Director Professional Programs Advising

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Director, Professional Programs Advising

Duties: Oversees the delivery of academic advising and program mentoring to students seeking admission to professional health and law graduate programs. Chairing the Pre-Health Advisory Committee and co-chairing the Pre-Health Task Force. Charged with streamlining and enhancing cross campus communication about all health and law professional program advising and collaborating with other university units (Career Services) to enhance the programmatic offerings to develop successful future professional candidates. Supervise staff of full time advisors/program coordinators; Develop and maintain open lines of communication with all VCU Health and Science degree programs (graduate and undergraduate); Use Student Success Collaborate advising tools to track professional health students (Sophomores, Juniors, Seniors) and appropriately re-direct students as they evolve in their career goals; Build semester calendars of programming events in collaboration with VCU Career Services; Determine ways to use assessment measures to provide regular feedback to advisors for continuous improvement; Determine ways to use assessment measures to identify opportunities for outreach and retention efforts; Chair Pre-Health Advisory Committee and coordinate and manage committee structure and review process; Co-Chair Pre-Health Task Force in conjunction with Assistant Vice President of Health Sciences Academic Affairs. Provide input and recommendations about academic programs, enrollment challenges, curriculum changes, policy and structural changes, and academic initiatives that support the university’s strategic recruitment and retention goals; Coordinate Kuwaiti Pre-Dental program with dental school, Office of International Education, and Kuwaiti Embassy; Collaborate with University Academic Advising leadership team (Discovery & Declared Advising) to plan and execute New Student Orientation advising program; Provide academic advising to a small caseload of undergraduate students; Work with IT team to manage appointment scheduling caseload assignments. Manage scholarships assigned to designated area; Serve as faculty advisor for professional (health or law) student organizations; Manage and coordinate programming budget; Manage and update University Bulletin and website for assigned areas; Teach UNIV 101/102/103. Attend local and national professional conferences related to areas of assignment.

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