Assistant Director Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree required advising, higher education, human resources, program administration or related field.
• Strong project and program management experience.
• Exceptional collaboration skills and ability to effectively partner with key stakeholders.
• Experience coaching and advising students.
• Strong verbal and written communication and public speaking skills.
• Advising and career development knowledge and skills.
• Program/workshop development and facilitation experience.
• Proficiency with various technology platforms including Microsoft Office Suite, student database software and other educational technology tools.

Nice To Haves

• Master’s degree preferred with a minimum of two years of experience in career development.
• Experience in college/university academic advising or career development office.

Responsibilities

• Establish partnerships and create a thriving COOP program for PSU students in collaboration with Community Impact, Alumni Relations, Employers and other campus stakeholders.
• Oversee and expand a centralized campus-wide internship program (both for-credit and not for credit).
• Educate, assist and prepare students on specifics of internships and COOPS pre to post-experience.
• Administer an employer vetting process for internships (for-credit opportunities) as part of overall employer cultivation and engagement strategy.
• Develop training, programming and educational materials for employers, faculty and students on internships.
• Facilitate placements and complete MOUs for all internship participants.
• File mandatory federal reporting forms.
• Create a centralized internship repository for current and past internship sites.
• Oversee on-campus student employment services, including helping students secure on-campus student employment.
• Develop programming, resources and communication materials to advise students and campus employers on on-campus student employment.
• Work with key campus stakeholders, including Human Resources, Office of Community Impact, Student Financial Services and Finance to operationalize and strengthen student employment services and duties.
• Manage Handshake (Job, Internship and career resources platform).
• Provide career and academic advising services to students and alumni on all career related topics.
• Manage a thriving Career in the Classroom program connecting and educating over a thousand students each year on career related topics.
• Organize multiple large-scale career fairs each year connecting hundreds of employers to PSU students.
• Recruit, hire, and train all Career Peer Advisors (CPA’s) and the full-time Career Advisor.
• Create and oversee CPA programming.
• Collaborate with full-time Career Advisor on establishing COOP partnerships, creating standard operating procedures.
• Social media and marketing engagement and initiatives.
• Manage First Destination Survey.
• Grad Assistant Supervision and Development.
• Represent ACAC at Accepted Student’s Days, Open Houses & misc. campus events.

Benefits

• USNH Employee Benefits