Academic Advisor

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Staff - Non Union Job Category M&P - AAPS Job Profile AAPS Salaried - Student Management, Level C Job Title Academic Advisor Department Student Advising | Arts Academic Advising Compensation Range $7,283.75 - $10,474.08 CAD Monthly The Compensation Range is the span between the minimum and maximum base salary for a position. The midpoint of the range is approximately halfway between the minimum and the maximum and represents an employee that possesses full job knowledge, qualifications and experience for the position. In the normal course, employees will be hired, transferred or promoted between the minimum and midpoint of the salary range for a job. Posting End Date June 12, 2026 Note: Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the Posting End Date. Job End Date October 31, 2027 This is a fixed term leave replacement appointment. At UBC, we believe that attracting and sustaining a diverse workforce is key to the successful pursuit of excellence in research, innovation, and learning for all faculty, staff and students, and is essential to fostering an outstanding work environment. Our commitment to employment equity helps achieve inclusion and fairness, brings rich diversity to UBC as a workplace, and creates the necessary conditions for a rewarding career. Job Description Summary Academic Advisors are responsible for developing, providing, evaluating and assessing academic advising services, programs and projects for the Faculty of Arts in order to support the academic success, personal development and retention of approximately 14,000 Aboriginal, domestic, and international students enrolled in two undergraduate degrees, four diploma, and three certificate programs. Additional responsibilities for this position include: assisting in the development and use of information technology as it relates to the Faculty of Arts and Arts Academic Advising, development and implementation of recruiting and retention activities that support the enrolment objectives of the Faculty of Arts, including those for Aboriginal and International students; participating in the administration of the office. Organizational Status Academic Advisors report to the Associate Directors. Incumbent works independently, with initiative and considerable autonomy under the general supervision of the Associate Director, and/or Director. The position contributes directly to the development of policy and priorities of the unit. Advisors interact regularly and consult with Arts Academic Advising personnel, faculty and university members, departmental advisors, student (peer) advisors, Work Study/Work Learn students, and student service personnel elsewhere on campus. Advisors hire and supervise the work of support staff, student (peer) advisors and Work Study/Work Learn students and assists in the hiring and training other advisors. Wide latitude of decision-making is required. Work Performed ACADEMIC ADVISING Arts Academic Advising builds holistic relationships with students with the end of furthering students' development. Through students' questions about degree planning advisors make connections between academic planning, academic learning, personal career aspirations, and physical and mental health. Doing so, they contribute to students' development of wider perspective. Academic advisors identify students at risk or in crisis and create an environment in which those students are able to acknowledge difficulties and seek further help. The tools with which advisors build these relationships are: program planning with students, career planning, evaluation of students' academic performance, and conferring academic concessions. Academic Advisors' primary advising duties are to: Assess students' academic records and histories in order to help students identify academic specializations in line with their personal and career goals. To do this, advisors must be able to probe students' interests as many will be undecided in these goals. Inform students about the requirements for admissions to majors and for degree-completion. Advisors teach students to manage complex information, including how to use the tools available for ongoing degree planning. They evaluate students' use of these tools; they investigate and resolve any discrepancies or technical difficulties. Coach students regarding post-graduation options (careers, post-graduate studies). Depending on their assessment of the student's self-awareness and knowledge, advisors provide information, refer appropriately, and encourage students to take action. Advisors must maintain knowledge of career advising, graduate studies, and professional programs to do this. Investigate and resolve inquiries from other campus units i.e., Admissions, Enrolment Services, Access and Diversity, Counselling Services and other UBC Faculties and University units. Interpret and apply University and Faculty policy in relation to individual student programs. They can propose exceptions to policy