CERT Coordinator, Premedical Graduate Heath Sciences Certificate Program

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Department of Premedical Graduate Health Sciences Certificate Program

The Department of Premedical Graduate Health Sciences Certificate Program is seeking to hire hourly CERT Coordinators. CERT Coordinators provide administrative support for a variety of ongoing program needs and tutoring support for large Graduate Education courses (i.e., ANAT 608, ANAT 611, ANAT 612, PGHS 505, PGHS 510, PGHS 601, and PGHS 602) for which CERT students represent either the sole enrollees or a large fraction of the enrolled student cohort.

The CERT Coordinator team will consist of four Premedical Coordinators, each of whom will dedicate approximately 15-25 hours per week to the position. Coordinators will interface with a permanent full-time CERT Administrator and report directly to the CERT Program Director. CERT Coordinators are hourly VCU employees ($21.00/hour) and no benefits are included; passing a background check is required for employment.

As a CERT coordinator, you will be the first point of contact for all inquiries coming into the office. You will be responsible for answering the phones and for managing responses from the CERT email in a timely manner.

As a CERT graduate, you have experience with the course materials and successful strategies for completing assignments and exams. Your expertise as a course tutor will be a valuable component of the support provided to current CERT, M.S., and Ph.D. students. Tutors will promote student success by: providing course-specific advising and exam preparation suggestions, answering and explaining example questions and practice problem sets, and maintaining individualized oversight of student performance, identifying at‑risk students and providing outreach/referrals to the CERT Office or Director and other VCU support mechanisms.

Tutoring activities are expected to require ~2 hours/week/course, and Coordinators are expected to tutor for at least one course per semester.

You will actively track incoming applications using VCU-specific software, maintain contact with applicants as necessary, and participate in CERT team-based review and admissions decision‑making for CERT applicants in the  academic year (i.e., Fall 2025 and Spring 2026 matriculation dates). Coordinators will review and respond to pre-application ‘Quick Look' forms submitted by prospective applicants, and correspond with prospective and active applicants using email and video meeting (Zoom) software, participate in periodic recruitment events such as monthly ‘Get on Track with a VCU health Sciences Post-bac' webinars, and develop new recruitment materials for digital marketing and social media purposes.

You will also help design and implement pre-matriculation workshops as part of an enhanced CERT orientation experience. Duties may include: design and implementation of registration and attendance tracking tools, creating supporting documents, scheduling of workshops, and outreach & coordination with workshop leaders among VCU faculty, administrators, and support staff.

You will be responsible for advising current CERT students and recent alumni regarding course selection, course add/drop/withdraw dates and procedures, planning a successful medical or dental school application, successful strategies for MCAT/DAT test review, etc. You will also be involved in the design and implementation of workshops offered throughout the academic year that focus on study and time management skills, writing a personal statement, successful interview strategies, application to post-CERT M.S. programs, the medical/dental school admissions process, and more.

You will work creatively with the CERT team to identify new…