Job Opportunity

Posted:  Mar 27, 2026 - 12:00am

Staff Position

The Department of Psychology is seeking a motivated, self-directed and experienced Graduate Program Advisor to provide guidance and advisement to our Psychology Ph.D. students and manage program. To be successful in this position, you must be organized, detail oriented, and able to perform a variety of student support duties for a large academic department.

Duties will include, but not limited to:

• Provide guidance and advisement services to graduate students in our Ph.D. program; manage graduate admissions, maintain graduate student files and manage the graduate student database.
• Serve as the department liaison to the Office of Graduate Studies (OGS): Assist in the processing and submission of OGS forms and ensure students meet requirements for graduation (exams, programs of studies, and committees…), and attend monthly OGS meetings.
• Graduate program recruitment and admissions: Work with the department admissions committee and manage applications to the Ph.D. program each year. Provide graduate program information to potential students and undergraduate students interested in graduate school.
• Assist with graduate program events: coordinate the annual open house (spring), new graduate student orientation (August), and the department annual research day (spring).
• Maintain graduate program documents and statistical data and report data as needed: Psychology Graduate Student Guidelines handbook, graduate recruitment brochures, admissions data.  Report data for accreditation and committees as needed and keep admissions data on the website current.
• Responsible for the department catalog and curriculum published annually on the UNM Catalog.
  Process Graduate Student Assistantship contracts.
• Assist with building the schedule of classes.
• Develop and present workshops, lectures, and student orientation.

The ideal candidate will have strong organizational skills and customer service skills, strong computer skills, previous experience with graduate programs at UNM, OGS Forms, and database management and running reports.  

****The final salary for this position is dependent upon total Education and Experience****

See the Position Description for additional information.

Minimum Qualification

High school diploma or GED; at least 7 years of experience directly related to the duties and responsibilities specified.

Completed degree(s) from an accredited institution that are above the minimum education requirement may be substituted for experience on a year for year basis.

Preferred Qualifications

• Previous experience working in advisement and maintaining student records at UNM or Higher Education institute
• Previous experience working with graduate program policies and procedures
• Experience working with program curricula and accrediting body standards at a Higher Education institute
• Experience presenting lectures, workshops, and/or orientations
• Previous UNM experience (e.g. banner Student, MyReports, OIA Data, Lobo Web…)
• Proficient in Access Database management and data reporting
• Proficient in Microsoft Office programs (Access and Excel)
• Experience creating online forms (e.g. Formstack, Adobe ...) 

For Best Consideration Date: 4/27/2026

Only applications submitted through the official UNMJobs site will be accepted. If you are viewing this job advertisement on a 3rd party site, please visit UNMJobs to submit an application.

Applications must include, in PDF format: (1) A current resume/CV (2) A cover letter describing the applicant’s qualifications as they relate to the minimum and preferred qualifications (3) The titles, names, and contact information (phone number and email addresses) of at least 3 professional references. Applicants are required to provide an official certification of successful completion of all degree requirements prior to their initial employment with UNM.