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About The Position

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• Must have proven track record of effective leadership experience in career services or a related area.
• Must display exceptional verbal and written communication skills as well as active listening; ability to communicate well with staff, students, and employers.
• Must be reliable with strong time management skills and ability to work well under pressure.
• Must be well organized with ability to prioritize and multitask.
• Must be resourceful and able to problem solve.
• Must be able to work independently and cooperatively as a team.
• Must possess a positive attitude, initiative, and creativity; must be able to motivate staff.
• Must be proficient with basic office equipment, computers, and computer applications including Microsoft Office Suite.

Nice To Haves

• Career services or related experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Monitor and track career services activities, weekly activity reports and Career Services staff performance.
• Assist Managing Director at the campus with performance evaluations of Career Services staffs at the campus.
• Monitoring the progress of all Career Services goals and outcomes.
• Provide direction and motivation to all Career Services staffs.
• Perform Career Services audits.
• Assist with advisory board meeting.
• Develop and cultivate partnerships with prospective employers for placement, volunteer, and externship opportunities.
• Identifying positions for graduates who are “harder to serve” and who have been unable to secure employment with traditional Dorsey employers.
• Assist in training new Career Service coordinators.
• Track licensure and certification.
• All other duties as assigned.
• Contact all graduates in the active cohort year at least twice weekly one of which should be in person or via telephone.
• Contact graduates returning for placement at least once every two weeks.
• All contacts and contact attempts must be documented in Campus Vue.
• Assist graduates with resumes, on-line applications, job search strategies, interview coordination and any other issues related to each graduates’ job search.
• Provide graduates with job leads appropriate to their program of study; coordinate interviews for graduates with employers as requested by the employer.
• Ensure that placements are clearly related to the graduate’s program of study and that each placement will meet accreditation requirements.
• Assist graduates to resolve basic barriers to employment, e.g., referrals to child care and transportation resources.
• Refer students with significant barriers to employment to the Managing Director for assistance.
• Goal: 30-50 employer contacts per week.
• Actively contact employers to develop working relationships and identify current employment openings and refer qualified students to available job orders in a timely and professional manner.
• Record all contacts in the Campus Vue database.
• Ensure that job leads are regularly developed for graduates of all programs offered at the campus.
• Respond to job order specifications from employers, following up with employers regarding outcomes and recording employer’s account record/job orders in the Campus Vue database in a timely and accurate manner.
• Facilitate employer on-site interviews and participate in Chamber of Commerce Meetings and other industry events to promote Dorsey’s graduates and Career Services.
• Conduct a minimum of two job fairs annually at the campus.

Benefits

• Tuition discounts for Dorsey programs (employee, spouse, and dependent).
• Tuition discount opportunities for select on-line Lindenwood University degrees for employees that qualify.
• Comprehensive benefits plan: medical, dental, vision, life insurance, disability insurance, employee assistance program, and 403b retirement plan.
• Eleven Paid holidays: MLK Jr. day, Memorial Day, Juneteenth, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving break (Thursday – Friday), Christmas Eve and Christmas Days (as observed), and New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day (as observed).