Director of Student Services

Everglades University • Sarasota, FL

21h

About The Position

The Director of Student Services will provide placement assistance to students and graduates by teaching skills in résumé-writing, job search strategies, and interviewing techniques. This role involves providing job leads, maintaining job bulletin boards, and assisting employers with placement. The Director will also coordinate and facilitate various student activities, including Student Government Association, student organizations, grievance hearings, and Advisory Boards Meetings. Responsibilities extend to coordinating graduation ceremonies, maintaining accurate graduate records and placement statistics, and participating in community and civic events. The position requires active engagement in professional associations, cross-functional team coordination, and completion of various surveys and reports, including employer and graduate surveys, accreditation reporting, and newsletters. The Director will also organize career fairs, participate in conferences and retreats, plan homecoming events, and obtain testimonials for the Wall of Fame. Regular employer visits, both on and off campus, are expected to foster relationships and generate new contacts. Additionally, the Director will coordinate new student orientation, order and distribute graduate diplomas and exit packets, make student ID cards, conduct workshops, and attend networking events.

Requirements

• Bachelors degree
• 7 New contacts per week (with a company's hiring representative).
• 20 Off-Campus Employer visits per month. These are face-to-face visits with the hiring manager.
• 5 per week off-campus.
• 10 of these per month should represent brand new employer visits and 10 should be to foster existing relationships.

Nice To Haves

• Career Services 3+ years (Preferred)
• Student Services 3+ years (Preferred)

Responsibilities

• Provide placement assistance to students and graduates by teaching skills in resume-writing, job search strategies, and interviewing techniques.
• Provide job leads and maintain part-time/full-time job bulletin board.
• Maintain accurate placement statistics on all graduates on computer.
• Online career center maintenance
• Campus announcements
• Call graduates not placed or placed out of field
• Daily Flash report
• Send out resumes of graduates and upcoming graduates
• Obtain new job postings
• Weekly report
• Management meeting
• Engage in on campus and off campus employer visits every month representing both new and existing employers from the community.
• Coordinate and facilitate Student Government Association and Student Organizations.
• Coordinate and facilitate student activities
• Maintain accurate records on graduates and notify all affected departments and ensure graduates are cleared of all obligations.
• Coordinate and facilitate Cross Functional Teams on campus.
• Complete monthly exit interviews and graduate surveys
• Obtain testimonials and photographs from graduates for the Wall of Fame.
• Graduate Exit Seminar
• Order and distribute graduate diplomas.
• Coordinate and facilitate new student orientation.
• Attend 2 networking events
• Make student ID cards
• Conduct workshops
• Coordinate and facilitate Advisory Boards Meetings two times per year.
• Quarterly Newsletter.
• Employer surveys
• Alumni update surveys
• Coordinate and facilitate Graduation Ceremonies once a year.
• Plan homecoming once a year to take place the evening before graduation by inviting alumni and graduates.
• Hold two career fairs per year that represent all programs or one career fair for smaller program specific that represent each program.
• Participate at the Annual Student Services Conference in July.
• Participate at the Annual Management Retreat in November.
• Student Services annual report
• FETPIP/CIE Reporting
• Programmatic Accreditations Reporting
• Close out Employer and Graduate surveys and rebuild for new year

What This Job Offers

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