Health Professions Counselor

Why Work at BYUAs the flagship higher education institution of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Brigham Young University (BYU) strives to be among the exceptional universities in the world. At BYU, we are devoted to our faith and to our students. We take an active role in the University's Mission: "To assist individuals in their quest for perfection and eternal life.”Our

unique mission, deeply rooted in the Gospel of Jesus Christ, provides countless ways to serve and make an impact. This, along with our remarkable culture of belonging, weekly devotionals, and endless opportunities for learning and growth—all situated within a beautiful and historic campus—make it hard to imagine a more inspiring place to work.

Brigham Young University strongly prefers to hire faithful members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Health Professions Counselor The Health Professions Counselor position in the Pre Professional Advisement Center (PPAC) at BYU counsels BYU undergraduate and graduate students and alumni that are desiring to pursue a health professions career by; assessing each student’s individual efforts and outside factors relating to the student’s possible success or lack thereof, and then, with the student, develops a strategic plan about what is necessary, facilitates referrals to resources or opportunities that may be valuable, and assists in problem-solving and strategic presentation of the person’s experiences to be successfully admitted to their desired school.

This position requires significant follow-up with students throughout the application time period, depending upon the students’ needs to eventually be adequately prepared. This position also teaches STDEV learning courses, as assigned, and will contribute to program and policy development, training, and research within the Pre Professional Advisement Center. This position also serves on committees and functions as a liaison with other offices as requested.

What you will be doing in this position
1. Directly counsel and mentor 1000+ students seeking to pursue Health Professional School in their career exploration, professional development, as well as the research/volunteer/community service/leadership efforts needed for each type of professional school.

Understand students’ backgrounds, motivations, aptitudes, concerns, ideas, interests, dislikes, and preferences to appropriately counsel on options.

Enable students' exploration and application readiness.

Facilitate difficult conversations regarding life and challenges pursuing these careers.

Help students prepare their soft-skill competencies.

Do industry analysis to stay current to be able to give the best counsel to students.
2. Develop and strengthen relationship with various school recruiters, BYU alumni, and other health professional school experts with the purpose of enabling a broad set of opportunities for BYU Preprofessional Advisement Center applicants.

Identify, develop, and manage critical relationships with recruiters and alums at targeted health professional school programs that offer/may offer admission opportunities to BYU Preprofessional Advisement applicants.

Understand the unique profile, expectations, and requirements these schools are expecting in student applicants. Understand how the school’s culture and opportunities align with students’ interests, motivations, and values..Identify, develop, and maintain key relationships with recruiters and BYU alum at selected schools.

Host recruiters and other professionals participating in on-campus recruiting and or other related events (ranging from 50-85+ visits, yearly).3. Teaching Teach Student Development learning courses, as assigned.

Develop, edit, and maintain curriculum for each assigned class.

Manage Canvas or Learning Suite portals.

Supervise TAs and direct their approach to grading and managing each class.
4. Other Provide leadership and administrative support to PPAC Health Professional clubs, BYU Medical Society and others, as assigned.

PPAC Citizenship, including: serving on committees, helping support the PPAC director, stay current with trends in application processes

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