Job Description

Job Description

Job Description

Purpose:

The Los Angeles Film School is currently seeking energetic and motivated individuals to join its Campus Academic Advising team. Academic advisors play a vital role in the success of students and to the institution as a whole. This is a non-faculty position.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities (those that must be performed with or without an ADA Accommodation):

• Proactive outreach to student via phone, e-mail, and text as required by early alert systems.
• Meet with students to provide completion coaching, assistance and guidance on overcoming barriers to success including issues with housing and transportation, mental and physical wellness, time management, and behavioral concerns.
• Provide individual student advisement on study plans and skills, time and stress management, goal setting, mental and physical wellness, and other student success skills and strategies.
• Motivate students to develop positive and effective study habits for long-term academic success.
• Act as the student liaison between other departments.
• Regularly monitor student attendance, GPA, and other components of academic progress.
• Provide students with available internal and external resources to aid with their success.
• Other duties as assigned.

Non-Essential Duties & Responsibilities (those that must be performed with or without an ADA Accommodation):

• Proper handling of complaints – take issues needing further review to the Manager of Academic Advising.
• Referring inquiries needing further review to the appropriate department.

Other Responsibilities:

· Other duties as assigned.

Supervisory Responsibilities

• List if applicable.

Competencies | Knowledge | Skills | Abilities:

• Exceptional counseling, coaching and mentoring skills
• Excellent customer service skills
• Commitment to student development and success
• Ability to work independently as well as function as part of a team
• Able to multi-task efficiently and effectively
• Strong recordkeeping skills
• Crisis handling skills

Education | Experience:

• Bachelor's Degree from an accredited college or university required
• Prior experience in academic advising, admissions or other student services related department at the postsecondary level required

Certificates | Licenses | Registrations:

• None Required

Computer Skills:

• Strong proficiency with PC and Mac (MS Word, Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, Keynote).
• Ability to learn new programs as required, etc.

Environmental Factors (are those that are required and performed with or without an accommodation):

• In-office presence

Physical Demands (are those that are required and performed with or without an accommodation):

• Must be able to lift up to 10lbs, etc.
• Must be able to sit and operate a computer

Emotional & Mental Demands (are those that are required and performed with or without an accommodation):

• Ability to assist complex student situations and diverse groups.
• Ability to professionally handle crisis situations with an upset student

This is not necessarily an all-inclusive list of job-related responsibilities, duties, skills, efforts, requirements or working conditions. While this is intended to be an accurate reflection of the current job, management reserves the right to revise the job or to require that other or different tasks be performed as assigned.

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