Academic Advisor, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO

Type: Full-Time
Salary: $50,000 – $55,000; Commensurate on experience and training
Posted: 10/22/2025
Application Due: 11/30/2025
Category: Academic Advising

Academic Advisor

Position Location: Position is fully in-office/in-person
Posting Number: 202501609AP
Position Type: Admin Professional/ Research Professional
Proposed Annual Salary: $50,000 – $55,000; Commensurate on experience and training
To ensure full consideration, applications must be received by 11:59pm (MT) on 11/30/2025

Description of Work Unit:

The Academic Advisor in the Department of Chemistry of the College of Natural Sciences is a full time 12-month Administrative Professional position. This position requires in-person work during regular business hours, Monday through Friday. The Department of Chemistry teaches 30,000 student credit hours (SCH) per year and advises students from every college. In addition to our majors cohort, there are ~300 chemistry minors.

The Academic Advisor plays a critical and supportive role in strengthening departmental efforts to provide quality advising and promote undergraduate student success. This position supports an innovative and holistic approach to providing students with the assistance, guidance, and resources necessary to be successful.

The primary functions of the Academic Advisor are to:

1. Foster the successful transition of the student to the university environment,

2. Encourage major and career exploration to ensure the chemistry major suits their interests,

3. Foster student engagement with faculty, and

4. Promote timely graduation

The Academic Adivsor supplements the faculty-student mentoring role. Because of the distinctive characteristics and needs of new students (both those who enter as new first-year students and those who enter as transfer students), the Academic Advisor typically interacts with students more frequently in the initial semesters of the students’ academic career. Interactions in later semesters focus on connecting students to faculty mentors, interest areas within the major, and achieving a timely graduation.

The Academic Adivsor plays a critical role in promoting undergraduate student success. They work directly with students majoring and minoring in chemistry in order to develop, implement, and monitor actions plan for success. The Academic Advisor’s duties include advising students, connecting students to faculty, maintaining student records, interacting with faculty members, and collaborating with campus offices. The Academic Advisor works with other members of the faculty including the Associate Chair and the curriculum committee. The Academic Advisor reports to the Department Chair.

The successful candidate must be legally authorized to work in the United States by proposed start date. The Department of Chemistry will not provide visa sponsorship for this position.

The successful candidate may be eligible for a signing bonus of up to $2,500. Please note current CSU employees and former employees employed within prior 12 months are not eligible.
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Position Summary:

The Academic Advisor in the Department of Chemistry of the College of Natural Sciences is a full time 12-month Administrative Professional position. This position requires in-person work during regular business hours, Monday through Friday. The Department of Chemistry teaches 30,000 student credit hours (SCH) per year and advises students from every college. In addition to our majors cohort, there are ~300 chemistry minors.

The Academic Advisor plays a critical and supportive role in strengthening departmental efforts to provide quality advising and promote undergraduate student success. This position supports an innovative and holistic approach to providing students with the assistance, guidance, and resources necessary to be successful.

The primary functions of the Academic Advisor are to:

1. Foster the successful transition of the student to the university environment,

2. Encourage major and career exploration to ensure the chemistry major suits their interests,

3. Foster student engagement with faculty, and

4. Promote timely graduation

The Academic Adivsor supplements the faculty-student mentoring role. Because of the distinctive characteristics and needs of new students (both those who enter as new first-year students and those who enter as transfer students), the Academic Advisor typically interacts with students more frequently in the initial semesters of the students academic career. Interactions in later semesters focus on connecting students to faculty mentors, interest areas within the major, and achieving a timely graduation.

The Academic Adivsor plays a critical role in promoting undergraduate student success. They work directly with students majoring and minoring in chemistry in order to develop, implement, and monitor actions plan for success. The Academic Advisors duties include advising students, connecting students to faculty, maintaining student records, interacting with faculty members, and collaborating with campus offices. The Academic Advisor works with other members of the faculty including the Associate Chair and the curriculum committee. The Academic Advisor reports to the Department Chair.

The successful candidate must be legally authorized to work in the United States by proposed start date. The Department of Chemistry will not provide visa sponsorship for this position.

The successful candidate may be eligible for a signing bonus of up to $2,500. Please note current CSU employees and former employees employed within prior 12 months are not eligible.

Required Job Qualifications:

• Masters degree (completed by June 1, 2026) OR Bachelors degree and two years post-bachelors professional work experience.
• The individual must have professional experience in higher education or high school setting working with students in providing one-on-one and group interactions to assist in their academic success and graduation.

Preferred Job Qualifications:

• Masters degree in natural sciences, college student personnel, higher education, communications, social work, sociology, psychology, or a related field.
• Experience in the chemical sciences, broadly defined.
• Experience mentoring and advising college students.
• Demonstrated understanding of student development and awareness of the transition issues for students entering and progressing through higher education.
• Demonstrated knowledge of, and relevant ability to work effectively with a wide range of individuals and groups.
• Experience coordinating and communicating with campus organizations and departments from both academic and student affairs.
• Excellent professional communication skills, including interpersonal, presentation, writing and technical/computer skills.
• Familiarity with Microsoft office programs, as well as other university data and communication systems.

Special Instructions to Applicants:

For full consideration, materials must be received no later than November 9, 2025 at 11:59 p.m. MST. To apply, please submit:

1. A cover letter describing your education, experience, qualifications and skills specifically related to position description,
2. A current resum,
3. The contact information for three professional references. References will not be contacted without prior notification to candidates.

CSU is committed to full inclusion of qualified individuals. If you are needing assistance or accommodations with the search process, please reach out to the listed search contact. Please note, applicants may redact information from their application materials that identifies their age, date of birth, or dates of attendance at or graduation from an educational institution.

To apply, visit https://jobs.colostate.edu/postings/168550

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