Transfer Advisor

Summary:

The Transfer Center is recruiting for a Transfer Advisor to join our team! Transfer Advisors provide advising services, transfer credit evaluations, referrals, and transition support to transfer students as well as non-transfer students with transfer credit. Services are provided to undergraduate students from pre-admission through graduation in coordination with other advising units to facilitate their matriculation and persistence at VCU.

Core Responsibilities

Evaluate and post transfer credits (40%):

• Evaluate and articulate incoming transfer credits in accordance with university transfer policies and guidelines.
• Enter approved transfer credits to students’ records in accordance with University policies and guidelines and practice routine data accuracy verification.

Advise prospective and current transfer students (40%):

• Provide advising support in person, by phone, by virtual meeting, and via email to prospective and current transfer students on degree requirements, course recommendations, and other questions.
• Evaluate prospective student transcripts and determine how prior coursework applies to degree requirements.
• Effectively communicate transfer credit evaluation and course recommendations to prospective students.
• Maintain communication with academic departments in order to understand degree requirements and provide accurate degree program information to prospective students and transition support to admitted transfer students.
• Provide transition assistance through advising and programming services to incoming transfer students.
• Understand university resources to accurately refer students to appropriate departmental offices, faculty, and support services for help with academic and personal needs.

Provide programming for transfer students (10%):

• Determine programming needs for new transfer students, including National Transfer Student Week.
• Plan and manage fiscally responsible programming.
• Evaluate programming through student outreach and discussion with supervisor.

Other duties (10%):

• Assist with other Transfer Center initiatives as needed.
• Support the VCU chapter of Tau Sigma National Honor Society.
• Assist with division initiatives as needed.

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