Global Career Career & Talent Development Associate (CTD) Coach
About The Position
Minerva University is seeking a Career & Talent Development (CTD) Coach to support its mission of preparing students to become innovators and global leaders. This role focuses on empowering students to create and pursue meaningful lives and careers by developing essential skills and characteristics. The CTD team helps students clarify their ambitions, connect them to opportunities, and communicate their value confidently. The coach will work with a diverse, global student body, providing 1:1 coaching, group coaching, workshops, and hands-on programs. This is a dynamic role involving coaching, curriculum design, facilitation, employer engagement, event execution, communications, and program assessment, with significant opportunities for innovation and collaboration across university departments.
Requirements
- Enthusiasm for coaching (individual and group), designing and facilitating workshops, training, or student-development curriculum, and building external partnerships.
- Understanding of and ability to build rapport with individuals from diverse cultural backgrounds.
- Experience supporting the development of young adults.
- Excellent written, verbal, presentation, and interpersonal communication skills.
- Strong program-management and organizational skills across multiple programs, deadlines, events, and stakeholders.
- Ability to work independently while contributing to a collaborative, cross-functional team across time zones.
- A commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging through continuous development, modeling inclusive behaviors, and proactively managing bias.
- Sound judgment, discretion, emotional intelligence, and respect for student confidentiality.
- Thoughtful familiarity and comfort with AI.
Nice To Haves
- At least 1 year of professional experience advising on career exploration and opportunities, or recruiting undergraduate students into highly desirable roles, specifically in the US jobs market.
- Knowledge of career development theories, adult development theory, career decision making, learning styles, and job search techniques.
- Experience supporting a globally diverse population.
- Training in the Co-Active Coaching model.
- Experience in employer engagement, alumni programming, community partnerships, or experiential learning coordination.
- Experience evaluating programs and providing recommendations for improvement.
- Experience creating student-facing communications, presentations, digital resources, videos, or campaigns.
- Familiarity with Handshake, Notion, scheduling systems, survey tools, LMS platforms, or similar.
Responsibilities
- Provide 1:1 coaching to help students navigate their Minerva journey, reflect on their growth, and prioritize their goals.
- Offer guidance and resources for career exploration, job searching, and developing growth mindsets.
- Co-design and lead first-year Group Coaching sessions, career-development labs, and other interactive programs.
- Design, deliver, and continuously improve the first-year career-development experience.
- Coordinate employer, alumni, and community site visits.
- Support CTD and university milestone events through planning, facilitation, and staffing.
- Supervise student interns or work-study employees, when assigned.
- Track student engagement across various coaching and program activities.
- Use participation data, coaching themes, and feedback to identify emergent needs and iterate on programming.
- Maintain accurate and timely coaching notes and documentation; contribute to reports, annual planning, and leadership presentations.
- Utilize technology and AI ethically and creatively to enhance resources, communications, and operations.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
