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Posted: 18-May-22
Location: Ithaca, New York
Salary: Open
Internal Number: WDR-00031381
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The University has partnered with Spelman and Johnson in this search process. Please see below for detailed timeline and application process notes.
Cornell is home to the very best and world-renowned faculty, passionate students, dedicated staff, and numerous resources for students to make their experience uniquely their own. Students are empowered to use imagination, creativity, and the process of trial and error to create an individualized educational experience. The Division of Student and Campus Life provides programs and opportunities that inspire students' journey and transformation. The Division of Student and Campus Life promotes the well-being of the entire student community through Cornell Health's holistic wellness approach as well as athletics, intramural sports, physical education courses, and recreation. They division fosters community on campus through residential programs, cheering on varsity sports teams, and bringing people together in many dining establishments.
Whether students are looking for leadership and volunteer opportunities through campus and community engagement, trying to determine and plan for their career with Cornell career services, or need support in identity development with the dean of students, the Division of Student and Campus Life has the resources required.
Reporting to the vice president for student and campus life (SCL), the executive director of Cornell Career Services (CCS) builds strategic vision and programmatic oversight for the function of career readiness for the Ithaca campus. The executive director leads CCS to provide broad guidance to all undergraduate college/school-based career units and the graduate school through mutually accountable relationships. The department will enhance, align, and optimize employer engagement activities, alumni relations, and student coaching across industries and disciplines. Simultaneously, the executive director leads efforts to create a structure that promotes equity in and access to, quality career-related support and resources for all Cornell students with a student-centered approach and a deep commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion. The executive director must be a prominent member of the university community, working collaboratively and creatively with the entire campus to bring a unified vision and sense of cohesion to the career experience at Cornell.
The executive director will provide oversight for all administration, technology platforms, policies, communication strategies, a $2.3M budget, and a staff of approximately 20 within the department of Cornell Career Services. The executive director is responsible for leading career services to strengthen employer relationships, connect to Cornell's vast alumni network, and prepare students for long-term career success. CCS complements and supports the career advising offices in the colleges/schools by providing overarching technology platforms and advising on trends and innovative practices in career readiness. As a critical divisional leader, the executive director will contribute significantly to SCL's focus on an evolving and integrated student experience in a highly complex and decentralized institution.
Additionally, the executive director of Cornell Career Services will:
- Establish Cornell Career Services as the University representative to employers, building and sustaining relationships to maximize efforts and hiring strategies with Cornell students and recent alumni.
- Provide high-level leadership for the design and operation of the existing technology and connection platforms such as Handshake and CUeLINKS, and work to source additional tools as needed.
- Serve as a highly visible and accessible student affairs administrator, responsible for designing and delivering communication to internal (current and prospective students, boards, committees, alumni groups, families, professional organizations, campus colleagues, etc.) and external audiences.
- Build a culture of trust, collaboration, and partnership to advance students' career readiness and prestigious fellowships with a lens toward equity and access.
- Serve on university committees and task forces on an as-needed basis and other duties to support the University's mission. Including, but not limited to, Ivy+ Directors Group, University Student Services Leaders, Post-Grad Survey Committee, and the pre-professional student organization working group.
Opportunities and Challenges of the Role
The new executive director of Cornell Career Services joins the University at a pivotal time. The institution is poised to usher in innovative career development and support and amplify strategic partnerships with employers and alumni. The blend of a centralized program as well as augmented and specialized support within colleges and schools allows a visionary and strategic leader to leverage broad and deep support to facilitate the long-term career success for all Cornell students. An analysis of career services across the enterprise revealed opportunities to streamline and optimize efforts and establish CCS as a strategic advantage for Cornell. To that end the new executive director will:
- Lead institutional efforts to elevate the function of career services at Cornell and build a unified vision and aligned implementation plan (including staffing, systems, resources, location, and programs) to maximize the student experience and outcomes.
- Cultivate employer relationships to invigorate existing partnerships and grow new connections to strengthen the Cornell career network and expand in developing sectors such as public good, entrepreneurship, etc.
- Provide students with a robust career framework to tie academics, co-curricular activities, and career exploration together to focus their entire experience toward a career path.
- Strengthen diversity, equity, and inclusion practices for historically underrepresented students, including, but not limited to, efforts to strengthen access to the network.
- Collaborate with alumni relations/development partners to leverage engaged alumni and build deeper connections with recent alumni to establish a lifecycle of support.
- Ensure parity and equity in quality of delivery amongst colleges and across the enterprise, including closing gaps in the growing masters (MS) student population and international students, which comprise a significant portion of the student population.
- Influence the optimal mix of support to achieve desired outcomes; establish and communicate clear roles and responsibilities between the central office and academic colleges establishing mutual accountability.
- Re-engage and empower students, utilizing a developmental mindset to facilitate ownership and autonomy in developing career readiness.
Measures of Success
At an interval deemed appropriate by the vice president of student and campus life, the following will be established by the executive director:
- Comprehensive program assessment is in place and is informing continuous improvement-where response rates to surveys are consistent amongst student identities; student satisfaction rates are constant between domestic and international students; measures reflect positive student perspectives and outcomes, equity and inclusion in services, and there is recognition from stakeholders that CCS is a high-quality career program.
- Strong recruiting partnerships, employers are pleased with students' preparation and performance; improvements in quantity and quality channels for career opportunities with a variety of new and different employers are reaching out and serving more students.
- Prevailing career development practices are in place, CCS keeps abreast of trends, and anticipated innovations are proactively planned; Cornell is recognized as an industry leader in career readiness.
- Students, employers, and alumni enjoy increased efficacy and optimization of technology and connection platforms.
- Visible, coherent, and clear brand identity, as an asset and strategic advantage, exists for career support at Cornell; the community has clarity regarding responsibilities within the career ecosystem resulting in increased stakeholder awareness and utilization of services.
- Intentional and strategic collaborations across campus provide a seamless, equitable, and integrated student experience resulting in CCS as a distinctive institutional element.
Qualifications and Characteristics
A master's degree in a related field and progressively responsible experience in leading and managing organizations is required. Candidates must possess substantial experience leading career readiness efforts and engaging employers with a demonstrated track record of advancing diversity and enhancing equity and inclusive access. The successful candidate will demonstrate a capacity to communicate broadly across audiences, cultivate and sustain collegial relationships, and build unity. Flexibility, resiliency, and the creativity to thrive and manage change in a large, complex, and highly decentralized environment will be important in this role. The ideal candidate will demonstrate experience with outcomes-based assessment; technology platform evaluation and implementation; and budget development and fiscal management. Experience in student affairs and higher education is strongly preferred.
Characteristics of the Successful Candidate
- Be an exceptional leader with demonstrated ability to build strategic alliances, understand a nuanced structure, and discern how to advance CCS to cultivate employer and alumni relationships; deploy optimized career support via direct and indirect leadership within a highly complex and decentralized university.
- Possess a sophisticated understanding of diversity, equity, and inclusion within a complex institution and be able to lead efforts to strengthen equity-minded practices that address growth opportunities for a diverse student demographic.
- Demonstrate an understanding of international students, who comprise a significant portion of Cornell's student body, career challenges.
- Exhibit proactive and extraordinary collaboration amongst a myriad of stakeholders, with a demonstrated ability to manage a large team to execute large-scale, innovative, and strategic change that is empowering and student-centered.
- Embrace data and technology to capitalize, optimize, and strengthen adoption of available career support platforms and collect and utilize resulting data.
Application Process and Timeline:
The University has partnered with Spelman and Johnson in this search process. Review of applications will begin May 26, 2022 and continue until the position is filled. To apply for this position please complete the brief application process on their website (https://www.spelmanandjohnson.com/position/director-of-career-services/), and upload your resume and position-specific cover letter. Nominations for this position may be emailed to Kara Kravetz Cupoli at [email protected] Applicants needing reasonable accommodation to participate in the application process should contact Spelman Johnson at 413-529-2895 or email [email protected]
University Job Title:
Sr Director Student Career Services
Job Family:
Student Services
Level:
I
Pay Rate Type:
Salary
Company:
Endowed
Contact Name:
Shallena Cunningham
Number of Openings:
1
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