First Year Advisor - First Year Center

UTAH VALLEY UNIVERSITY

OREM, UT

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JOB DETAILS

SALARY

$48,845–$57,464 Per Year

SKILLS

Academic Advice, American Sign Language, Best Practices, Career Counseling, Case Management, Coaching, Communication Skills, Customer Support/Service, Diversity, English Language, Establish Priorities, Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), Follow Through, Interpersonal Skills, People Management, Performance Analysis, Performance Metrics, Predictive Modeling, Presentation/Verbal Skills, Problem Solving Skills, Psychological Testing, Record Keeping, Retention Programs, Risk Management, Team Player, Time Tracking, University/School Policies, Writing Skills

LOCATION

OREM, UT

POSTED

2 days ago

First Year Advisor - First Year Center

Salary: $48,845.00 - $57,464.00 Annually

Job Type: FT Exempt Salaried Staff

Job Number: FY2605973

Closing: 5/31/2026 11:59 PM Mountain

Location: Main Campus - Orem

Division: VP Student Affairs

Position Announcement

Counsels and advises new, prospective, transfer, and continuing students in all aspects of university-wide academic programs, student development, and major planning. Manages a student caseload using predictive analytics, proactive outreach, and holistic advising to improve retention. Duties include activities such as explaining policies, making referrals, maintaining records, interpreting placement test scores, addressing academic standards issues, coordinating academic issues with faculty and staff, and attending meetings as assigned.

Summary of Responsibilities

• New Students: Onboard and guide new students through enrollment, registration, major selection, university processes, and new student success strategies. Provide guidance related to placement testing and transfer credit. Counsel students in the development of meaningful educational planning, major selection, co-curricular opportunities, relevant academic information, and applicable campus resources.
• Caseload Management & Retention: Manage and support a student caseload using holistic advising approaches, proactive outreach, and data-informed strategy. Maintain student advisement records. Identify student barriers and assess potential roadblocks, take early action to mitigate these, and advocate on behalf of students. Advise students regarding major fit and potential parallel plans for success. Provides information assistance and referrals to support services to support students in successful management of their college experience. Ensure accountability when tracking student progress toward key performance indicators, referral follow-through, and student enrollment patterns.
• Technology: Manage and adapt to new technology, such as predictive analytics, student communication tools, advising record management, and degree progress. Monitor student risk trends over time, track student performance and progress toward graduation, and proactively reach out to students in need of intervention.
• Professional development: Achieve initial UVU advisor certification within one year of employment and maintain continued UVU advisor certification status as required. Earn credentials required to conduct a variety of psychological testing. Engage in professional development and remain current in first-year and advising best practices and research. Adapt and apply research and professional development related knowledge to advising practice and associated work activities. Remain current on major curriculum, university policy, and campus resources.
• Additional duties: Participate in department, division, and institutional goals and projects. Assist in the planning and delivery of academic advising programs/services and creates or promotes new initiatives in academic advising. Complete other duties as assigned.

Qualifications / Licenses / Certifications

Graduation from an accredited institution with a master's degree in a related field and at least two years of experience related to the summary of duties.

Preferred Qualifications
Graduation from an accredited institution with a master's degree in a related field and more than two years of experience related to the summary of duties. Demonstrated proficiency in a lang
uage other than English, such as American Sign Language or Spanish.

Licenses/Certifications
Achieves initial UVU advisor certification within one year of employment and maintains continued UVU advisor certification status as required.

Knowledge / Skills / Abilities

Knowledge

• Knowledge of and commitment to UVU's mission and strategic directions.
• Knowledge of academic advising theory, services, activities, practices, and operations. Knowledge of student development theory, first-year specific theory, and effective student success, retention, and completion strategies.

• Knowledge of personal interest inventory assessment, counseling, coaching strategies, effective communication, and related technology.

• Knowledge of how to support students of all diverse identities, backgrounds, cultures, and ethnicities.

• Knowledge of student confidentiality practices including FERPA.

Skills

• Demonstrated skill in effective interpersonal communication, collaboration, and professionalism.

• Demonstrated skill in verbal and written communication.

• Demonstrated skill in critical thinking, problem-solving, decision-making, and acting successfully under pressure.

• Demonstrated skill in counseling, career guidance, college readiness, retention, and graduation strategies.

Abilities

• Ability to serve students from diverse backgrounds and with diverse needs.

• Ability to gather, interpret, and apply data and information to improve student success.

• Ability to apply current advising best practices to advising practice.

• Ability to work on and navigate the UVU Orem campus.

• Ability to work evening and weekend hours as required.

• Ability to work effectively in a team environment, and successfully adapt to change.

• Ability to plan, coordinate, prioritize, and effectively execute multiple initiatives.

• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships.

EEO Statement:

UVU employment decisions are made on the basis of an applicant's qualifications and ability to perform the job without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age (40 and over), disability, veteran status, pregnancy, childbirth, or pregnancy-related conditions, genetic information, or other bases protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.

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About the Company

UTAH VALLEY UNIVERSITY

Utah Valley University was established in 1941 as Central Utah Vocational School (CUVS) with the primary function of providing war production training. CUVS was part of the Provo School District located in south Provo. The institution received a state appropriation in March 1945 of $50,000 to operate for the 1945-1947 biennium. In 1947, the school received funding as a permanent state institution. A new site for the school was acquired on University Avenue in Provo in 1948; in the 1952, the state appropriated funding for the first construction on that site. As enrollments grew, the state acquired over 185 acres in southwest Orem and the first building was completed in 1977. Today, the University’s facilities consist of a combined total of 412 acres with 50 buildings with campuses in Orem, Provo, and Heber City and property in Vineyard and at Thanksgiving Point in Lehi.

COMPANY SIZE

1,500 to 1,999 employees

INDUSTRY

Education

FOUNDED

1941

WEBSITE

http://www.uvu.edu/

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