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The University of Montana invites applications for the Pre-Medical Sciences Student Support Manager. The individual in this position will assist the Director of Pre-Medical Sciences with recruiting, student advising/support, communications and program presentations, and day-to-day operations, as well as the collection and analysis of programmatic data related to UM Pre-Medical Sciences student success and medical school application data. This Student Support Manager will supervise numerous student volunteers who will work with Pre-Medical Sciences on improving best practices and fostering communication between pre-health care students. This Student Support Manager will also help guide and support the large group of faculty mentors and staff advisors that comprise Pre-Medical Sciences. In addition to supervisory duties, this administrative person will be responsible for data analytics as described below. Admission to a health care professional school; medical, dental, veterinary, PA, etc. is an ever-changing world and only by frequently assessing our advising/mentoring practices and comparing them to National norms will we stay competitive as a program. The Student Support Manager will also help coordinate the marketing efforts for our program going forward. This includes interactions with UM’s marketing program, design of effective marketing materials, maintenance of social media, and websites.

Duties and responsibilities include:

• Providing year-round services to all enrolled and prospective Pre-Medical Sciences students.
• Working with the Pre-Medical Science Director and the program’s team of advisor and mentors to support student success, including analysis of programmatic data from both UM students and US medical schools. This will focus on workforce predictions, target health professions school evolution, delineation of funds available for students, improving shadowing portals and opportunities, improving pre-health prerequisite curricula.

• Facilitating program growth through strategic communications, marketing, recruitment and collaborative efforts with high school teachers and counselors, tribal members and education advocates, health care professionals and the general Montana community.

The University of Montana is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity employer and has a strong institutional commitment to the principle of diversity in all areas. In that spirit, we are particularly interested in receiving applications from a broad spectrum of qualified people who would assist the University in demonstrating its essential values of innovation and creativity, impact, openness, and partnership.

Position Details

• Position is full-time, 1.0 FTE, Letter of Appointment and includes a comprehensive and competitive benefits package including Insurance package, mandatory retirement plan, partial tuition waiver, and wellness program.
• Starting salary for this position is $60,000 per year commensurate with qualifications.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field in addition to two (2) years of closely related experience; or an equivalent combination of experience and education.
• Excellent written and spoken communication skills and the ability to forge and foster professional and constructive relationships.
• Ability to effectively represent UM’s Pre-Medical sciences program via presentation to prospective students and their parents, pre-health and science teachers and advisors, career fair attendees, high school counselors, tribal members and education advocates, health care professionals and the general Montana community.
• Ability to assist in advising UM Pre-Medical sciences students and work with the program’s established team of academic and professional advisors and mentors.
• Ability to establish rapport, facilitate academic decision making, make appropriate referrals and monitor academic progress. As a new member of the advising team, the learning curve will be steep, but the first year expectation is that this employee will serve as more of a triage expert, getting students to the correct advisor and answering basic questions. In successive years, this employee will take on more difficult advising.
• Ability to collect and analyze programmatic data relevant to both the medical school application process and the academic preparation of Pre-Medical sciences students.
• Ability to create and maintain student support programs and services for UM Pre-Medical sciences students, including: mentoring, financial aid portfolios, and experiential training.
• Organizational and time management skills necessary to multitask, compile and complete educational and recruitment materials, program analytics, record-keeping, tracking, and filing.
• Familiarity with standard office equipment, communication tools and software (particularly Microsoft Office tools including Word, Outlook, Excel, Publisher, Access).

Preferred Qualifications

• Knowledge of campus and its health career programs.
• Knowledge of Appreciative Advising as designed by Jennifer Bloom (National Expert on advising).
• Knowledge of various careers in Health Care and length and rigor of the training.

About UM and the Pre-Medical Sciences Program

The University of Montana is a unit of the Montana University System with approximately 10,000 undergraduate and graduate students and 500+ full-time faculty members. It is located in Missoula, a culturally vibrant community of about 75,000, surrounded by mountain. Abundant recreational opportunities in surrounding state and national forests and nearby Glacier National Park and Yellowstone National Park complement a thriving intellectual atmosphere.

Health care continues to be one of the most rapidly expanding areas of our society. Careers in the health professions have expanded, both in numbers and in the variety of opportunities. The rewards of a career in health care include excellent salaries, stability of employment, geographic mobility, and the opportunity to help other people. The pre-medical sciences program is an advising program that helps students become well-informed, well-prepared applicants to programs in allopathic medicine, chiropractic medicine, dentistry, naturopathic medicine, optometry, osteopathic medicine, physician assistant, podiatry and veterinary medicine.

To learn more about the University of Montana and Missoula, please visit the links below.

• University of Montana
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• City of Missoula
  • Destination Missoula
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  • Missoula Area Chamber of Commerce

Criminal Background Investigation is required prior to Offer of Employment. In accordance with University policy, finalists for this position will be subject to criminal background investigations. ADA/EOE/AA/Veteran's Preference. Reasonable accommodations are provided in the hiring process for persons with disabilities. For example, this material is available in alternative format upon request. As an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer, we encourage applications from minorities, veterans, and women. Qualified candidates may request veterans’ or disabilities preference in accordance with state law. References *References not listed on the application materials may be contacted; notice may be provided to the applicant. Testing Individual hiring departments at UM may elect to administer pre-employment tests, which are relevant to essential job functions. Employment Eligibility. All New Employees must be eligible and show employment eligibility verification by the first date of employment at UM, as legally required (e.g., Form I-9).

How to Apply

Priority Application Date: Wednesday, May 17, 2023 by 11:59 PM (Mountain Time)

Applications received by this date will be guaranteed consideration. Application review will begin after date above and continue until the position is filled.

Please submit the following application materials via "New Resume/CV" button below.

• Please note: only five (5) attachments are allowed per application. Please combine documents accordingly.

• Letter of Interest – addressing the stated required skills for the position
• Detailed resume listing education and describing work experience
• Three (3) professional references - names and contact information

• Applying through Indeed.com or easy apply through Indeed.com may result in submission of an incomplete application. Applications may be removed from full consideration if they are not complete with materials listed above under the "How to Apply" section. It is the responsibility of the applicant to ensure complete application materials are submitted and received by the date listed above.