The role
Family Dollar is hiring an Academic Advisor to join our Iowa City, IA team and take ownership of work that directly shapes our results. The whole arrangement rewards initiative — $82,000 - $127,000 to start, general ownership throughout, and Family Dollar backing every step.
Key Responsibilities
- Notice when a general metric is lying and dig in
- Pair Organization fluency with the patience to explain it plainly
- Write the Interpersonal Skills runbook the next hire wishes they had
- Follow safety protocols and best practices at all times
- Use Interpersonal Skills to streamline routine tasks and free up capacity
- Earn the trust to make unhurried judgment calls without a committee
- Absorb 6 of context fast and start contributing sooner
- Support daily operations at our Iowa City site and keep workflows moving
What You'll Bring
- The kind of reliability that earns you the hard assignments
- Familiarity with Organization and related tools or frameworks
- Fluency across Organization and Delegation, with strong opinions on both
- Demonstrated wins in general work somewhere near Iowa City, IA
- Strong working knowledge of Teamwork and Relationship Building
- Solid Organization grounding, plus Relationship Building you can pick up on the fly
- Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities
Family Dollar took everything frustrating about general and rebuilt it from scratch in Iowa City, IA, with heads-down-and-happy attention to Teamwork. Our Iowa City team would rather over-communicate than leave a teammate guessing at midnight.
Money matters, so we lead with $82,000 - $127,000; then come the wellness perks, the Interpersonal Skills training, and hours you actually control.
The team in Iowa City is interviewing on a rolling basis, so early applicants get noticed first.
Take charge of your future and apply for this Academic Advisor role now.
Skills required
- Interpersonal Skills
- Stakeholder Management
- Delegation
- Organization
- Relationship Building
- Teamwork
Why join Family Dollar
- Free financial planning services
- Company Outings
- Free snacks and beverages
- On-site childcare
- Parking reimbursement
- Wellness program and challenges
- Frequent flyer program enrollment
- Hospital indemnity insurance
- Peer-to-peer recognition
- Flexible Work Arrangements
- Travel Allowance
Next step
This Part-time role in Iowa City, IA closes 2026-11-08.