Coordinator Career Services- Coordinator Career Services II AS7556
About The Position
The Career Coach is responsible for providing proactive, high-impact career development support to engage undergraduate, graduate students and alumni, with a primary emphasis on third and fourth-year undergraduate students and graduate students as they explore career pathways, experiential learning opportunities, research activities and other professional skill development. This position serves as a partner to the career coaches in the academic colleges to ensure every student develops a strong foundation for career readiness and long-term success. Through individual appointments, career-related workshops, college partnerships, and large-scale outreach initiatives, the Career Coach helps students identify strengths, clarify career interests and direction, connect academic experiences to workforce opportunities, and engage with Career Services resources throughout their college experience. This position collaborates closely with the academic colleges, Student Affairs departments, the Graduate College, as well as faculty, academic advisors, employer relations staff, and other campus partners to integrate and assess career development throughout the student experience and advance the university's commitment to career readiness for all students, participating in departmental and university-wide career readiness initiatives, assessing program effectiveness, and contributing to positive student career outcomes. Other duties as assigned. The hours for this position are 8:00am – 5:00pm, with occasional evening and weekend work required for career programming and special events.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Communications, Education, Human Development, Psychology or related field (degree must be conferred on or before agreed upon start date).
- Three years of related experience OR Two years of related experience and demonstrated progress toward an applicable advanced degree.
- Post-secondary education may substitute for years of required experience.
- Ability to obtain GCDF, CCSP, or other Career Services credentials within one year of hire.
- Excellent Public Speaking Skills
- Resource/Curriculum development
- Attention to detail
- Strong collaboration skill
Nice To Haves
- Master's degree in Higher Education, Counseling, Human Services, Student Affairs, Business, Communications, Education, Psychology or related field.
- Experience providing educational or career support to undergraduate and graduate student populations.
- Higher education experience in career services, or related student facing positions.
- Certified Career Services Provider (CCSP), Certified Career Counselor (CCC), or Global Career Development Facilitator (GCDF) certification or ability to obtain within one year of employment.
- Ability to design proactive outreach strategies that increase student engagement and utilization of career services.
- Experience using CRM systems, student success platforms, or predictive analytics tools to identify and engage student populations.
- Strong project management skills with the ability to coordinate campus-wide initiatives involving multiple stakeholders.
- Ability to develop scalable programming that reaches large undergraduate and graduate populations while maintaining personalized student support.
- Understanding of experiential learning models, career readiness competencies, and workforce preparation strategies for third and fourth year undergraduate students, graduate students and alumni.
Responsibilities
- Providing proactive, high-impact career development support to engage undergraduate, graduate students and alumni.
- Serving as a partner to career coaches in academic colleges to ensure students develop a strong foundation for career readiness and long-term success.
- Helping students identify strengths, clarify career interests and direction, connect academic experiences to workforce opportunities, and engage with Career Services resources through individual appointments, workshops, college partnerships, and outreach initiatives.
- Collaborating with academic colleges, Student Affairs departments, the Graduate College, faculty, academic advisors, employer relations staff, and other campus partners to integrate and assess career development.
- Advancing the university's commitment to career readiness for all students.
- Participating in departmental and university-wide career readiness initiatives.
- Assessing program effectiveness.
- Contributing to positive student career outcomes.
- Performing other duties as assigned.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
