Senior Specialist, Learning and Career Counseling

UTMB Health; Galveston (TX); Presencial; USD 60.000 - 90.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

UTMB Health in Galveston, TX seeks an experienced Academic Counselor to plan, implement, and evaluate health professions programs and student support activities in collaboration with the Academic Enterprise faculty.

The role focuses on assessing student needs, delivering workshops, advising on career development, and guiding medical students through board exam preparation and residency applications within UTMB's Office of Student Affairs and Admissions.

Formación

• Doctoral degree + 2 years of academic counseling in higher education OR Master's degree + 5 years of academic counseling in higher education.

Responsabilidades

• Provide hands-on learning skills training (test-taking, study, reading, critical thinking).
• Develop, facilitate and deliver proactive workshops on personal, academic and clinical experience issues.
• Maintain database systems for tracking students and issues pertinent to program success.
• Assist with planning and administration of USMLE, Step I/II or other preparatory programs and residency guidance.
• Assess learning issues and assist remediation.
• Provide career guidance including career development concepts for medical students.
• Assist with residency or application issues, CVs and personal statements.
• Support peer tutoring programs as needed.
• Develop strategies to prepare students for board/licensure exams.

Conocimientos

Academic counseling

Presentation skills

Data analysis

Collaboration

Goal setting

Educación

Doctoral degree in Education/Educational Psychology/Psychology or related field

Master's degree in Education/Educational Psychology/Psychology or related field

Descripción del empleo

Summary:

To provide expertise in planning, implementing and evaluating of medical of health profession programs and students in collaboration with the Academic Enterprise faculty to assess student needs.

Scope:

Office of Student Affairs and Admissions, School of Medicine, or School of Health Professions.

Responsibilities:

• Provide hands-on learning skills training to include test-taking, study, reading, critical thinking/reading, and other skills as identified during evaluation and assessment.

• Develop, facilitate and deliver proactive workshops addressing personal, academic and clinical experience issues commonly experienced by students.

• Maintain database systems for tracking students and issues pertinent to the success of the program.

• Assist with planning and administration of USMLE, Step I, Step II, or other medical preparatory and peer mentoring programs, course preparation, study workshops, residency preparation and other orientation activities.

• Assess students for learning issues and assist them in remediation of identified issues.

• Provide career guidance to students which may include an understanding of career development, career theory, as it applies to the medical student/physician.

• Assist with residency or student application issues, CV (resumes) and personal statement development as well as review prior to submission, as applicable to the program.

• Assist, as needed, with the peer tutoring program.

• Assist in the development and facilitation of strategies to prepare students for board/licensure exams.

• Adheres to internal controls and reporting structure.

• Performs related duties as required.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

• Expertise in student academic performance assessment.
• Effective presentation skills for group and individual discussion.
• Ability to work effectively with a variety of professionals.
• Ability to plan, organize, set and accomplish goals.
• Ability to analyze/evaluate data and make appropriate recommendations.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Doctoral degree in Education, Educational Psychology, Psychology or a related field plus two (2) years of experience in academic counseling in a higher education setting OR a Master's degree in Education, Educational Psychology, Psychology or a related field plus five (5) years of experience in academic counseling in a higher education setting.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in an Academic health setting.

• Career Counseling in Medicine (AAMC program – Careers in Medicine), or other healthcare discipline.

• Experience in the ERAS and NRMP process for the medical school.

• Previous experience interacting with medical and/or graduate students.

• Experience using diagnostic educational and learning tools. Assessments related to achievement, intellectual functioning, attention, test anxiety, DSM-V criteria, learning styles and career development; including but not limited to: WAIS, Woodcock-Johnson, Nelson-Denny, Myers Briggs, LASSI.

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY:

UTMB Health strives to provide equal opportunity employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, national origin, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, genetic information, disability, veteran status, or any other basis protected by institutional policy or by federal, state or local laws unless such distinction is required by law. As a Federal Contractor, UTMB Health takes affirmative action to hire and advance protected veterans and individuals with disabilities.