Associate Director, Professional Engagement LW7646

Job Title

Associate Director, Professional Engagement

Job Description

The Associate Director, Professional Engagement supports Stetson Law by:

• Aggregating, organizing, and delivering foundational career tools and resources, and helping students master the fundamentals early in their law school career.
• Easing individual student career anxieties, building confidence, and improving skills performance.
• Providing relevant and contemporary guidance to students, delivering skills and tools training, and giving useful feedback and coaching.
• Providing customized attention to individual learning styles and career goals and establishing a supportive and caring relationship.
• Identifying needs for new tools and resources to meet contemporary challenges and opportunities in all student segments and populations, based on trends, research, student requests, and collaboration with colleagues and supervisor.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Broad understanding of the legal profession and a wide variety of practice disciplines and settings normally gained through a program of legal education, law school, or practice in a law office.
• Broad and deep understanding of career development principles and tools, resources and materials sufficient to advise students and monitor progress. Understanding of and sensitivity to human behavior and risks associated with stress and anxiety.
• Judgement skills sufficient to manage normal campus risks, oversee student events and classrooms, advise students on jobs, workplaces, behavior, social occasions, behavior, interactions with supervisors, and interviewers, and the like.
• Social skills sufficient to gain credibility and authority with campus constituencies (students, faculty, staff) and external constituencies (employers, alumni, and community members). Ability to influence members of those constituencies.
• Cultural competency sufficient to work with all students and to understand differences, to facilitate a culture of belonging and inclusion, and incorporate those principles into tools and skills development activities and curricula.

Required Qualifications:

• J.D. is preferred. If the candidate does not possess a J.D. they must possess an advanced degree in an Education discipline, Public Administration, Social Services, Psychology, Counseling, or Business Administration.
• 5 to 7 years of experience in a professional, related student-facing position requiring credibility and authority.

Work authorization sponsorship may be available for this position. However, sponsorship is contingent upon the non-applicability of the visa petition fees outlined in the relevant Executive Order signed September 19, 2025. Due to the recent federally-mandated increased financial expense, the university is not in a position to absorb this significantly increased cost of sponsorship for new H-1B petitions at this time. International candidates are encouraged to apply, but should be aware that eligibility for sponsorship will be evaluated in accordance with current U.S. immigration regulations and institutional policies.

Benefits

This position is benefit eligible. Stetson University offers a variety of benefits for our full-time employees including comprehensive Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance, employer paid life and disability insurance, generous leave and holiday benefits, employer retirement contributions, tuition waivers for employees and eligible dependents, and others. All employees are also eligible to enjoy our Hatter Perks which include a variety of discounts and special privileges within our community. Please visit our employee benefits webpage for more information.

Employer

Stetson University

Division

College of Law | Assessment & Professional Engagement

Location

Gulfport, FL

Job Type

Full-Time Staff

Salary

Depends on Qualifications

FLSA

Exempt

Bargaining Unit

N/A

Opening Date

05/14/2026

Address

1401 61st Street S. Gulfport, Florida, 33707