Coordinator, Career Development

SUMMARY

In support of the university's mission and objectives, the Career Development Coordinator assists students and alumni with vocational discernment and career planning. This role supports programming and resources that aid students and alumni in obtaining the skills needed to succeed in job search and job placement. This position ensures efficient day-to-day office operations while supporting programs that promote student career readiness and positive employment outcomes.


Program Administration & Event Coordination

• Provides support services to students and alumni regarding academic, career planning, job search, and graduate school opportunities.
• Cultivates relationships with employer partners for student networking and employment opportunities.
• Coordinates, organizes, and executes career fair events, including large multi-major fairs, smaller major-specific fairs, and other related events.
• Assists in connecting students and alumni with local employers to coordinate career treks. Organizes transportation and logistics for career treks.
• Administers career assessments (e.g. Strong Interest Inventory, Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, Values Card Sort).
• Partners with admissions counselors to help prospective students and parents understand the career development process.
• Partners with faculty to encourage student engagement with the career development process.
• Promotes the Office of Career Development and career development topics on social media platforms as well as weekly e-newsletter communication.
• Provides career development support services such as resume, CV, and cover letter assistance for students and alumni.

Database Management & Staff Support

• Keeps the Director of Career Development informed of daily activities, problems, emergencies, and occurrences that affect university students.
• Supervises the student staff of the Career Development Office, including scheduling and implementing daily workflow.
• Develops and delivers multi-day training for student leaders prior to Welcome Week activities.
• Supports the maintenance and operations of career-related technology platforms, including assisting with the management of the job database system.
• Prepares and compiles reports for the Director of Career Development, ensuring accuracy and timely delivery.
• Supports Director with completion of graduate outcomes survey.
• Attends and participates in university-wide meetings, retreats, and committees.

Engagement & Development

• Represents the university at off-campus functions as needed.
• Participates in professional development activities to remain current on trends and issues affecting university students, particularly in career development.
• Coordinates and supports the planning, implementation, marketing, and evaluation of career development programs for the campus community.
• Assists in identifying and implementing outreach efforts to promote career development services to students and alumni.
• Other duties as assigned.

EDUCATION

Bachelor's degree required.
EXPERIENCE

1+ years' experience in career counseling at the secondary or post-secondary level, or related experience, required.
ESSENTIAL COMPETENCIES (Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities)

• Customer Service Orientation - Keeps internal and/or external key stakeholder(s), students, parents, faculty, staff and community partners in mind at all times.
• Professionalism - Displays a high level of professionalism, e.g. timeliness, reliability, communication, and work ethic.
• Christ-first Faith - Provides spiritual support to community members, including students, on their Christian faith journey.
• Confidentiality - Maintains the necessary confidentiality and discretion required for the position.
• Continuous Improvement - Implement or brainstorm ways to optimize a process.
• Develops Others - Ability to promote continuous improvement within teams and/or individuals.
• Effective Communication - Expresses ideas and information in a clear and concise manner both verbally and in writing to convey clear, well-articulated messaging across a wide variety of audiences.
• Problem-solving - Anticipates, evaluates, diagnoses, and resolves problems in a systematic and fact-based manner.
• Project and Time Management - Effective planning and priority setting. Ability to manage several complex projects simultaneously while working under pressure to meet deadlines.
• Teamwork & Collaboration - Creates a climate that fosters commitment to a common vision and shared values that promote cooperation and working together through trust and support of others both departmentally and cross-functionally.
• Technology - Strong aptitude to learn new technologies as department processes evolve.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS

• Ability to travel 10% of the time.
• Ability to traverse campus and stairs
• Ability to work non-routine hours during certain times of the year.
• Ability to sit for prolonged periods of time.