Career Counselor

Job Description

Job Description

Title: Career Counselor

Employee Classification: Career Counselor

Campus: University of North Texas - Dallas

Division: DAL-Academic Aff & Stdnt Success

Sub Division-Department: DAL-UNT Dallas College of Law

Department: DAL-College of Law-517000

Job Location: Downtown Dallas

Salary: $56500.00

FTE: 1.000000

Retirement Eligibility: TRS Eligible

About Us - Values Overview

Welcome to the University of North Texas System. The UNT System includes the University of North Texas in Denton and Frisco, the University of North Texas at Dallas and UNT Dallas College of Law, and University of North Texas Health Fort Worth. We are the only university system based exclusively in the robust Dallas-Fort Worth region. We are growing with the North Texas region, employing more than 14,000 employees, educating a record 49,000+ students across our system, and awarding nearly 12,000 degrees each year.

We are one team comprised of individuals who are committed to excellence, curiosity and innovation. We are transforming lives and creating economic opportunity through education. We champion a people-first values-based culture where We Care about each other and those we serve. We believe that we are Better Together because we foster an environment of respect, belonging, and access for all. We demonstrate Courageous Integrity through setting exceptional standards and acting in the best interest of our communities. We are encouraged to Be Curious about opportunities for learning, creating, discovering, and innovating, and are encouraged to learn from failure. Show Your Fire by joining our team and exhibiting your passion and pride in your work as part of our UNT System team.

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Department Summary

The UNT Dallas College of Law invites applications for the position of Career Counselor in the Office of Career and Professional Development. The UNT Dallas College of Law is a public law school in downtown Dallas. Our mission is to promote justice and advance human potential through the enterprise of legal education. In support of this mission, UNT Dallas College of Law will broaden access to an affordable legal education; will graduate students who have a full range of practice-related competencies necessary to be effective lawyers worthy of client and public trust; will provide the best educational environment for learning the law and developing professional identity; will advance the career and professional goals of our students; will improve access to justice for underserved legal needs; and will be a valuable partner in civic engagement with the City of Dallas and the north Texas region.

Position Overview

The UNT Dallas College of Law invites applications for the position of Career Counselor in the Office of Career and Professional Development. Candidates should possess enthusiastic support for the mission of the university to transform the lives of students, families and communities by providing high quality, student focused education in preparation for tomorrows careers, and its vision to create the place of choice where students are inspired to learn, faculty are inspired to teach and the community is inspired to support. Reporting to the Assistant Dean of Career and Professional Development, the Career Counselor is responsible for providing employment counseling and career education for law students and alumni.

The Career Counselor teaches, advises, and counsels law students and alumni in their career development and all phases of the job search process. The Career Counselor will help law students and alumni shape and attain their short and long term career goals and provide job placement assistance to law students and alumni. The Career Counselor contributes to program design and administration and develops career planning and placement publications, brochures, handbooks, and handouts. All facets of career and professional development extend to assist alumni. As a well connected, knowledgeable expert on the legal job market, and career counseling principles, the Career Counselor accomplishes outcomes by providing individually tailored, client driven career counseling as well as by creating, planning, developing, and implementing cutting edge programs, networking events, other activities (including social media), services, and resources that address a full array of traditional as well as nontraditional practice areas and settings.

The Career Counselor will ensure our students have the best available access to networking and job opportunities as soon as they arrive on campus. Based on ongoing research, analysis, assessment and trendspotting, the Career Counselor designs and develops, and implements an array of workshops and programs, services, and resources (including online guides and webinars) to meet the career needs of our students. The Career Counselor will also collaborate with other College of Law departments and individuals to understand their needs and goals and explore and develop mutually beneficial programs, resources, and services. The Career Counselor will also maintain and and enhance the College of Law professional network of potential employers, other law school legal career professionals, and others in the legal field who may be in a position to provide information and assistance to our students.

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor's degree and three (3) years related experience, or any equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Knowledge of procedures and concepts within own discipline and a basic knowledge of these elements in other discipline.
• Basic knowledge of how own area integrates within the subfunction.
• Ability to use judgement based on practice and precedence.
• Ability to exchange information using tact and diplomacy.
• Ability to consider information and data from multiple sources, evaluate the information quickly, and draw accurate conclusions for best possible resolution.

Preferred Qualifications

• Advanced knowledge of career development theories.
• Knowledge of needs assessment theory, processes, and practice, workshop and program design and implementation.
• Knowledge of UNT Dallas College of Law programs

Job Duties

• Researches and analyzes the current state of the legal services and legal job markets and forecasts emerging trends in those markets.
• Identifies existing and up-and-coming career and job options, assesses (on a continuing basis) their short and long term feasibility for our alumni attorneys, and explores alternatives to traditional legal practice.
• Researches and periodically assesses the evolving career development needs of our students.
• Manages improvements, revisions, changes, and adjustments to the existing array of career consulting services, programs, and resources AND devises, develops and implements entirely new services, programs and resources.
• Maintains and enhances his/her own professional network and leverages it on behalf of students and alumni.
• Develops and oversees presentation and delivery of broad and complex career focused programs and events workshops, and resources.
• Works with career services staff on specific administrative tasks.
• Determines the most innovative and effective media for delivering content online, print, blogs, social networking website posts, twitter, live webcasting, etc.
• Provides one-on-one, individually tailored and customer driven career consulting/coaching/advising services to students. Assists students in conducting their own self assessments.
• Provides students not only with general or specific career advice based on his/her expert knowledge of the legal job market but specific job leads and networking contacts to achieve students career objectives developed through continuing cultivation and expansion of the Law Schools professional network.
• Develops and critiques law student application materials.
• Participates in panel discussions and presentations and researches and writes articles relating to career and professional development and the legal job market.

Physical Requirements

• Communicating with others to exchange information.
  
• Lifting and Moving objects up to 20 pounds.

Environmental Hazards

• No adverse environmental conditions expected.

Work Schedule

As required by academic schedule

Driving University Vehicle

No

Security Sensitive

This is a Security Sensitive Position.

Special Instructions

Applicants must submit a minimum of two professional references as part of their application. If needed, additional references can be added after the application has been submitted. 

Benefits

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EEO Statement

The University of North Texas System is firmly committed to equal opportunity and does not permit –and takes actions to prevent – discrimination, harassment (including sexual violence, domestic violence, dating violence and stalking), and retaliation on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability, genetic information, or veteran status in its application, employment practices, and facilities; nor permits race, color, national origin, religion, age, disability, veteran status, or sex discrimination and harassment in its admissions processes, and educational programs and activities. UNT System Administration promptly investigates complaints of discrimination, harassment, and related retaliation and takes remedial action when appropriate. System Administration also takes actions to prevent retaliation against individuals who oppose any form of harassment or discriminatory practice, file a charge or report, or testify, assist, or participate in a related investigation or proceeding.