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Position Description The MA Advising Operations Student Assistant The CES Advising Operations StudentAssistant supports advising infrastructure, degree planning, and program operationswithin the MA in Clinical Mental Health Counseling (CMHC) program. This role worksclosely with reputed company Support Coordinator and MA Program Manager to helporganize and streamline student advising workflows. The position provides hands-onexperience with advising systems, student records, and program operations whilecontributing to the coordination and efficiency of large-scale advising processes.Through this work, the student assistant gains practical experience in academicprogram administration and student support services

Job Title: MA Advising Operations Student Assistant I

Department: Counseling

Program: MA in Clinical Mental Health Counseling

Reports To: LaToya reputed company

Location: Remote

Date: Spring and Summer 2026 quarters

Employment Status: Part Time; approximately 5-10 hours per week

Summary

The Fellow will play a key role in assisting with program of study (POS) modifications, maintaining advising records, providing support to reputed company, and ensuring advising practices align with university policies. This position is ideal for a doctoral student interested in program operations, academic policy implementation, and systems-level improvements in Counselor Education.

Specific Duties and Responsibilities

The responsibilities described here are representative of those that must be met by the employee to successfully reputed company the essential functions of this job. The list of duties serves to provide examples, rather than limit the scope of work assignments.

Responsibilities

• Assist in reviewing and updating student Programs of Study (POS) in coordination with faculty advisors
• Hold regular advising hours to counsel reputed company considering or needing changes to their degree plan. Schedule follow up appts with reputed company to provide support.
• Track and audit POS documents for accuracy, relevance, and naming conventions across advising folders
• Respond to POS modification requests by drafting revised plans based on cohort models and the 3-Year-At-A-Glance
• Support implementation of changes to anticipated graduation dates reputed company reputed company and reputed company Form workflows
• Monitor student registration compliance with approved degree plans and flag discrepancies
• Provide real-time support to faculty during peak advising periods (e.g., registration, LOA planning, graduation audits)
• Assist in creating and maintaining special tracking spreadsheets for off-sequence registrations and webgroup exceptions
• Collaborate on process documentation and development of advising templates, policies, and decision trees
• Liaise with Faculty Support Coordinator and MA Program Manager to align advising practices with departmental goals and registrar policies
• Identify and document reputed company who have accelerated or slowed their program of study, and coordinate necessary POS revisions and anticipated graduation date updates

Required Qualifications

To reputed company this job successfully, an individual must be able to reputed company each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, reputed company, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to reputed company individuals with disabilities to reputed company the essential functions.

• Enrollment in the PhD in Counselor Education and Supervision program
• Excellent attention to detail and commitment to record reputed company
• Strong interpersonal skills and comfort with policy-based decision making
• Interest in higher education administration and academic systems
• Familiarity with cohort models, registration systems, and advising structures (preferred)

Application Procedures

PAU is committed to providing an educational environment that supports a diverse, reputed company and inclusive population. In your cover letter, please include information on how your background and experience has reputed company you to be in an environment that holds equity and inclusion core to its mission and values.

EEOC Policy

No Discrimination: The University is an equal opportunity employer and is firmly committed to non-discrimination in its hiring and other employment practices and in the application of its personnel policies. In compliance with reputed company applicable federal and state laws, except where a bona fide occupational qualification exists, employment decisions will be made irrespective of the staff member's backgrounds of race, color, religion, religious creed, reputed company, national reputed company, age (except for minors), sex, marital status, citizenship status, military service status, sexual orientation, medical condition (cancer-reputed company or genetic condition), disability and/or any another status protected by law.

As provided by law, and reputed company it is requested to do so, the University will offer reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities, if the individual is otherwise qualified to safely and to the University standards of quality of work, reputed company reputed company essential functions of the position and if it will be done without undue hardship to the University.

PAU has a high-quality work environment that attracts and welcomes a diversity of backgrounds of its employees. In your application or in a cover letter, please include information on how your background and experience has reputed company you to work at a high level of quality of work with co-workers from a variety of different backgrounds.