What are the responsibilities and job description for the Career Advisor position at West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine?
Under supervision of the Assistant Dean for Graduate Medical Education, the Career Advisor is responsible for the design, development, and delivery of activities and instruction that support medical students in preparing for the residency application and match process. These activities will include both group and individual career advising. This position requires a more flexible work schedule with regular evening and weekend scheduling to meet the needs of the students.
This position will be a full-time, staff position, exempt from FLSA provisions regarding overtime. Not all activities of this position occur within the confines of an 8:00-4:30 schedule and regular evening sessions for career advising will be required. A flexible work schedule can be developed to accommodate that. Applicants wishing to work remotely will be considered.
This position will be a full-time, staff position, exempt from FLSA provisions regarding overtime. Not all activities of this position occur within the confines of an 8:00-4:30 schedule and regular evening sessions for career advising will be required. A flexible work schedule can be developed to accommodate that. Applicants wishing to work remotely will be considered.
This position has been designated as essential. This means that when WVSOM is faced with an institutional emergency, employees in such positions may be required to remain at their work location or to report to work to protect, recover and continue operations at WVSOM.
The West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine is an equal opportunity employer.
Education/Knowledge
Minimum Education
Master's
Required Licenses/Certification
Skills Required
Master’s Degree required. Minimum of five (5) years’ experience in healthcare or higher education preferred. Certification in career advising and/or coaching is preferred. A minimum of three (3) years’ experience in successful classroom instruction or presentations at postsecondary level with demonstrated experience developing courses, courseware, or training workshops using instructional design techniques. Ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing with individuals at all levels of the organization. Efficient organizational skills and careful attention to detail. Must be MS Office literate including proficiency in Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint and Outlook. The ability to function in a team environment is required. Additional related experience may be substituted for the degree on a year-for-year basis. Some travel to campus locations around the state of WV will be required throughout the year (approximately 16 days/year) as well as attending national conferences. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Duties and Responsibilities
Duties and Responsibilities
- Conduct and manage comprehensive career advising and residency advising for 1st through 4th year medical students
- Remain abreast of national trends and changes related to the residency match process. Relay information and updates to staff, faculty, and deans
- Form and maintain strategic partnerships with program directors and representatives from residency programs within and outside of the Mountain OPTI.
- Review of students’ CVs and personal statements and provide constructive feedback
- Work with student leaders to arrange workshops and moderate panels on a wide variety of career advising topics, such as CV writing, personal statement writing, residency application preparation, interviewing skills, networking, and constructing a rank order list to improve competency in the residency application process.
- Oversee the Mock Interview Program, which provides interview practice and individualized feedback in person or virtually to 4th year students as they prepare to participate in residency interviews.
- Develop new advising resources and programming, based on students’ needs.
- Maintain a database of residency application statuses and number of residency interviews for all 4th year students and provide on-going individualized support.
- Prepare the GME Report at the end of each Match cycle and present annually to the WVSOM Curriculum Committee.
- Collect, analyze, and synthesize match and residency data from national and local sources, including NRMP, AACOM, and ACGME, and utilize this data to develop informative residency advising resources for both students and faculty.
- Curate a group of specialty advisors available for student information.
- Become an active member of medical school career advising groups, such as the Council on Residency Placement (CORP) group of the Association of American Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine
- Performs other related duties as assigned or directed.
Required Experience
Posting Detail Information
Close Date
Open Until Filled
Yes
Special Instructions
WVSOM requires official transcripts of your highest degree earned and/or the degree in which qualifies you for the position. WVSOM requires these transcripts prior to an offer of employment, and we do recommend you send those to WVSOM once you have been selected for an interview. A transcript is official if it bears the authorizing signature and the official seal of the issuing institution and is sent directly by the school or college to the Office of Human Resources. Should your college or university provide this information electronically, we would ask that you submit that to Sherri Miller at smiller@osteo.wvsom.edu
