Job description

Overview: Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D School of Medicine is searching for a Student Life & Well-Being Specialist. Student Life & Well-Being Specialist will provide support to the Director of Student Life and Well-Being in the areas of undergraduate medical education student life and wellness initiatives.
Responsibilities:

• Manages and coordinates large event planning including Second Look Day, Welcome Week, White Coat Ceremony, Wellness Week, Match Day, Awards Ceremonies, and Graduation.
• Works hand-in-hand with the Director of Student Life and Well-Being to support Student Organizations, and Student Interest Groups.
• Works hand-in-hand with the Director of Admissions to plan and execute medical student interview days.
• Works hand-in-hand with the Associate Dean for Wellness and Culture to plan and execute wellness events and initiatives for students.
• Counsels and provides support to students experiencing all levels of academic and non-academic concerns, problems, and questions. Identify and triage concerns, refer to the appropriate available resources, initiate contact and engage relevant referral sources, offer encouragement and support to students, and ensure that assistance has been made available.
• Assists the Associate Dean of Students with special projects.
• Builds and maintains positive relationships with students to support, encourage, and challenge students.
• Assesses program effectiveness, student satisfaction, and student learning outcomes for student life activities and events.
• Promotes student leadership development initiatives.
• Provides support for events organized by students.
• Serves as a member of the WMed social media team.
• Serves as a member of the WMed wellness team.
• Acquires knowledge for new technology and policy/procedure revisions.
• Availability to work occasional overtime on weekends or evenings to complete time sensitive projects or assist with events.
• All other duties as assigned.

Qualifications: EDUCATION AND/OR EXPERIENCE:

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• 2-4 years’ experience in student affairs, college student counseling, higher education, higher education administration, or event planning required.
• Prior experience with graduate level student population is preferred.
• Prior experience with event planning is preferred.

OTHER SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

• Ability to build relationships and work collaboratively with students and colleagues from diverse backgrounds to promote inclusiveness and embrace diversity.
• Must be detail oriented with a high level of energy, integrity and enthusiasm.
• Excellent interpersonal, oral and written communication skills.
• Ability to think critically and work in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to plan, organize and meet competing deadlines.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks.
• Ability to interpret, comprehend, and transmit complicated and detailed instructions accurately.
• Knowledge and proficiency in word processing and file management using Word, Powerpoint, Excel, multi-media tools, electronic communications, and web searching as well as and other software as required by the department.
• Ability and proficiency in Outlook and electronic calendar.
• Ability to operate automated standard office equipment such as multi-line phone system, copier, fax, etc.
• Demonstrates the ability to recognize priorities in organization of work flow.
• Able to perform duties independently, with a minimal need for direct supervision.

About Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine (WMed)

We are committed to excellence and health equity through transformative medical education, high-quality, patient- and family-entered care, innovative research, and community partnerships within a just culture of diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging. Our vision is health equity for all in Southwest Michigan through innovation in the practice and study of medicine.

The medical school is a collaboration of Western Michigan University and Kalamazoo's two teaching health systems, Ascension Borgess and Bronson Healthcare. The medical school is a private nonprofit corporation supported by private gifts, clinical revenues, research activities, tuition, and endowment income. Building upon a $100 million foundational gift in 2011, WMed is a recipient of the Empowering Futures Gift, a philanthropic commitment of $300 million to support the mission of the medical school. WMed contributes to the economic vitality of Southwest Michigan through the services we provide as well as the creation of 1,600 new jobs and an annual estimated economic impact of $353 million in Kalamazoo and Calhoun counties.

WMed is fully accredited by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education and the Higher Learning Commission. The medical school offers a comprehensive, innovative four-year Doctor of Medicine degree program and two Master of Science degree programs in Biomedical Sciences and Medical Engineering. We train physicians in 10 residencies and five fellowships accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education. To support our educational mission, we have Joint Accreditation for interprofessional continuing education, which incorporates accreditation by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education.

WMed Health is the clinical practice of the medical school with more than 300 providers offering comprehensive primary care and specialty services in several locations throughout Kalamazoo, Portage, and Battle Creek. The Department of Pathology faculty serve as the Office of the Medical Examiner for counties throughout Michigan and northern Indiana.

The W.E. Upjohn M.D. Campus located in downtown Kalamazoo serves as the primary educational facility with faculty and administrative offices, student study and social spaces, team-based learning halls, a state-of-the-art Simulation Center accredited by the Society for Simulation in Healthcare, basic science research labs, as well as toxicology and forensic pathology labs.

WMed is building upon Kalamazoo’s century-long foundation of drug discovery and medical device development with a strategic investment in clinical, laboratory, community, and educational research. The Center for Immunobiology, Center for Clinical Research, Research Histology Lab, Innovation Center, and Human Research Protection Program contribute to the medical school’s advancement of knowledge through innovation and discovery.

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Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer of females, minorities, individuals with disabilities, and protected veterans, and actively strives to increase diversity within its community. We provide a drug- and tobacco-free workplace._

EEO Minorities/Women/Disabled/Protected Veterans.

Location: 300 South Portage Rd, Kalamazoo, MI 49007

Job Type: Full-time

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