The Berry Career Institute is currently seeking an assistant/associate director, career coaching & experiential learning. This position serves as a member of the Career Institute programming team and lead for the Dimensions Program for the Science and Culture of Healthcare. The assistant/associate director is responsible for developing, promoting, and assessing activities that enable students to explore, refine, and advance academic and professional interests and obtain successful outcomes upon graduation.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Student Advising: Counsel students interested in careers in STEM fields, with a particular focus upon health sciences, such as medicine, health psychologies, and public health. Maintain membership with the National Association for Advisors of the Health Profession.
• Graduate School Preparation: Develop and coordinate the application process for students applying to relevant graduate and professional schools. This includes authorship of committee letters of recommendation.
• Experiential Learning: Assist with placement of internships, independent projects, job shadowing, and summer research. Coordinate and process student applications for sponsored internships and independent studies. Research and explore opportunities before arranging student involvement.
• Event Management/Administration: Organize program workshops, seminars, and the Dimensions reading group. Make necessary arrangements for visiting alumni, speakers, and presenters.
• Admissions Support: Assist in admissions activities such as preview days, prospective student visits, and contacting students interested in the health sciences.
• Relationship Management: Serve as liaison between the Program and departmental offices, including Admissions, Alumni & College Advancement, and various offices within the Department of Student Affairs as necessary (Family Weekend, NSO, Cornell Fellows program). Maintain and foster relationships with faculty, the Health Professions Society, Cornell alumni, professional and graduate schools, local and regional healthcare professionals, and healthcare advisors at other institutions.
• Administrative: Coordinate tracking and assessment initiatives, manage the Dimension budget, process vendor payments and internship stipends, manage the resource center, and support fundraising staff to ensure program sustainability.
• Marketing: Coordinate marketing event communications and publications for the program.

About Cornell College

Cornell College is a selective liberal arts college distinguished by our Ingenuity curriculum that builds on the strengths of our One Course At A Time schedule. This combination encourages the qualities of being thoughtful, original, and inventive, using the strengths of a liberal arts education to apply ideas to solve problems and meet challenges through hands-on experience in learning. Academic immersion, Division III NCAA athletic teams, and unparalleled flexibility attract an ambitious student body from across the U.S. and worldwide. We are located in Mount Vernon, Iowa, an urban fringe community located in the heart of the ICR Iowa region.

Qualifications and Education Requirements
A bachelor's degree in a natural or social science-related academic or professional field; previous acquaintance with the health professions as a student, faculty member, or advisor. Previous administrative and teaching experience preferred.

Preferred Skills
Ability to take personal/professional initiative, with strong task orientation and commitment to follow-through; knowledge of and dedication to liberal arts education; proactive attitude toward student capacities and potential; and excellent interpersonal, oral, and written communication skills.

Working Conditions
Work is performed primarily while seated in an office environment. Some travel between offices and buildings using stairs is required. The position works 100% on campus during the academic year with the opportunity to work remotely during the summer.

This position averages fifteen days of off-campus activities per academic year in support of the program. Activities include: visiting graduate and professional programs, attending and presenting at professional conferences, attending alumni functions, researching potential seminars and workshops, traveling with classes to Dimensions-sponsored events/locations, and scouting off-campus opportunities for students.

Cornell College offers a fantastic benefits package that includes health, dental, vision, HSA & FSA accounts, a TIAA 403(b) retirement account, and tuition remission and exchange for employees and dependents. We also offer life insurance, disability insurance, travel insurance, and accident insurance. All full-time staff begin with a 4-week vacation accrual, along with 14.5 paid holidays per year. The hiring pay range for the position is $42, 000 - $48, 000. Title will be commensurate with experience.

Application Process

To apply, submit a cover letter, resume, and list of at least three professional references.

Cornell is an AA/EO employer and encourages applications from women and minorities. Cornell complies with Iowa’s Smokefree Air Act. Cornell utilizes E-Verify and requires satisfactory completion of a background check.

Education

• Bachelors or better in Other

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