Assistant Director of Pre-Professional Support Services AS6668

Campus

OSU-Stillwater

Contact Name & Email

Nick Holmes

Work Schedule

Monday through Friday 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Appointment Length

Regular Continuous/Until Further Notice

Hiring Range

$56400 - $76500

Salary

Priority Application Date

While applications will be accepted until a successful candidate has been hired interested parties are encouraged to submit their materials by April 1 2026 to ensure full consideration.

Special Instructions to Applicants

For full consideration please include a resume cover letter and contact information for three professional references.

About this Position

The Office of Student Success at Oklahoma State University empowers undergraduate students to achieve their academic professional and personal goals through intentional programs proactive advising and student first support services. The Assistant Director of Pre-Professional Support Services provides leadership for OSUs preprofessional initiatives and plays a key role in preparing students for competitive professional programs including medicine veterinary medicine dentistry law and other graduate-level fields.

Reporting to the Assistant Provost for Student Success the Assistant Director oversees pre-professional advising efforts supervises staff and delivers programming designed to help students explore professional pathways and strengthen their readiness for advanced study. The role also leads OSUs expanded premed advising model serving as the primary advisor for pre-med undecided students and secondary advisor for students with a declared pre-med addition the Assistant Director provides training and ongoing support to academic advisors across campus who work with pre-med and pre-veterinary students ensuring consistent accurate and student centered guidance.

Key Responsibilities

Leadership and Supervision

• Recruit train supervise and support professional staff responsible for delivering pre-professional support services.
• Foster a student centered culture focused on integrity accountability and continuous improvement.
• Ensure services align with the universitys mission and student success priorities.

Pre-Professional Advising and Student Support

• Take an active role in guiding and overseeing the team that provides academic advising for premed undecided students ensuring they receive expert support in academic planning prerequisite sequencing experiential preparation and understanding professional school expectations.
• Work closely with and supervise the advising team to offer secondary guidance for students on premed tracks with declared emphases collaborating with college advisors to ensure coordinated student support.
• Oversee and participate in the advising process for students pursuing other preprofessional pathways such as preveterinary predental prelaw and additional graduate or professional programs.
• Lead and engage with the team in developing effective advising strategies and resources that support career exploration application planning interview preparation and readiness for professional school admission.
• Coordinate support and supervise the teams efforts in delivering preprofessional preparation courses.

Advisor Education and Cross Campus Collaboration

• Design deliver and continuously refinepremed and other pre-professional training programsfor academic advisors across campus.
• Serve as a resource to advisors faculty and departments seeking guidance on prerequisites admissions standards application timelines and best practices for supporting students pursuing medical veterinary and other professional fields.
• Partner with campus stakeholders to ensure consistent advising experiences for all students on preprofessional pathways.

Program Development and External Engagement

• Collaborate with faculty departments and external partners to develop targeted workshops panels and events supporting preprofessional student success.
• Maintain relationships with professional schools including OSUs College of Osteopathic Medicine and College of Veterinary Medicine admissions representatives and related organizations to stay informed about evolving expectations and opportunities.
• Promote OSUs preprofessional resources through outreach efforts including newsletters events and website content.

Assessment Data and Budget Management

• Collect analyze and report data on student engagement outcomes and service utilization to inform planning and improvement.
• Track advising interactions and outcomes for premed student populations to evaluate the effectiveness of the expanded advising model.
• Support budget development and responsible resource management for preprofessional initiatives.

Professional Engagement and Service

• Stay informed about national trends best practices and changes in admissions requirements across preprofessional fields including medical and veterinary programs.
• Represent the Office of Student Success on committees task forces and institutional initiatives related to academic success retention and advising.
• Perform other duties as assigned by the Assistant Provost for Student Success.

Required Qualifications

• Masters in higher education administration counseling student affairs or a related field (degree must be conferred on or before agreed upon start date).

• Three years of related administrative counseling/academic advising and teaching training or staff development experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supervising professional staff.
• Experience in academic advising particularly with prehealth or preprofessional student populations.