Student Academic and Career Services Advisor

**Your mission**:
The Student Academic & Career Advisor at Schiller International is responsible for guiding the student through their entire journey at Schiller, from the time they enroll, providing them orientation as they begin their studies, until they graduate, making sure all their requirements are fulfilled. The Advisor will be the primary contact for student requests and will coordinate with all departments within Student Services and Academics to ensure the student’s needs are met. The Advisor will actively engage with students in mentorship and keep ongoing regular communication, lead initiatives to increase retention, graduation rates, and student employment rates, actively leading career services and placement initiatives and keeping updated data for compliance and regulatory needs. The Advisor will also lead student life initiatives on campus such as welcome weeks or other campus engagement events in coordination with the Student Life Coordinator

**Your profile**:

- Work collaboratively with university administrative and academic leadership, Marketing department, faculty, students, academic support, Student Council representatives and external stakeholder groups to support realization of the university objectives where academics and student experience are concerned.
- Advise students on a regular, pro-active basis.
- Provide information to Students regarding academic requirements on a regular basis.
- Work with operational systems and procedures to improve data gathering and archiving of student information, working closely with the IT team.
- Participate in Institutional Assessment and Improvement plans.
- Coordinate with Registrars where academic planning is concerned.
- Lead and promote on site student life events alongside the global Student Life Coordinator to promote student experience within key learning areas and values at Schiller.
- Communicate regularly with students regarding their requirements to complete studies.
- Provide students with training in career areas (writing a resume, interviewing, presentation skills) and coordinate monthly career events on/off campus, to increase their employability.
- Coordinate with Program Leads, Advisory Board members and external employers to engage students in career opportunities.
- Any other duties as assigned by the Dean of Students and or Campus Director.
- In line with accreditation requirements, track and record employability placement of SIU graduates as part of ACCSC annual reports.

**Position requirements**:

- Bachelor’s Degree in Social Science, Humanities or similar field preferred.
- 2 years or more of professional experience in Higher Education, recruitment or client relationship management.
- Experience with Student Information Systems.
- Experience in mentorship or coaching a must.
- Full Mastery of English a must
- B1/B2 level German.
- Fluency in Spanish or Arabic would be advantageous.

**About us**:
For over 50 years, we have firmly believed in experiential learning, an educational model that combines knowledge and skills acquisitions with solid humanist values. A combined learning process that guaranteed to all our students not only proficient professional capacities but also an international mindset to build inclusive and realistic scenarios that unify people, nations and cultures.

At SIU we are aware that our students will be part of a global, borderless and hyper-connected world. Thus, our 4 International Campuses provide undergraduate and graduate students with a high-quality variety of degrees valid both in the USA and Europe. All our programs are instructed in English and designed to be customized to each personal scenario. Additionally all our students are encouraged to study abroad at any time during their education to complete their professional expertise with truly life experiences that turn them in truly holistic profiles.

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