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Student Success Advisor Marquette University - 4.2 Milwaukee, WI Job Details Full-time 19 hours ago Benefits 403(b) matching Health insurance Dental insurance Tuition reimbursement Leadership training provided Vision insurance 403(b) Qualifications Working with post-secondary students Microsoft Word Microsoft Outlook Educational events Faculty collaboration Program development Academic institution experience Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) Bachelor's degree Special events SharePoint Technical writing Database software proficiency Full Job Description Be The Difference Begins with Great People. Are you looking for a new opportunity where you can make the difference in the lives of students and faculty? We're always looking for highly talented individuals to join our team - people who think big, care deeply, and believe in being the difference in their work and community. We prioritize student success, access to education, and service in our work to educate well-rounded servant leaders who transform their fields, our society and the world. Our Catholic, Jesuit approach emphasizes student engagement with the world around them and formation of the heart and mind.
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The search for truth, the discovery and sharing of knowledge, the fostering of personal and professional excellence, the promotion of a life of faith, and the development of leadership expressed in service to others. These core values guide our relationships with our students, each other, and our community. Marquette University offers a rich and competitive Total Rewards package including medical, dental, vision, 403(b) with up to 8% university match, generous time off package, and tuition benefits for employees, spouses, and dependents with no payback requirement! For more information, please view our Total Rewards guide . This is your next opportunity to join an organization that invests in their employees' career journey by diversifying their skills, deepening their expert knowledge, encouraging a healthy work-life balance, focusing on personal wellbeing, providing leadership training, and sustaining a culture of respect and inclusion. The Student Success Advisor is responsible for advising undergraduate Nursing students and managing advisee student records. Responsibilities include academic advising and maintaining advising records. Aligned with MUCN strategic plan to promote excellence in learning and to increase diversity, equity and inclusion, this position plays an integral role in building a sense of community and belonging within the College and supporting student retention, persistence, and success to graduation through support of student programming. Duties and Responsibilities 1. Serve as student success advisor for a caseload of students through traditional academic advising as well as high touch on-going wrap around student support to address students' academic, personal, mental, financial and spiritual needs. 2. Develop and maintain connections across campus and to external partners such as Counseling Center, Educational Services, Disability Services, Student Development and Financial Aid to develop resources for students. 3. Collaborate with student services team to enhance student engagement and outreach. 4. Work closely with other student support programs such as Project Beyond-2, Educational Opportunity Program, All In Milwaukee to increase student success and retention of diverse students. Work with these programs and others to support the recruitment, retention, academic success and graduation of disadvantaged and underrepresented minority nursing students to improve workforce diversity. 5. Proactively monitor student academic progress, appropriate course selection and college requirements to ensure timely intervention and graduation. 6. Collaborate with faculty to provide holistic support for students and reinforce strategies for success within each course. 7. Monitor, track, and maintain accurate records of all advising activities. 8. Maintain, update, and monitor academic program plans of assigned advisees to ensure correct course projections and to support student retention tracking. 9. Interpret and advise students on university and college policies, curriculum requirement, and procedures. 10. Serve as primary contact for advisees with inquiries about registration and academic forms, and secondary contact for scholarship applications. 11. Coordinate scrubs ordering and CPR classes, create a scrubs lending/recycling program, oversee the student CNA application process. 12. Support college events such as graduation and commitment to profession ceremony by staffing various events. 13. Serve on University and College committees Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Bachelor's degree 1-3 years of successful experience in academic advising, teaching, education, counseling, or student affairs Experience working with students or in academic affairs including advising, admissions, teaching and/or student support Computer and database management skills. (Intermediate to expert computer skills with Access, Word, Excel, Outlook, Adobe; SharePoint) Technical writing skills/experience Ability to organize, coordinate, and prioritize work effectively Strong collaboration, communication, presentation, & interpersonal skills Experience in development and execution student facing events or programs Ability to communicate and work effectively with diverse students, families, faculty, and campus departments Requires the ability to utilize tact and proper judgement while providing academic support to students, including an understanding of confidentiality and ability to appropriately enforce the Family Education Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (FERPA) Strong interest in providing positive student learning environment and promoting student success Ability to effectively represent the College of Nursing professionally to diverse constituencies including but not limited to prospective applicants and their families, alumni, and other College and University officials Preferred Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Master's degree or relevant work experience in student affairs, or related field Experience working with underrepresented, first generation and diverse college students Experience working with social determinants of education and health (SDE/SDH) Familiarity with academic and university settings is strongly preferred Knowledge of student development theories, retention, and student success principles Experience with recruitment and public speaking Knowledge of university and data analytics software such as Civitas, EAB, Peoplesoft and ImageNow Familiarity with healthcare field Department College of Nursing Posting Date 06/10/2026 Closing Date Special Instructions to Applicants EOE Statement It is the policy of Marquette University to provide equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or any other applicable federal or state-protected classification. 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