Career Advisor Health Pathway

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The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) Career Services is seeking a qualified applicant for the position of Career Advisor Health Pathways (Career Services Specialist II). Career Advisors have a direct and meaningful impact on students post-graduation success. It is incredibly rewarding to help students identify careers that align with their strengths and interests and then guide them through the necessary steps to achieve their goals. You will have the opportunity to teach provide one-on-one advising and independently build/manage a Health Career Pathway program while enjoying a dynamic and fulfilling work environment where no two days are the same!

The primary responsibilities of the role are:

• Teach LAS 2030: Professional Career Preparation (35%)

• Advise students and alumni in LAS on defining and achieving their career goals (25%)

• Serve as the (brand new!) Health Career Pathway specialist to provide tailored advising and programming for students with an interest in health professions (20%)

• Support LAS Career Services operations and programming (e.g. career fairs CyHire) and engage in professional development and employer relations (10%)

• Facilitate workshops and presentations for LAS student organizations LAS classrooms and campus stakeholders (5%)

• Complete other duties as assigned (5%)

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As a Career Advisor you will teach 5-7 sections of the career preparation course LAS 2030: Personal Career Preparation each year (2-3 sections in the fall/spring and 1 in the summer/winter). This mandatory course for all LAS undergraduate students is designed to help them define and manage their professional career goals and seek out experiential learning opportunities such as internships.

You will also provide one-on-one and group career advising to undergraduate and graduate students as well as alumni from over 50 different majors and programs with diverse career goals. Group advising will occur in various settings including classroom presentations student organization meetings learning community sessions workshops webinars and panels. Advising topics will encompass the entire career development process from exploring career options to negotiating salary offers. You will need to stay informed about career and workforce trends job seeking tools and recruitment best practices to support students comprehensive career development. Additionally you must be adept at navigating conversations about identity in the career space and supporting students from all backgrounds (e.g. class race gender identity nationality) in their unique experiences and aspirations.

In addition to supporting general office operations (e.g. career fairs and events CyHire (career services management tool) operations committees student interns) each career advisor is also in charge of an independent project this role will build and manage the new Health Career Pathway program.

• Health Career Pathway Advising - Develop expertise in job titles employers and experiential requirements for employment within or admission to relevant graduate/professional programs in the health sector. Provide tailored career advising to pre-health LAS students. Plan programs (e.g. panels speed networking/mentoring events Health Career Night) that demonstrate the breadth of career possibilities and connect students with alumni employers and admissions representatives. (Co-)Advise select relevant student organizations. Develop support (i.e. workshops study groups exam preparation materials) for the graduate school admission process and related graduate admission tests.

The successful candidates will possess excellent written and verbal communication facilitation interpersonal problem solving attention to detail and multitasking skills. The candidates will be able to prioritize multiple ongoing tasks concurrently and build professional relationships with employers students faculty alumni and staff. They will need to be able to work effectively on a small team with interconnected roles and responsibilities.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Masters degree or higher in a relevant field

• Experience in career services human resources or employment recruiting

• Experience in teaching and/or advising students

• Experience planning implementing managing and evaluating educational programs

• Demonstrated knowledge of health professions including admissions requirements and preparation strategies for graduate and professional programs

This position is eligible for Iowa State Universitys WorkFlex program and will have the opportunity to work remotely up to 40% of the time.

Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the U.S. on an ongoing basis without sponsorship. Immigration sponsorship is not available for this position.

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Why Choose Iowa State University
Iowa State Employees enjoy comprehensive health and work-life benefits including medical and dental as well as:

• Retirement benefits including defined benefit and defined contribution plans
• Generous vacation holiday and sick time and leave plans
• Onsite childcare (Ames Iowa)
• Life insurance and long-term disability
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Various voluntary benefits and discounts
• Employee Assistance Program
• Wellbeing program
• Iowa State offers WorkFlex options for some positions. WorkFlex offers flexibility on when where and how you do your work. For more information please speak with the Hiring Manager.

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