Academic Advisor

Job Description

The Advisor is responsible for providing academic advising to undergraduate and/or graduate students, guiding them in course selection, program planning, and timely degree completion. The role focuses on helping students make informed decisions, overcome academic challenges, and align their studies with their long-term professional aspirations. The Advisor collaborates with faculty and staff to ensure a supportive, high-quality academic experience for all students.

Key Responsibilities:

• Reporting directly to the Undergraduate Deputy Academic Director and secondly Advising Coordinator, and is responsible for academic advising matters; the focus and pertinence of this work is on academic quality and student success.

• Assist in coordinating undergraduate scheduling, advising, and registration, including through the usage of all applicable University systems and through the registrar, program leaders, and others applicable in academic affairs.

• Monitor and participate in recruitment, registration, and retention initiatives, activities, and reports relative to data driven decision-making.

• Assists in ensuring undergraduate academic policies and procedures.

• Assist with student academic performance, progression, and success, including warnings, probations, dismissals, and reinstatements.

• Assist in undergraduate faculty and student success training and development workshops/meetings, including orientations, registration and admit days.

• Provide accurate academic advising to students, both in person, virtually and in all communications, including entering student schedules/changes into J1.

• Develop broad skills that apply to all applicable undergraduate programs, but may be assigned to a specific program or school/college.

• Assist students in developing educational plans that are consistent with academic and professional goals of student. professional goals of student.

• Provide students with accurate information about academic progression and degree requirements.

• Teach advisees skills and knowledge to promote student retention and success.

• Assist students in overcoming educational concerns and seeking educational opportunities.

• Help students access campus resources that will increase academic success and refer students to appropriate campus resources, including globally and digitally. students to appropriate campus resources, including globally and digitally.

• Assist in evaluation and determining student transfer of credits;

• Review, collect, and utilize data about student academic and educational needs, performance, retention, completion, and concerns.

• Acquire and share knowledge across multiple academic disciplines, including GCP and ESL.

• Understand, interpret, and communicate undergraduate academic and programmatic policies and procedures.

• Collaborate with faculty and other service units across campus and serve as a resource for other advisors, faculty, and university colleagues; particularly in academic affairs.

• Engage in career advising and coordination with career development.

• Participate in events as well as the recruitment activities.

• Contribute to the vision of Webster University and Academic Advising;

• Understand and attention to student development and relevant theories;

• Assist the Undergraduate Deputy Academic Director relative to other related duties and responsibilities as assigned.

• Other duties as assigned

Requirements:

• Advanced degree (master's highly preferred)
• Ability to cultivate and maintain supportive internal relationships with Webster team and the various constituents of Webster University Tashkent
• Ability to work collaboratively on shared strategic goals with academic and administrative leaders.
• Experience in international higher education, including overseeing degree-granting locations abroad.
• Commitment to high quality, innovative, S-style student-centered learning and to providing students with transformative education for individual excellence and global citizenship.
• Commitment to diversity and inclusion and demonstrated ability to work successfully in a diverse, multi-cultural, complex international organization
• Excellent communication skills, including public speaking, persuasive speaking and presentation skills; ability to advocate for Webster University, its students, faculty and programs.
• Fluency in English and Russian (required).
• Must possess or be able to obtain employment credentials required to work in Uzbekistan.