The Pre-Professional Advisor is responsible for advising students who wish to enter a pre-health career and/or professional school. In addition, this position holds the responsibilities described below. • Maintain a minimum of three office hours per week for appointments and schedule other times as needed, in addition to being available by email and phone, • Advising will consist of course selection, interview preparation, application reviews, and overall navigation of professional schools and careers, • Develop a system with defined benchmarks for each area of interest (such as pre-medical, pre-dentistry, pre-veterinary, and others) to guide students through the application process, • Establish a mechanism to measure individual progress towards graduation and professional school, • Establish a network of locations for students to do internships/medical observation hours, • Serve as a co-advisor for the Pre Health-Professions Club, • Work with faculty to create and maintain a Health Professions Advisory Committee at Alvernia University The Pre-Professional Advisor reports to the Chair of the Science Department and consults with the Dean of the College of STEAM and other administrative staff as appropriate.