SENIOR ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR, CAREER EDUCATION & ADVISING

Hameetman Career Center

POSITION SUMMARY

The Hameetman Career Center executes a comprehensive strategy to deliver best-in-class career development advice, programs and events to Occidental College students and alumni. These best-in-class services include contemporary career readiness programs for all students; donor-funded internship programs; and strategic employer and alumni engagement.The purpose of this position is to acceleratethe preparation of the college-to-career transitionfor Occidental College students through the development and delivery of innovative and contemporary career-readiness programs, seminars, curriculum, advising, and campus partnerships.

To learn more about the Hameetman Career Center, please visit our website at .

SUMMARY OF DUTIES, RESPONSIBILITIES AND GOALS

Reporting to the Associate Vice President and Executive Director (AVP/ED) of the Hameetman Career Center, the Senior Associate Director of Career Education & Advising will be responsible for the following:

  • Leading the development and delivery of new career education programs, seminars, and curriculum to prepare students for the world of work. Manage all aspects of program and curriculum development, learning outcomes and career center staff training.
  • Establishing and developing campus partnership with student organizations to effectively support and advance the career education and professional development of students.
  • Acting as a point of contact to streamline the campus partnership process and identifying events and programs to best engage large populations of students for career education and recruiting events.
  • Collaborating with the Senior Associate Director of Employer & Alumni Engagement to understand employer needs to continuously improve career education and advising.
  • Developing college-to-career preparation programs that reflect contemporary hiring, interviewing, and employer candidate selection criteria such as case study interview preparation, team orientated business problem-solving, timed video interviews, design thinking methodologies, industry specific interview criteria, and progressive job and internship search techniques.
  • Determining the most effective methods and timeframes for delivering career education to an undergraduate liberal arts population, including face-to-face, online, webinars, etc.
  • Providing career advising to students and alumni representing a broad range of career, graduate school, and professional school interests.
  • Collaborating with the Senior Associate Director of Employer & Alumni Engagement to develop and deliver professional development seminars and programs for alumni.
  • Collaborating with key stakeholders including faculty, administrators, staff, alumni, and parents to identify alumni speakers to enhance learning outcomes.
  • Managing and supervising the career education counseling team of 2-3.
  • Identifying new technologies and external events to help students research employers and understand career and graduate school options.
  • Using key performance indicators to measure success and to determine effective means of delivering services; leading the efforts to compile and share career and professional development program data with constituencies.
  • Creating narrative reports and presentations for senior leadership to identifyand communicate program impact.
  • Using data to drive decision-making with an eye towards continuous improvement.
  • Ability and willingness to work evenings and weekends as needed for new student orientation and events for students, alumni, parents, and employers

QUALIFICATIONS

  • Master’s degree preferred in human resources, organizational management, counseling, education, or a related field.Bachelor’s degree required with equivalent relevant experience.
  • Desire 10+combined years of experience in college career services, campus recruiting/university relations preferably for a large private sector company. Alternatively, significant experience in college career services, specifically in innovative and contemporary career education program development.
  • At least 3-5 years of experience directly supervising a team of experienced professionals.
  • Strong knowledge of contemporary hiring, interviewing, and employer candidate selection criteriaand practices across various industry verticals and employment sectors. Strong business industry knowledge required.
  • All career services staff will be required to occasionally work evenings and weekends, as needed for events.
  • Exceptional written and oral communication, organizational, interpersonal, and leadership skills required.
  • Exceptional ability to develop and establish benchmarks and analyze outcomes.
  • Project management experience strongly desired.
  • Strong knowledge of college graduate employment trends nationally and globally.
  • Entrepreneurial spirit offering creative and innovative program development.
  • Experience working in a changing and fast-paced environment with a team-oriented work style.
  • Exceptional communicator with experience establishing relationships with numerous key stakeholders.
  • Familiarity with career management recruiting platformssuch as Symplicity or Handshake.
  • Proficiency utilizing Microsoft Office, especially Excel.

APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS

Please submit a resume and cover letter explaining how your qualifications meet the requirements for the position to and . A COVER LETTER IS REQUIRED.

We will consider for employment all qualified Applicants, including those with Criminal Histories, in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable state and local laws, including the City of Los Angeles’ Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance.