Student Affairs Counselor & Advisor

A cover letter is required for consideration for this position and should be attached as the first page of your resume. The cover letter should address your specific interest in the position and outline skills and experience that directly relate to this position.

The Office of Medical Student Education (OMSE) seeks a Student Affairs Counselor & Advisor. The candidate will provide holistic academic counseling, developmental guidance, and non-evaluative support to promote medical student academic success, resilience, and wellbeing. The successful candidate will deliver individual counseling on academic performance, systems resources, and stress management, while guiding students through curriculum progression, residency preparation, and key transitions.

Additionally, the candidate will lead programmatic strategies and continuous quality improvement (CQI) initiatives, evaluating student outcome data, and collaborating across OMSE units to ensure alignment with institutional goals.

This position reports to the Director of Student Affairs and will work closely with the Assistant Dean of Student Affairs and unit personnel.

Academic Counseling

Academic counseling is the process between the medical student and an academic counselor to discuss academic difficulties and to help the medical student acquire more effective and efficient abilities in areas such as study skills, reading skills, and/or test-taking skills.

Use UMMS Competencies to guide developmental conversations (professionalism, communication, self-directed learning).

Collaborate with OMSE units and campus partners to help students navigate systems and resources.

Support students during transitions such as curricular changes, LOAs and RLOAs.

Maintain ethical practice, confidentiality, and clear role boundaries.

Support personal meaning-making related to professional identity development.

Provide individual counseling related to academic performance, professionalism, wellness, and personal concerns affecting academic performance.

Offer reflective space to process experiences and promote coping and resilience.

Respond to periods of acute distress and assist with short-term stabilization and planning.

Advise on and report issues related to mistreatment in academic environments.

Provide a welcoming, respectful, and inclusive environment for all medical students.

Provide confidential personal support around stress, burnout, adjustment, relationships, and identity formation.

Serve as trusted, non-evaluative points of contact for students navigating medical training.

Support goal-setting, reflection, and student advocacy within institutional policies.

Consult at a systems or de-identified level to inform wellness initiatives.

Academic Advising

Academic advising is the process between the medical student and an academic advisor of reviewing the services and policies of the institution, discussing educational and career plans, and making appropriate course selections.

Provide academic advising on curriculum, milestones, degree progression, and graduation requirements.

Assist students in interpreting feedback and developing academic or improvement plans.

Support career exploration, residency preparation, residency application services, and interviews.

Advise on leaves of absence, schedule planning, schedule changes and transitions.

Coordinate with faculty on academic advising.

Provide general guidance on Step 1 and Step 2 planning.

Coordinate with all Student Affairs units to appropriately and accurately advise students on effective supports and planning options.

Program Management

Partner with departments such as Financial Aid, Registration, Evaluation & Assessment, Trunk, and Branches to improve overall OMSE function

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