Career Development Manager

Universities of Wisconsin • Oshkosh, WI

2d • Onsite

About The Position

The Career Development Manager is a vital part of the Career & Professional Development team, responsible for leading the planning, implementation, and assessment of employer engagement and professional skills programming. This role aims to prepare students for career success by coordinating key events such as career fairs, mock interviews, networking events, and employer panels. The manager also supports students through career advising, assessment, and outreach. Additionally, the position acts as a liaison to academic programs and industry sectors, collaborating with faculty to integrate career learning outcomes and connect academic learning with career pathways. Through strategic partnerships, the Career Development Manager develops high-impact experiences to boost student engagement, enhance career readiness, and achieve positive post-graduation outcomes.

Requirements

• Minimum of two years of experience in higher education.
• Demonstrated ability to present information effectively to large audiences.
• Strong oral, written, interpersonal, and organizational skills.
• Ability to build collaborative relationships with students, faculty, employers, alumni, and campus partners.
• Commitment to supporting student success and career readiness.
• Bachelor's Degree

Nice To Haves

• One to three years of professional experience in career development, employer relations, recruiting, or workforce development.
• Demonstrated experience planning and implementing events, workshops, career fairs, or employer engagement initiatives.
• Experience utilizing career technologies such as Handshake, Navigate, VMock, LinkedIn Learning, or related platforms.
• Teaching experience.
• Master's Degree

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with faculty and academic departments to embed career readiness and career learning outcomes throughout the student experience.
• Serve as the primary liaison between Career & Professional Development and assigned academic areas.
• Develop and maintain collaborative relationships with faculty, instructional staff, advisors, and academic leadership.
• Participate in departmental meetings, initiatives, and events as appropriate with faculty to integrate career development concepts and career learning outcomes into courses and co-curricular experiences.
• Support implementation of school-level career milestones and Career Everywhere initiatives.
• Educates or advises students and recent alumni individually, or in groups through various mediums about career exploration, self-assessment, skills, materials development, and career decisions.
• Serve as the primary coordinator and lead manager for Career & Professional Development's employer engagement and professional skills events, creating high-impact experiences that prepare students for career success and meaningful professional connections.
• Lead the planning, coordination, implementation, and assessment of Career & Professional Development's employer engagement and professional skills events.
• Coordinate and execute programs including mock interview events, networking socials, employer panels, classroom engagement opportunities, career fairs, industry meet-ups, site visits, and alumni networking programs.
• Manage event logistics, timelines, registrations, communications, participant engagement, budgets, assessment activities, and event operations.
• Supervise and mentor a student employee responsible for supporting event logistics, coordinating mock interview schedules, communicating with students and employers, tracking registrations, and collecting required event documents and materials.
• Utilize event participation and assessment data to evaluate effectiveness and continuously improve programming.
• Support evening and occasional weekend programs and events as needed.
• Develop industry-specific knowledge, resources, and connections that support student career exploration and success.
• Serve as the designated career resource for assigned academic majors and industry clusters.
• Remain current on industry trends, labor market information, employment outlooks, graduate education opportunities, and workforce needs.
• Build and maintain relationships with alumni, employers, and professionals willing to engage with students through mentoring, networking, informational interviews, job shadowing, and experiential learning opportunities.
• May identify and maintain a professional network of employers or other stakeholders to facilitate career exploration and employment opportunities for students.
• Support achievement of a First Destination Survey knowledge rate of 90% or greater annually.
• Interpret and communicate career outcomes data to students, faculty, staff, and campus partners.
• Provide individualized career advising to students regarding career exploration, career readiness, job search strategies, interviewing, networking, internship preparation, and graduate school planning.
• Facilitate workshops, classroom presentations, group advising sessions, and career development programs.
• Maintain expertise in employment and continuing education outcomes by major, college, and industry.
• Maintain accurate student engagement and program records through departmental technologies and systems.
• Utilize technology and communication strategies to increase student engagement and support departmental goals.
• Utilize Handshake, Navigate, VMock, LinkedIn Learning, and other systems to support student engagement and employer relations.
• Communicate opportunities, events, and resources through multiple communication channels.
• Collaborate on marketing and promotional initiatives that increase participation and visibility.
• Analyze participation, engagement, and outcome data to improve programs and services.

Benefits

• The Universities of Wisconsin serves approximately 161,000 students.
• Awarding nearly 37,000 degrees annually, the Universities of Wisconsin is Wisconsin’s talent pipeline, putting graduates in position to increase their earning power, contribute to their communities, and make Wisconsin a better place to live.
• Nearly 90 percent of in-state Universities of Wisconsin graduates stay in Wisconsin five years after earning a degree – with a median salary of more than $66,000.
• The Universities of Wisconsin provides a 23:1 return on state investment.
• The Universities of Wisconsin also contribute to the richness of Wisconsin’s culture and economy with groundbreaking research, new companies and patents, and boundless creative intellectual energy.
• The Universities of Wisconsin and its employees are purpose-driven, people-focused, and committed to stewardship.

What This Job Offers

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