Career Advisor – HigherEdJobs

Location
WVSOM Main Campus, Lewisburg, WV

Job
Description Summary

Under the supervision of the Associate 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, including regular evening and weekend shifts, to meet the needs of 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 may require early morning, evening and weekend scheduling. Regular evening sessions for career advising sessions
will be required, but 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.

Minimum
Education
Master’s

Required Licenses/Certification

Master’s Degree required. Additional related
experience may be substituted for the degree on a year-for-year basis. Certification in career advising and/or coaching is preferred.

Skills Required

• Minimum of five (5) years’ experience in healthcare or higher education preferred.
• Minimum of three (3) years’ experience in successful classroom instruction or presentations at the 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.
• 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

• 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 State 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 the number of residency interviews for all 4th year students and provide ongoing 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.

Open Until Filled: Yes