Assistant Director, Health Professions Outreach

Assistant Director, Health Professions Outreach

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Augusta University

Full Time

Augusta University is Georgia's innovation center for education and health care, training the next generation of innovators, leaders, and healthcare providers in classrooms and clinics on four campuses in Augusta and locations across the state. More than 10,500 students choose Augusta for educational opportunities at the center of Georgia's cybersecurity hub and experiential learning that blends arts and application, humanities, and the health sciences.

Augusta is home to Georgia's only public academic health center, where groundbreaking research is creating a healthier, more prosperous Georgia, and world‑class clinicians are bringing the medicine of tomorrow to patient care today. Our mission and values https://(Use the "Apply for this Job" box below). make Augusta University an institution like no other.

Augusta University's distinct characteristics in education and research include real‑world experiences and community engagement, as well as a culture of building community, corporate and government partnerships that address health, security, economic and societal concerns locally and across the state.

The University System of Georgia https:// is comprised of our 26 institutions of higher education and learning as well as the System Office. Our USG Statement of Core Values are Integrity, Excellence, Accountability, and Respect. These values serve as the foundation for all that we do as an organization, and each USG community member is responsible for demonstrating and upholding these standards.

More details on the USG Statement of Core Values and Code of Conduct are available in USG Board Policy 8.2.18.1.2 and can be found online at https:// Additionally, USG supports Freedom of Expression as stated in Board Policy 6.5 Freedom of Expression and Academic Freedom found online at https://.

Our Health Sciences Campus: 1120 15th Street, Augusta, GA 30912

Our Summerville Campus: 2500 Walton Way, Augusta, GA 30904

Health Professions Outreach (HPO) is a unit for AU students who wish to pursue a health professions degree program and successfully enter a health profession. HPO connects students to Augusta University campus and community resources by providing personalized pathways throughout their journey toward their chosen health profession.

The Assistant Director will assist in programming and experiences designed to create personalized pathways for students to connect with campus and community resources in their journey towards their chosen health profession. The Assistant Director assists in ensuring that the unit maintains its focus to advise and counsel two distinct populations of students:
Current AU undergraduate students interested in pursuing undergraduate and graduate health profession programs;
Undergraduate students interested in graduate health profession programs. The Assistant Director will also have a distinctive role in providing counsel, advisement and leadership in designing parallel plans for students in undergraduate health‑related programs. Reporting to the Director, the Assistant Director will help to ensure HPO serves as a resource for students pursuing various pre‑requisites and requirements of destination programs while also becoming a reliable partner for the colleagues that offer these programs of study.

Works closely with the Director of HPO to develop the goals, tactics, and expected outcomes of the unit focus areas in accordance with AU planning processes. Serves as the academic focus area point of contact for undergraduate health related programs (i.e. College of Nursing, College of Allied Health Sciences, College of Science and Math), and serves on committees as assigned, to develop collaborative relationships with faculty in the academic colleges aligned within the focus area.

Serves as primary coordinator for activities…