What are the responsibilities and job description for the Program Advisor position at San Jacinto College?
Program Advisor - Central Campus
FUNCTION: The function of the Program Advisor is to provide academic advising, registration assistance, and assistance in accessing, and navigating institutional requirements.
Essential Job Functions
Salary Grade: 110
Salary is based on the Board-approved salary schedule for the current fiscal year. See Salary Schedule
Requisition Number: req6258
Posting Close Date: 4/29/2026
FUNCTION: The function of the Program Advisor is to provide academic advising, registration assistance, and assistance in accessing, and navigating institutional requirements.
Essential Job Functions
- Provide advising, registration assistance, and assistance in accessing and navigating institutional requirements to current students.
- Provides career advising to assist students in choosing a career pathway.
- Plan and implement retention and completion activities.
- Update transfer plans for transfer universities.
- Work with the Program Advisor Coordinator to plan, implement and evaluate the programs and services provided by Advising, Career & Transfer department.
- Assist with graduation application process and commencement activities.
- Serve as a liaison and foster intentional relationships with other advisors, offices, and departments.
- Maintain processes and systems that improve the quality of customer support services.
- Demonstrate working functional knowledge and use of Banner and Microsoft Office.
- Must possess outstanding communication, critical thinking, customer service, and organizational skills.
- Must be detail-oriented.
- Demonstrate the desire to learn new software requirements to support office functions & efficiency.
- Adapt to learning new tasks & skills.
- Bachelor’s degree from a regionally accredited college/university required.
- Possess personal computer literacy and good organizational skills.
- Experience / training in one or more of the following areas: education, teaching, academic advising, recruiting, sales, customer service, marketing, or public relations – preferably at Community College level.
- Banner experience preferred. Bilingual candidates are encouraged to apply.
Salary Grade: 110
Salary is based on the Board-approved salary schedule for the current fiscal year. See Salary Schedule
Requisition Number: req6258
Posting Close Date: 4/29/2026