Director, Career Development

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About The Position

Quinnipiac University invites applications for a Director of Career Development, a senior member of the Career Development Office team who advances career outcomes for Quinnipiac Law students and graduates. The Director provides individualized career advising, develops professional-development programming, cultivates employer and alumni relationships, and expands employment opportunities. Working closely with the Associate Dean of Career Development, the Director helps implement strategic initiatives that strengthen the law school's reputation, employer partnerships, and career outcomes. The role serves as a primary advising resource for students and alumni, supporting career planning, application materials, interviewing, networking, clerkships, internships, and post-graduate opportunities. The Director builds relationships with legal employers and partners with them to develop opportunities and hiring pathways. The position also designs and supports programming that fosters professionalism and career readiness, collaborates with law school and university stakeholders, and contributes to career-outcome assessment, reporting, and strategic planning.

Requirements

Juris Doctor (JD) degree required.
At least 5 years of experience working in the legal field in a JD-required or JD-advantage role.
Strong communication, analytical, writing, organizational, and interpersonal skills.
Excellent counseling and coaching skills, with the ability to build rapport and establish relationships with diverse stakeholders.
Knowledge of the legal job market, legal practice areas, and career paths in the legal profession.
Facility with computers and ability to learn new systems.
Imagination, flexibility, and empathy to help students think creatively and actively develop their careers.
Ability to collaborate with faculty, staff, students, alumni, and employers to serve students and enhance the law school's reputation.

Nice To Haves

Significant experience in career counseling, attorney professional development, JD education, or legal recruitment.
Experience in career counseling, attorney professional development, JD education, or legal recruitment within a law school is preferred.

Responsibilities

Advise and support students and recent graduates on career planning, employment strategies, interviewing, networking, clerkships, internships, and post-graduate opportunities.
Review résumés, cover letters, writing samples, and other application materials.
Provide ongoing career coaching and mentorship across career paths and practice settings; serve as a primary advising resource for students and alumni.
Monitor and participate in the Career Development Office document-review process through 12Twenty and other career-development platforms.
Develop and implement strategies to expand employment opportunities for students and graduates.
Cultivate and maintain relationships with law firms, corporations, government agencies, public-interest organizations, and other employers.
Expand employer partnerships and hiring pipelines in strategic growth sectors, including business law, tax law, insurance law, and other areas identified by the School of Law.
Represent Quinnipiac Law at employer events, bar association activities, networking functions, and professional-development programs.
Partner with employers to create internships, externships, summer opportunities, and post-graduate employment pathways.
Maintain and strengthen key institutional employer relationships supported through the Career Development Office.
Design, coordinate, and support programs that advance student professionalism and career readiness.
Assist with planning and execution of Bridge to Practice programming, including Integrated Professionalism.
Coordinate networking events, employer panels, judicial-engagement opportunities, lunch-and-learn programs, and similar initiatives.
Support institutional events connecting students with the bench, bar, alumni, and legal community.
Assist in administration of the Yale Sappern Fellowship and related professional-development initiatives.
Collaborate with law faculty, administrators, alumni, employers, and university partners to improve career outcomes.
Participate in Career Development Office strategic planning and assessment initiatives.
Support data collection, reporting, communications, and other activities related to employment outcomes.
Assist in developing and implementing initiatives to improve student employment opportunities and strengthen employer engagement.
Serve as an ambassador for Quinnipiac Law within the legal profession.