Associate Director, Graduate Student Career Development (HYBRID)

Job Description

Reporting to the Director of Cooperative Education and Career Development, the Associate Director, Graduate Career Development actively supports a centralized Career Center and is responsible for the planning, management, and execution of services for graduate and part-time student career development.

Essential Responsibilities:

• Serve as the primary contact for all graduate student career development.

• Supervise, train, and develop a team of career coaching professionals

• Develop and execute training on all aspects of career development, including coaching methodologies, program management, and student engagement

• Design, evaluate, and continuously improve the effectiveness of career coaching strategies, coaching schedules, and career education programming

• Offer one-on-one career coaching to international and part-time graduate students.

• Develop and facilitate workshop presentations that cover all aspects of the career development process.

• Co-direct the Peer Career Coach program and oversee staff responsible for recruiting, hiring, and training students

• Collaborate with the employer relations team and facilitate employer connections for internships and full-time employment

• Work with the Recruiting Analyst to collect and record data on graduate student engagement and provide reporting on student employment outcomes

• Review and evaluate data on student participation rates and contribute to departmental monthly, semester, and year-end reporting

• Gain expert knowledge in career development tools and resources such as Handshake, Big Interview, Resume AI, Interstride, CareerShift, and various other resources

• Design effective activities to increase the usage of career development tools and resources

• Attend and support employer recruiting events and help to strengthen relationships with employers and alumni

• Conduct outreach to students and recent alumni to support career outcomes data gathering efforts

• Represent the Career Center at various on and off-campus events as assigned

• Occasionally work evenings and weekends to support Career Center, Admissions, New Student Orientation, and other events

• Always maintain a professional level of conduct and attire.

• Perform other duties as assigned

Required Qualifications

• Bachelors degree required.

Masters degree preferred.

• Minimum 7 years of work experience, preferably in career advising, human resources, recruiting, or other relevant experience.

• Proven record of success demonstrated through goal achievement, continuous learning, and continuous improvement

• Ability to prioritize and meet deadlines

• Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Teams, Zoom and the willingness to learn new technologies

• Experience using Handshake and/or other university career center platforms

• Work is primarily performed in an office environment and requires the ability to operate stan...