Career Coach, College of Humanities and Social Sciences

Louisiana State University•Union, NJ

6d•Onsite

About The Position

Reporting to the Manager of Student Services, the College of Humanities & Social Sciences Career Coach serves as a member of the Student Services team for the LSU Olinde Career Center. This role provides career coaching to College of Humanities and Social Sciences students and alumni, empowering them to explore their major and career paths, understand themselves, and gain experience to complement their academic careers. The coach guides students on preparing for experiential opportunities, the job search, and graduate school. This position works closely with professional staff and faculty to expand a culture of career throughout the College of Humanities and Social Sciences. The role offers opportunities for leadership in empowering students in their personal definition of success, developing career connections for interdisciplinary studies programs, and expanding proactive student engagement and experiential learning.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree
One year of professional work experience (2 years of graduate assistantship qualifies).
Candidates who have relevant experience in key job responsibilities are encouraged to apply— a degree is not required as long as the candidate meets the required years of experience specified in the job description.
All candidates must have valid U.S. work authorization at the time of hire and maintain that valid work authorization throughout employment.

Nice To Haves

Master’s Degree in Higher Education Administration or related discipline.
Experience working in a college career services office.

Responsibilities

Coach undergraduate and graduate students, along with alumni, individually on holistic career development topics, providing front line advocacy and support.
Develop and execute career-related programming and events.
Collaborate with faculty and staff in an effort to embed career in all levels of student engagement inside the College of Humanities and Social Sciences.
Build relationships with student organization leadership to facilitate career conversations inside those organizations.
Ensures every aspect of programmatic outputs including administrative tasks, implementation, and overall design exudes a high degree of quality.
Translates department efforts, initiatives, and goals to students through interactions at programs, services, events and experiences.
Other duties as assigned by the Senior Director and direct supervisor. This includes but is not limited to: efforts that support broad division/institution efforts including at least 40 hours per year spent helping divisional initiatives such as Move-In Day, Welcome Week, Family Weekend, Disability Services Finals Testing, other special projects, etc.