RF -Advisor, TRIO-Student Support Services (SSS)

Description of Department: This position will report to the TRIO Director. The newly funded TRIO, Student Support Services (SSS) program will join the Academic Support team including the Academic Advisement Center, the Office of Learning Services (OLS), the Educational Opportunity Program (EOP), and the Office of Experiential Learning.

The Provost's office at the State University of New York at Oswego and the Research Foundation for SUNY invites applications to fill a full-time Advisor, TRIO - Student Support Services (SSS)

While this position is affiliated with the SUNY Oswego campus, it is a Research Foundation position, not a New York State position.

Posting Date: November 10, 2025

Review Date: Review of applications will begin immediately and will continue until the position is filled.

Compensation: Minimum salary $50,000 commensurate with experience plus a full Research Foundation benefits package.

Benefit Information: The Research Foundation for SUNY provides an excellent benefit package. Click here for more information.

Date of Appointment: As soon as possible

Description of Responsibilities:

• Serves as Academic Advisor to TRIO students.
• Assist with the recruitment and selection of TRIO participants.
• Reviews and responds to early alert information to ensure student success
• Research and implement best practices working with TRIO students (first gen, students with disabilities, low-income)
• Develop, plan, and implement events and programs to promote cultural experiences, career readiness, and graduate school planning
• Connect participants to resources and partners across campus

SUNY Oswego works continuously to create an inclusive environment which respects, embraces, and promotes cultural safety, belonging, civil discourse, cultural humility, and other values and goals outlined in SUNY Oswego's Strategic Diversity and Inclusion Plan. As such, the incumbent is expected to contribute to these efforts and possess communication and interpersonal skills necessary to engage effectively with an increasingly diverse community of students and colleagues.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree Required
• Experience in advisement
• Familiarity with spreadsheets and database management
• Professional or personal experiences in overcoming barriers similar to those confronting program participants

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master's Degree Preferred in higher education, social work, education, or related fields from an accredited college or university
• Two years of working in a TRIO federal program or a similar related program for disadvantaged and at-risk college students
• Experience advising and assisting participants with graduate school admissions and the financial aid process
• Experience developing and implementing programmatic events such as off-site visits and cultural events

At SUNY Oswego we value the diversity found in each member of our campus community and strive to create a community where that diversity is embraced and enhanced. Recognizing the strength of diversity, our mission is to foster an environment which respects, embraces and promotes cultural competence, civil discourse and active engagement in developing an inclusive and vibrant community of scholars who act as transformational agents of change and responsible citizens of the world. For more information see SUNY Oswego's Strategic Diversity and Inclusion Plan.

As a candidate seeking consideration you are asked to submit a separate statement specifically addressing how your commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion has been evidenced in your career experience and professional activity, and/or community service (volunteer work, etc.), and/or professional development. (Please see Application Instructions)

Oswego is committed to enhancing its diversity. SUNY Oswego is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer and is actively engaged in recruiting, supporting, and fostering a diverse community of outstanding faculty, staff and students. We encourage applications from qualified applicants regardless of race, color, national origin, religion, creed, age, disability, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, familial status, pregnancy, predisposing genetic characteristics, military status, domestic violence victim SUNY status, or criminal conviction. Please click here to see our full non-discrimination policy.

In accordance with USCIS regulations, successful applicants must be legally able to work in the United States per the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986.

Requests for reasonable accommodations of a disability during the application and/or interview process should be made to Dr. Starr Wheeler, ADA/504 Compliance Officer at starr.wheeler@oswego.edu or 315-312-3872

For Campus Safety information, please click here to see the Annual Security and Fire Report (Clery).

SUNY Oswego is a smoke free/tobacco/e-cigarette free campus. Click here for further policy details, including education and cessation resources.

Pursuant to Executive Order 161, no State entity, as defined by the Executive Order, is permitted to ask, or mandate, in any form, that an applicant for employment provide his or her current compensation, or any prior compensation history, until such time as the applicant is extended a conditional offer of employment with compensation. If such information has been requested from you before such time, please contact the Office of Employee Relations at (518) 474-6988 or via email at info@oer.ny.gov.

Search Chair:

Christina Vasquez, christina.vasquez@oswego.edu

Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.