Associate Director of Career Coaching & Student Engagement
University of Minnesota Twin Cities
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Posted: 08-Nov-24
Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Salary: 65,000.00 - 78,000.00
Internal Number: 365428
The Associate Director for Career Coaching & Student Engagement is a key leader in supporting CLA studentsâ™ career readiness. This role has oversight of many student-facing offerings and is a member of the CLA Career Servicesâ™ Strategy Team.
The Associate Director is charged with:
Leading and managing the career coaching function which supports CLA undergraduate students and recent alumni (up to one year),
Developing and strengthening programs, services and resources that support liberal arts student career exploration and planning aligned with CLAâ™s academic majors and career fields, and
Serving as a key leader to support student engagement across service modalities. This role supervises professional career coaches as well as overseeing the work of undergraduate peer coaches.
CLA Career Services has a strong commitment to support the Universityâ™s goal of creating a positive and inclusive campus climate for all. We are seeking a diverse pool of candidates with varying identities and backgrounds.
Essential Functions
55% Career Coaching & Student Engagement Initiatives
Leadership and management of the career coaching function. This includes 1:1 coaching, coaching at scale through career management courses, and delivery of programs and events across career fields to support studentsâ™ career development
Drive targeted programming initiatives to meet the diverse needs of students in alignment with CLA Career Servicesâ™ strategic plan
Lead integration of career field framework across CLA Career Services initiatives
Oversee systems and processes for career coaching appointments, drop-in services, e-doc reviews, and student-facing self-service resources and the like
Teach 1-2 sections of CLAâ™s career management courses each semester
Engage in assessment initiatives to understand the impact and effectiveness of different modes of service delivery and activities to support data-driven continuous improvement
Collaborate with Career Services colleagues, including the Associate Director of Career Management Curriculum to leverage CLAâ™s Career Services learning outcomes, career courses, CLAâ™s âœMyCareerManagementâ student-facing recommendation tool, and CLAâ™s student-facing communications to deliver career education equitably and at scale
Oversee efforts to leverage peer-to-peer coaching to support the delivery of services at scale
Serve as liaison between CLA Career Services and academic departments to promote collaboration including but not limited to responding to requests for class speakers and events and the like
25% Supervision & Training
Supervise the career coaching team and lead a robust training program to ensure staff are well prepared to serve CLAâ™s diverse student population, and are knowledgeable about industry and workforce trends relevant to liberal arts students
Provide timely and actionable feedback to coaches to ensure that their efforts both support the achievement of strategic goals and enhance their work with students
Ensure the teamâ™s effective use of the APLUS student contact system to support the achievement of studentsâ™ career learning outcomes and to collect data
Develop and deliver CLA Career Champions curriculum to CLA colleagues to expand reach and advance studentsâ™ career management competency development in scalable ways
20% CLA Career Services Leadership, Professional Development, & Service
Serve as a member of the CLA Career Services Strategy Team that collaborates and consults with the Director to operationalize the teamâ™s strategic plan
Advance the teamâ™s communication strategy by providing up-to-date research- and literature-based content to support scalable delivery of critical career-related information
Represent CLA Career Services at key college meetings and at campus-wide events (e.g. Admissions events, Orientation, Welcome Week, Undergraduate Education Events, etc.)
Commitment to ongoing social justice and racial equity work in order to identify, challenge, and remove barriers to access at the individual, community, and system level
Engage in professional development and scholarly activity in the field of student affairs and career development to maintain knowledge of trends and best practices (e.g. membership in professional associations, attendance at conferences and seminars, write articles, serve on teams and collaborate with other professional groups, etc.)
Other duties as assigned and as appropriate to the individualâ™s background and experience
Evening and weekend hours may be required.
Required Qualifications:
BA/BS degree plus at least eight years of relevant experience in career services, human resources, or student affairs or Master's degree in counseling, student affairs, higher education, or a related field plus at least six years of relevant experiencein in career services, human resources, or student affairs
Experience leading and supervising a team of professionals
Experience aligning tactics and goals to support a strategic plan and to achieve outcomes
Experience working effectively with people with diverse identities and backgrounds
Evidence of commitment to supporting principles of equal opportunity, diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice
Preferred Qualifications:
Experience delivering career coaching/counseling
Experience providing career support that is scalable and replicable to increase equitable access to career management information
Experience as a career course instructor
Superior communications skills
Experience working in a liberal arts setting
Ability to leverage data, assessment insights, and technology tools to enhance effective delivery of services and supports to diverse groups of undergraduate students
Proven ability to develop and maintain collaborative professional partnerships
Familiarity with national trends and leading practices in higher education career development and the related needs specific to Generation Z
The University of Minnesota, founded in the belief that all people are enriched by understanding, is dedicated to the advancement of learning and the search for truth; to the sharing of this knowledge through education for a diverse community; and to the application of this knowledge to benefit the people of the state, the nation, and the world.