, or any other protected status. See the university’s nondiscrimination statement.

The finalist must complete a criminal background check and a misconduct reference check with prior employers before an offer is final. A conviction record is reviewed for its relationship to the duties of this position and is not an automatic bar. Under state open-records law, the names of up to five finalists may be released on request.