Program Director Nonprofit Organization

The Pathway Director assumes a multifaceted role overseeing mentoring and enrichment pathway programs to high school, college, and medical students. This position establishes key partnerships with educational institutions (high schools, colleges, and medical schools), actively engages in student recruitment efforts, and the cultivation of relationships with hospitals, clinical sites, and physicians. Through these relationships, the Pathway Director facilitates mentorships, shadowing opportunities, clinical and skills training, and research experiences for students. Furthermore, this role monitors the effectiveness of the mentoring program, the implementation of individual learning plans, and the achievement of SMART goals for students, ensuring the success of each student's educational pathway.

The ultimate goal of this position is to ensure that 10 premed students from the program matriculate into medical school every year.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Pathway Director is assigned to the following:

• Identify underserved premed college students
• SC, Network with Los Angeles college campus (UCLA, CDU, CSULA, CSULB)
• Network with greater Los Angeles colleges (CUSM, UCR, CSUSB)
• Oversight of multiple student cohorts.
• Ensure that 20 students take MCAT in 12 months
• Create a student engagement program with a team lead student in each school or cohort.
• Coordinate and monitor MCAT prep programs for all the students (includes working with Need Assessment Director, MCAT tutors, and students) and provide a monthly report with updates to the CEO.
• Coordinate and monitor mentor-mentoring pairings of all the students with medical student mentor, provide a monthly report with updates to the CEO.
• Create a professional relationship with college counselors, college deans and directors of admission in medical schools.
• Develop a relationship with clinical volunteer position departments in major hospitals, or other clinical sites, in the Los Angeles areas with the objective of placing DOF mentees in voluntary clinical roles.
• Monitor student progress regarding progress towards MCAT exam (including scheduling for MCAT and monitoring mock MCAT score progress).
• Provide oversite over mentee’s medical school application in areas of community activities, research, clinical experience, leaderships roles, letters of recommendation, and mock interviews.
• Secondary duties include:
• Oversight over high school mentoring program
• Oversight over medical student mentoring program

Other Duties and Responsibilities:

• Performs other duties as assigned.

EDUCATION:

• Minimum: Bachelor’s degree from a regionally accredited institution.
• Preferred: Master's Degree, in Education, Health Services Administration, Psychology, Nursing, or English from an accredited college or university.

EXPERIENCE:

• Minimum: One year of relevant responsible work experience
• Preferred: Prior administrative experience in an academic setting.

KNOWLEDGE/ABILITIES/SKILLS:

• Demonstrates critical thinking skills in identifying and analyzing problems and recommending solutions.
• Excellent written/oral communication.
• Analytical and computer skills.
• Advanced skills in spreadsheets, databases, and scheduling tools.
• Ability to plan, direct and manage work of considerable difficulty.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with others.
• Ability to assign, train, supervise, and evaluate staff.
• Ability to express self clearly and concisely, both orally and in writing.
• Ability to operate personal computer, other office equipment, and a variety of audio-visual equipment.
• Effectively communicate verbally and in writing, with a diverse group of people to perform coordination and scheduling duties.
• Ability to coordinate with outside individuals and agencies throughout the year as necessary for events.
• Ability to work comfortably with diverse populations (e.g., lay people, staff, faculty, standardized patients, students, and others).
• Ability to learn new computer programs, including database and payroll applications.
• Ability to assemble and organize presentation of data for analysis by educational leadership.
• Ability to respond calmly and creatively to unexpected scheduling and educational challenges.
• Ability to organize and prioritize workloads to accomplish tasks in a timely manner.
• Experience in career counseling and/or exam preparation (particularly for medical professional exams)
• Ability to work closely with CEO/President, College Counselors, College Deans and Directors of Admission in Medical Schools in Los Angeles, Clinical Partners, Physicians, Medical Students, College Students, High School Students, the Operation Officers, Associate Directors, and MCAT Tutors to produce successful learning events.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality of any and all information regarding student test scores, personnel, and/or clinical evaluations.
• Must possess strong interpersonal skills to establish and maintain professional relationships.
• The successful candidate must have a strong user and working knowledge of Word and Excel in order to maintain records.
• Additionally, the Pathway Director will be required to participate in Medical Education Meetings, Faculty Development, Clinical Skills and Workshops, and other academic

COMPLEXITY:

• The ability to perform highly detailed work with sustained attention and care while providing/obtaining information on numerous inquiries is paramount to success in this position.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

• The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• Occasional stooping. Frequent standing. Constant walking, sitting, climbing, reaching high/low levels, finger movement, feeling, speaking clearly, hearing conversationally, and seeing far and near.
• This is mainly in-person with some potential for some hybrid work

WORK ENVIRONMENT:

• The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• Occasionally required to work in confined space.

MENTAL DEMANDS:

• The mental demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• Frequent variety of unrelated tasks. Constant calculating, interrupted work, a variety of interrelated tasks, and use of sustained concentration, reasoning, judgment, resourcefulness, analytical ability, and ingenuity.

Special Requirements:

• Ability to work effectively with a diverse community.
• COVID-19 Vaccination: As a condition of enrollment and employment, proof of the newest COVID-19 booster will be required. Please note that vaccination requirements may change as our Federal, State, and local public health laws change. Requests for disability and religious accommodations from faculty and staff will be evaluated consistent with the law and University policies and procedures.
• On-site position.

Compensation:

• $38,000.00 - $54,600.00

Position Status:

• Full Time

EEO Statement: The DOF Foundation is committed to Equal Employment Opportunity. Applicants will be considered without regard to gender, race, age, color, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, genetic information, marital status, disability or covered veteran status.

Fair Chance Statement: The DOF Foundation will consider qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with state and local “Fair Chance” laws.

Qualifications

Education

Required

Bachelor’s or better in Education or related field.

Preferred

Master’s or better in Education.

Experience

Required

1 year:

One year of relevant responsible work experience

Preferred

Prior administrative experience in an academic setting

Job Types: Full-time, Part-time, Contract

Pay: $39,000.00 - $54,600.00 per year

Expected hours: 25 – 35 per week

Benefits:

• Flexible schedule
• Professional development assistance

Schedule:

• Day shift
• Monday to Friday
• Weekends as needed

License/Certification:

• Driver's License (Required)

Ability to Commute:

• Los Angeles, CA 90068 (Required)

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Los Angeles, CA 90068