Health Professions Career Advisor

Job Description

The Career Advisor for Health Professions Advising (HPA) at Virginia Tech serves on the Health Professions Advising team in Career and Professional Development. Under the direction of the Associate Director of Health Professions Advising the person in this role contributes to developing and providing a broad range of services to support over 2500 undergraduates and alumni preparing for careers in the health professions and 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. The career advisor provides advising programs presentations teaching resources and events to assist students towards meeting their goals; and participates in Health Professions Evaluation Committee (HPEC) interviews. Some evening and weekend work required.

Key Responsibilities:
-Provide one-on-one advising (in person and virtually) to students and recent alumni on topics such as choosing a health career direction selecting an academic major developing a plan to become a competitive applicant for a graduate health profession program developing effective interviewing skills writing effective application materials and researching graduate health profession schools/programs.
-Develop and deliver presentations workshops and programs on topics listed above.
-Lead and/or assist with planning of student programs/events throughout the academic year.
-Participate as a member of the Health Professions Evaluation Committee (HPEC) in interviewing students which results in their committee letter.
-Lead and/or serve on task groups and assist with other initiatives as appropriate.

Required Qualifications

-Bachelors degree in biological sciences life sciences health sciences higher education counseling or related field.
-Demonstrated effective interpersonal communication and ability to work effectively with diverse populations and/or professionals from a wide variety of disciplines and related external organizations.
-Demonstrated understanding of professional skills necessary to succeed in the health professions school admissions interview process.
-Demonstrated excellent written communication skills and demonstrated ability to work in a fast-paced environment.

Preferred Qualifications

-Masters degree in biological sciences life sciences health sciences higher education counseling or related field.
-Demonstrated experience with academic and/or career advising/coaching.
-Familiarity with health-related fields as well as knowledge of trends in medical/health professional school admissions.
-Knowledge of and experience applying appropriate developmental and advising theories and approaches.
-Previous experience advising/educating/mentoring adolescents and/or young adults.

Pay Band

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Overtime Status

Exempt: Not eligible for overtime

Appointment Type

Regular

Salary Information

50000 - 55000

Hours per week

40

Review Date

07/13/2026

Additional Information

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 eightundergraduate colleges aschool of medicine aveterinary medicinecollegeGraduate School andHonors 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 numerousExtension officesandresearch 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.