Associate Director, Career Advising and Development

Le Moyne College • Syracuse, NY

2d • Onsite

About The Position

The Associate Director of Career Advising is responsible for leading, managing, and implementing Le Moyne College’s Internship, Mentorship, and Ignite Fellowship programs in collaboration with Academic Affairs, Enrollment Management, and Institutional Advancement. The position also develops academically based career programming, including workshops, practicum classes, the Promise Program, Career Conversations, and collaborations with faculty.

This is an administrative, ten-month, full-time, on-campus position running from August 1 through May 31. The Associate Director provides career and internship advising, builds internship and career opportunities, tracks institutional internship activity, and contributes to career events and outreach. The role oversees the Ignite Fellowship and Career Student Ambassador programs, teaches two one-credit career practicum courses, and serves as a liaison to science departments and selected athletic teams.

Le Moyne College is a Jesuit institution committed to academic excellence, leadership and service, diversity, and inclusion. Employees are expected to demonstrate the College’s mission-based competencies, support its student-centered mission, maintain professional skills, comply with college policies and training requirements, and engage in professional development.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree.
• At least four years of related experience.
• Evidence of leadership skills and excellence in team building and community relations.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced environment.
• Initiative, innovation, and creativity in working with students, employers, faculty, alumni, and parents.

Nice To Haves

• Master’s degree in counseling, higher education, social welfare, or a related area, or similar related work experience.
• Familiarity with internship and employment recruitment processes.
• Administrative experience with Handshake or a similar customer relationship management platform.
• Knowledge of college student development and experience advising undergraduate students, graduate students, and alumni.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with faculty internship coordinators and employers to increase internship and career opportunities for students and alumni.
• Collect, record, and track institution-wide internship data and produce reports on program results and impact.
• Share internship resources with students, faculty, staff, and other stakeholders through the website, email, and Handshake.
• Develop and disseminate institutional procedures and best-practice resources for internships, including sample forms, evaluations, and learning agreements.
• Provide professional internship and career advising to individual students and groups at all stages of career discernment.
• Lead outreach to students, faculty, and campus organizations to encourage participation in office programs and events.
• Collaborate on annual career events, including internship and career fairs, on-campus recruiting, and success and graduate-school preparation programs.
• Oversee the alumni-funded Ignite Fellowship program supporting students’ summer internship or research experiences.
• Collaborate with Alumni and Parent Programs to increase engagement between students and alumni, including through Career Conversations.
• Coordinate the annual Faculty Career Mentor Awards.
• Teach two one-credit practicum courses focused on career exploration and networking using Designing Your Life techniques.
• Oversee the Career Student Ambassador program, including recruiting, training, and supervising three to five students.
• Serve as a liaison to science academic departments and selected athletic teams.
• Assist with marketing and outreach for office events.
• Represent the office at college-wide events, including admissions open houses and new and transfer student orientations.
• Demonstrate Le Moyne’s mission-based competencies and support cura personalis and cura apostolica in interactions and professional work.
• Maintain attendance, reliability, digital literacy, job-related skills, policy compliance, required training, and professional development; perform related duties as assigned.

Benefits

• 403(b) retirement contribution with a 9.5% employer match.
• Tuition coverage.
• Health insurance options, including medical, dental, vision, and flexible spending accounts.
• Health savings accounts, partially employer funded.
• Employer-paid basic life and AD&D insurance.
• Employer-paid short- and long-term disability insurance.
• Supplemental life and AD&D insurance.
• Voluntary benefits, including legal, critical illness, hospital indemnity, accident, and pet insurance.
• 12 paid holidays.
• Generous time-off package.
• 35-hour work week.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level