Associate Director, Career Services (Part-Time)

Job Title:

Associate Director, Career Services (Part-Time)

Job Summary:

The Associate Director, Career Services (Part-Time) works closely with the Director and the staff of the Office of Career Services (OCS) to oversee and provide career counseling services and coordinate programming for roughly 400 law school students. The Associate Director joins an Office of Career Services Team (OCS Team) comprising another Associate (or Senior Associate) Director, a Program Assistant, and the Director of Career Services to develop relationships with alumni and non-alumni employers for the purpose of developing career opportunities for current students and alumni. This position reports directly to and supports the Director of Career Services. The Associate Director will play a critical role in the development and implementation of student and alumni services. Under the Director’s supervision, the Associate Director will have a portfolio of current J.D., LL.M., and Master’s students and recent graduates whom they are responsible for counseling throughout their law school career and afterwards, assisting in their networking and job search strategies, with the goal of finding legal employment that matches their skills, talents, and abilities. The Associate Director will also play a role in implementing programs at the law school that develop students’ job seeking skills and enhance opportunities for students and alumni seeking jobs.

Full Job Description:

ESSENTIAL JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

Counseling

• With the OCS Team, provide a counseling services program to current J.D., LL.M. and Master’s students and recent graduates that provides consistently high quality, individualized, and effective support.  

• Counsel a portfolio of current J.D., LL.M. and Master’s students, recent graduates and alumni about career options, professional development, networking, job search strategies, and interviewing skills, working with a group of assigned students and recent graduates from their first year of law school through to their first successful post-graduation job placement.

• Review resumes, cover letters and supporting job application materials with portfolio students and recent graduates.

• Enter counseling notes and track student and recent graduate progress and development in an online career database,

• Ensure that data can be collected and assessed for reporting purposes (to ABA and NALP), and for metrics collection and assessment.

Programming

• With the OCS Team, create and implement short-term and long-term targeted programming for each semester, with the goal of building students’ skills and connecting them with meaningful job opportunities. 

• Support the on-campus recruiting program, including sourcing employers for on-campus recruiting and preparing students for their interviews in partnership with the OCS Team.      

• Participate and implement mock interview programs, along with the OCS Team.

• Create and implement career-related presentations, workshops, and programs.

• Assess and recruit appropriate speakers and help develop multi-media content on legal career development topics including but not limited to: self-assessment, networking, interviewing, and legal specialty topics.

• Develop and coordinate relationships with and serve as primary office liaison for various student affinity groups.

• Collaborate with other School of Law departments, other USF departments, and peer institutions to develop and support co-sponsored events.

• Work with OCS Team to plan and staff events and networking receptions with law firms, public sector agencies, public interest organizations, and other employers to introduce students to practitioners.

• Assist with Public Interest/Public Service Day and other employer recruiting events and job fairs as needed.

• Work with the Director to ensure all programming is in line with the office’s strategic goals.

Office Administration

• Participate with the OCS Team in development and implementation of policies and short and long-range planning for OCS and in the development and implementation of metrics to assess efficacy of efforts and progress towards goals.

• Provide day-to-day supervision of OCS support staff and student assistants, in line with office goals and strategies, as established by the Director.  The Director allocates supervisory responsibility between the Associate Directors of OCS (All HR or potential HR matters to be determined by the Director.)

• Participate in regular OCS Team meetings regarding progress toward short-term and long-term strategic goals, metrics reporting an