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Healthcare Academic Advisor
Job Description
Title: Healthcare Academic Advisor
Agency: Germanna Community College
Location: Orange - 137
FLSA: Exempt
Hiring Range: $46,305-$57,881 Annually, plus full state benefits
Full Time or Part Time: Full Time
Additional Detail
Job Description:
Germanna Community College is a public, open access institution of higher education in the Virginia Community College System. The College is a dynamic learning organization that serves as a regional leader and preferred partner where quality learning experiences enable students to participate effectively in the social, economic and political, intellectual, and cultural life of their communities. Germanna Community College is centrally located in Fredericksburg, VA between Washington D.C. and Richmond and between the Blue Ridge mountains and the Chesapeake Bay. Full of history, the area offers a community rich with diversity, the arts, technology, vineyards, hiking, canoeing/kayaking, and many other activities.
Healthcare Academic Advisors help students achieve their educational and career goals by working closely with them online and in-person to identify strengths, understand degree and course options and to act as a resource until the student reaches their goal. Advisors are passionate about assisting students as they advance through their academic journey from orientation to graduation and must be proactive to ensure that students are progressing toward their goals by communicating regularly, maintaining records of performance, making connections to available supports and assisting with academic interventions when necessary. Must have extensive knowledge of the institution’s healthcare programs, policies and resources available to students. Ideal candidates will be caring, organized, communicative, and accessible.
General Description of Responsibilities:
- Discuss healthcare career and educational goals with students online and in-person
- Advise students on healthcare programs and pre-requisite courses as related to student goals online and in-person
- Keep abreast of nursing and health technologies curriculum requirements
- Be a subject matter expert on the various on and off ramps to nursing and health technologies programs
- Be familiar with multiple admittance paths for students
- Participate in advisor training and meetings
- Provide academic advising for new and returning students who may apply to healthcare programs or enroll in healthcare courses not requiring application online and in-person
- Maintain records of advising sessions and student performance
- Identify student strengths and weaknesses
- Demonstrate a strong understanding of institutional policies, healthcare programs, and selective admissions processes
- Connect students with resources, such as counselors or tutors
- Meet regularly with the program heads of the healthcare programs to report on student advising and performance
- Perform other duties as assigned
Employees must be able to work strategically with diverse colleagues, students, and community members with a commitment to diversity as a learning outcome to be culturally respectful, professionally competent, and civically responsible.
Diversity, equity, and inclusion are core values of Germanna Community College. We recognize our responsibility to create, maintain, and nurture an academic and social environment that respects the diversity of people and ideas. We are committed to being an inclusive community that respects all cultures, experiences, and abilities and that prepares individuals to thrive in a global society. An EEO/AA Employer
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, or on the basis of disability. Germanna is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, or on the basis of disability. Germanna is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled.
Germanna is a federal contractor requesting priority referrals of protected veterans for our job opportunities.
If you are a qualified individual with a disability or a disabled veteran, you may request a reasonable accommodation if you are unable or limited in your ability to access job openings or apply for a job on this site as a result of your disability. You can request reasonable accommodations by contacting Johnathan Scheiterle by phone at 540-423-9056 or by email jscheiterle@germanna.edu.
If you would like to see a copy of our Affirmative Action Plan please contact Barbara Hall by phone at 540-834-1067 or by email bhall@germanna.edu.
If you are a qualified individual with a disability or a disabled veteran, you may request a reasonable accommodation if you are unable or limited in your ability to access job openings or apply for a job on this site as a result of your disability. You can request reasonable accommodations by contacting Johnathan Scheiterle by phone at 540-423-9056 or by email jscheiterle@germanna.edu.
If you would like to see a copy of our Affirmative Action Plan please contact Barbara Hall by phone at 540-834-1067 or by email bhall@germanna.edu.
Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s Degree in related field or related experience
- Commitment to working with diverse colleagues, students, and community members
- Demonstrable commitment to promoting and enhancing equity, inclusion, and diversity
- Advising experience at the college level
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills
- Knowledge of PeopleSoft, Navigate and other educational technologies
- Understanding of Germanna and VCCS policies, procedures, and resources
- A desire to help students realize, understand, and reach their educational or career goals
Preferred Qualifications:
- Master’s Degree
- Healthcare experience
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