Associate Director of Health Professions Advising

Blacksburg, VA - USA

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 30+ days ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Job Description

The Associate Director for Health Professions Advising (HPA) leads and develops a broad range of services to support approximately 2000 undergraduates and alumni preparing for careers in healthcare and health sciences with a particular focus on students pursuing professional school admission in fields such as medicine dentistry optometry pharmacy physician assistant nursing physical therapy occupational therapy clinical laboratory science and veterinary medicine. Under the leadership of the Director of Career Pathways and College Relations the associate director supervises three staff members to execute healthcare-focused career advising events and educational programming; create and curate resources and tools; facilitate for-credit course(s); administrate healthcare-related scholarships and grants; build and maintain relationships with key stakeholders across campus; and facilitate an advisory board.
As a member of the Career Pathways and College Relations Team the Associate Director for Health Professions Advising is also responsible for collaborating with teammates as well as members of the Career Exploration and Special Population Engagement Team to establish a cohesive suite of student-facing programs services and resources to connect students in diverse majors to healthcare career opportunities.
As a subject matter expert on health professions/healthcare careers the associate director may also lead special projects and represent CPD and/or Virginia Tech on committees and workgroups (internal or external).

Required Qualifications

A masters degree in biological life or health sciences; healthcare administration; counseling higher education administration; student affairs/student personnel services; or a related field is required as well as significant experience in either university career services human resources training and development workforce development or another educational setting. Effective interpersonal communication and organizational skills. The ability to work cogently and with sensibility toward the needs of a diverse student body. Demonstrated understanding of healthcare career pathways and the connections between these pathways and undergraduate curricula.

Preferred Qualifications

Experience teaching at the secondary or postsecondary level. Experience with academic and/or career advising. Extensive knowledge of healthcare career pathways. Knowledge of trends in medical and healthcare professional school admissions. Experience with direct supervision of full-time staff part-time staff graduate/student assistants or teaching assistants. Experience leading a team.

Pay Band

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Overtime Status

Exempt: Not eligible for overtime

Appointment Type

Regular

Salary Information

72000 - 78000

Hours per week

Review Date

10/6/25

Additional Information

Please provide resume cover letter and list of 3 references

The successful candidate will be required to have a criminal conviction check.

About Virginia Tech

Dedicated to its mottoUt Prosim(That I May Serve) Virginia Tech pushes the boundaries of knowledge by taking a hands-on transdisciplinary approach to preparing scholars to be leaders and problem-solvers. A comprehensive land-grant institution that enhances the quality of life in Virginia and throughout the world Virginia Tech is aninclusive communitydedicated to knowledge discovery and creativity. The university offers more than 280 majors to a diverse enrollment of more than 36000 undergraduate graduate and professional students in eight undergraduate colleges a school of medicine a veterinary medicinecollege Graduate School and Honors College.The university has a significant presence across Virginia including Blacksburg the greater Washington D.C. area the Health Sciences and Technology Campus in Roanoke sites in Newport News and Richmond and numerous Extension officesand research institutes.A leading global research institution Virginia Tech conducts more than $650 million in research annually.

Virginia Tech endorses and encourages participation in professional development opportunities and university shared governance. These valuable contributions to university shared governance provide important representation and perspective along with opportunities for unique and impactful professional development.

Virginia Tech does not discriminate against employees students or applicants on the basis of age color disability sex (including pregnancy) gender gender identity gender expression genetic information ethnicity or national origin political affiliation race religion sexual orientation or military status or otherwise discriminate against employees or applicants who inquire about discuss or disclose their compensation or the compensation of other employees or applicants or on any other basis protected by law.

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Job DescriptionThe Associate Director for Health Professions Advising (HPA) leads and develops a broad range of services to support approximately 2000 undergraduates and alumni preparing for careers in healthcare and health sciences with a particular focus on students pursuing professional school a...