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  • DAVISCONNECTS ADVISOR - COLBY COLLEGE - Waterville, Maine

    Job Description: Colby College, one of the nation’s preeminent liberal arts institutions, seeks an innovative, collaborative, and student-centric leader to serve as its next DavisConnects Advisor for the Health Professions.

    Colby is undergoing a fast-paced and ambitious transformation. At the epicenter of this innovation is DavisConnects – a new model for liberal arts education. A bold deviation from the traditional career center paradigm, DavisConnects infuses a global and intellectually rigorous curricular experience into the academic program – preparing graduates to solve the most pressing challenges of our time. Colby now seeks a primary advisor to guide students interested in pursuing careers in health professions. Joining the DavisConnects team at a dynamic moment in the college’s history, the DavisConnects Advisor for the Health Professions (Pre-Health Advisor) will build a program uniquely tailored to the needs of the Colby community – shaping the academic and professional careers of students for decades to come.

    Working closely with the Vice President and Dean of Student Advancement, Directors for Advising and Employer Engagement, DavisConnects staff and academic department faculty, the successful candidate will be a creative, collaborative, and visionary leader, with a passion for student advising and a familiarity with health professions. The Pre-Health Advisor will have a desire to leverage Colby’s unprecedented momentum and institutional commitment in order to magnify student opportunity and success.

    Application Instructions: Colby College has retained Isaacson, Miller, a national executive search firm, to assist in the recruitment of the DavisConnects Advisor for the Health Professions. All inquiries, nominations, and applications should be sent in strict confidence to:

    Ponneh Varho, Partner
    Julia Omotade, Senior Associate
    Isaacson, Miller
    www.imsearch.com/7154
    1300 19th Street, NW, Suite 700
    Washington, DC 20036

    Colby is a private, coeducational liberal arts college that admits students and makes employment decisions on the basis of the individual's qualifications to contribute to Colby's educational objectives and institutional needs. Colby College does not discriminate in its educational programs or employment on the basis of race, color, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, religion, national origin, age, marital status, genetic information, or military or veteran’s status. Colby is an equal opportunity employer and operates in accordance with federal and state laws regarding non-discrimination. Colby complies with Title IX, which prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex in an institution’s education programs and activities. Questions regarding Title IX may be referred to Colby’s Title IX coordinator or to the federal Office of Civil Rights. We encourage inquiries from candidates who will contribute to the cultural and ethnic diversity of our college.