Academic Advisor- College of Medicine- GEMS

University of Illinois Chicago; Chicago (IL); Vor Ort; USD 60.000 - 72.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

University of Illinois Chicago seeks an academic advisor to manage counseling for PhD graduate students, guiding academic, career and life goals within the College of Medicine. You will maintain relationships with internal partners and monitor progress across decentralized research programs.

Responsibilities include advising on core curriculum, research training, and milestone tracking; coordinating with leadership and DGS; and supporting data submission and program improvements throughout the

Qualifikationen

• Bachelor's degree in Education, Counseling or related field required.
• Knowledge of career services and career development process.

Aufgaben

• Collaborate with administrators, faculty, and staff within a large biomedical sciences enterprise.
• Monitor graduate student progress and milestones including core curriculum and thesis requirements.
• Facilitate processing of paperwork between Graduate College, students and programs.
• Provide career and personal counseling to students from diverse backgrounds.
• Partner with faculty and programs to develop student development activities.
• Counsel students on academic and career goals and track progress throughout the year.
• Plan events and initiatives to engage and retain graduate students.
• Collect data for reports and grant submissions and support special projects.

Kenntnisse

Career counseling

Student development theory

Communication skills

Assessment

Ausbildung

Bachelor's degree in Education or Counseling

Jobbeschreibung

Hiring Department:

College of Medicine

Location:

Chicago, IL USA

Salary:

The budgeted salary rate for the position is $60-72,000

This position is intended to be eligible for benefits. This includes Health, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, a Retirement Plan, Paid time Off, and Tuition waivers for employees and dependents.

Position Summary

This position provides management of academic, career and personal counseling to current PhD graduate students, guiding them in the development of their academic, career and life goals within College of Medicine's (COM) Graduate Education in Biomedical Sciences. The academic advisor maintains relationships with internal partners as both educational collaborators and graduate trainee laboratory sites for students in multiple research concentrations, advises and assists students with the completion of first year core curriculum and research training requirements, consults with program leadership, directors of graduate studies (DGS) and monitors student progress throughout a decentralized research enterprise.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Work collaboratively with administrators, faculty, and staff within multiple departments in large research enterprise that offer student laboratory placement within biomedical sciences.
• Continuously monitor; track and follow-up with graduate students on a regular basis to confirm all internal benchmarks are being met; including first year core curriculum, preliminary examination, research track core, thesis committee meetings, and submission of dissertation.
• Facilitate the timely routing and execution of all required paperwork between the Graduate College, student, DGS and graduate program for effective approval and dissemination of materials.
• Assess students’ interests, skills and goals related to career development; provide specialized academic advising, resume review and personal counseling to students from diverse backgrounds and cultural differences to guide the student to graduation.
• Collaborate with academic partners, faculty, and other constituents in developing activities that strengthen student education, using a variety of student development theories and practices.
• Counsel and advise students on academic and career issues to help develop individual academic and career goals. Process, track, and report on student activities and report on success student progress at regular intervals throughout the academic year.
• Develop, promote and implement student initiatives and programs, including outreach to internal and external constituencies with the goal of retaining a targeted population of students.
• Plan prospective interview days, new student orientation activities, commencement reception, graduate research symposium and other special events with academic partners.
• Compile data for grant submission, annual reports and other departmental data requests.
• Participate in special projects, and serve on committees as needed or assigned.
• Perform other related duties and participate in special projects as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications

• A minimum of a Bachelor's degree in Education, Counseling or related field required.
• Knowledge of career services, student development theory as related to career choice/exploration, and the career development process.
• Knowledge of learning styles, motivational strategies, study skills and obstacles to learning.
• Knowledge of federal and state financial aid programs, eligibility requirements, and regulations preferred.
• Knowledge of careers in biomedical sciences and career requirements preferred.
• Computer literacy.
• Ability to work independently and as a member of a team in accomplishing tasks.
• Ability to guide and motivate others.
• Ability to analyze complex situations and develop resources and training materials.

The University of Illinois System is an equal opportunity employer, including but not limited to disability and/or veteran status, and complies with all applicable state and federal employment mandates. Please visit Required Employment Notices and Posters to view our non-discrimination statement and find additional information about required background checks, sexual harassment/misconduct disclosures, and employment eligibility review through E-Verify.

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Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools may be used in some portions of the candidate review process for this position, however, all employment decisions will be made by a person.