Academic Advisor I, Office of the Provost
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Job Location:
Newark, DE - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
20 hours ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Pay Grade: 28E
Context of Job:
The Health Professions Academic Advisor I provides comprehensive premedical/pre-health profession advising to alumni and undergraduate students from across all colleges and schools in one-on-one and group settings and prepares and delivers workshops and programs across campus. This position works as part of the Center for Health Profession Studies (CHPS) whose mission is to assist students in developing a path forward in their pursuit of advanced training and a career in the health professions including but not limited to medicine dentistry veterinary medicine physician assistant training and physical & occupational therapy. Students are also supported in a premedical post baccalaureate program of study.
Major Responsibilities:
- Advise students interested in healthcare careers on the appropriate preparation for those paths including postgraduate program admission requirements (pre-requisite courses standardized admissions tests preparation (MCAT DAT OAT GRE etc.) co-curricular recommendations development of admissions materials and reviewing and selecting programs.
- Advising may be in one-on-one small group or by leading workshops about related topics including pre-health options career/major decision making and professional development.
- Advising includes contributing to New Student Orientation activities in the summer.
- As part of advising responsibilities create and maintain online and Center health profession materials for pre-health student advising.
- Collect and analyze data on Center programs including advising efficacy and student success.
- Contribute to the Centers student experiential learning opportunities.
- Engage in proactive outreach to monitor student progress.
- Build and maintain knowledge of institutional regulations policies academic offerings and procedures.
- Contribute to the development of new Center programs and services including a potential peer health professions advising program.
- Assist the Academic Program Coordinator with administrative tasks that support the range of the Centers programs and services.
- Represent the CHPS at internal and external events such as UD Decision Days Health Professions Fair etc.) which includes some evening and weekend events.
- Serve as an active member of the National Association of Advisors for the Health Professions (NAAHP) and UD Advisor Network.
- Perform other site- and position-specific functions as assigned.
Qualifications:
- Bachelors degree in education higher education educational administration counseling career counseling student development STEM related degree or other related field and two years of related experience or equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Communicates effectively in both written and verbal formats.
- Demonstrates the ability to locate resources and information.
- The ability to relate to the variety of students faculty staff and parents that interact with the Center.
- Attention to detail reliability and the ability to manage multiple tasks.
- Ability to present professionally to the campus community or the willingness to learn this skill.
- Consistent and persistent approach to problem-solving.
- Ability to collaborate with a team focused on student needs.
- Commitment to ethical responsibilities related to confidential information.
- Experience in academic or health professions advising or educational programming preferred.
- Understanding of UD advisement policies procedures systems regulations and standards at the university level including UDSIS SLATE and Stellic preferred.
- Strong demonstrated interest in student support including data-driven methods to improve student success preferred.
Required Experience:
Unclear Seniority
About Company
The University of Delaware is a diverse institution of higher learning, fostering excellence in research. UD has eight colleges, providing outstanding undergraduate, graduate and professional education, serving the local, regional, national and international communities.
