Career Services Coordinator

Lesley University • Cambridge, MA

17h • Onsite

About The Position

Lesley University is seeking a Career Services Coordinator to support our Threshold Program. Reporting to the Director of Career Services, the Coordinator will play a key role in designing and facilitating skill-building workshops that align with students’ evolving needs and progress toward employment readiness. In this position, the Coordinator will deliver skill-building workshops about employment, create detailed internship plans tailored by industry, place students at internship sites, visit internship sites, and oversee student’s development through collaboration with site supervisors. This role also involves presenting the Threshold internship program to partner organizations, maintaining strong external relationships, meeting regularly with program administrators, attending weekly staff meetings and program-wide events, and providing one-on-one advising to assigned students each semester to support their internship and employment goals. This position is ideal for a student-focused professional with a passion for career development and inclusive education.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in vocational rehabilitation, special education, business administration, or a related field required.
• 2+ years of experience working in vocational rehabilitation, integrated employment, case management, or special education.
• Demonstrated ability to understand individual students’ skills and adapt workshops appropriately.
• Experience working with adults with special needs.
• Travel to local employment sites regularly.
• Ability to work occasional evening and weekend hours if needed.
• Demonstrated success using digital technology and the internet to achieve program goals.

Nice To Haves

• Master’s degree preferred.

Responsibilities

• Designing and facilitating skill-building workshops that align with students’ evolving needs and progress toward employment readiness.
• Delivering skill-building workshops about employment.
• Creating detailed internship plans tailored by industry.
• Placing students at internship sites.
• Visiting internship sites.
• Overseeing student’s development through collaboration with site supervisors.
• Presenting the Threshold internship program to partner organizations.
• Maintaining strong external relationships.
• Meeting regularly with program administrators.
• Attending weekly staff meetings and program-wide events.
• Providing one-on-one advising to assigned students each semester to support their internship and employment goals.

Benefits

• health insurance
• dental insurance
• life insurance
• long-term disability insurance
• significant paid time off
• generous retirement plan
• tuition programs that enable employees and their dependents to expand their knowledge and skills.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 251-500 employees