Director of Career Development

Director of Career Development

Career Development Center
Job #542498
Close Date: Thursday, October 24, 2024

At Cal Poly Humboldt, bold hearts and open minds shape the future.

Founded in 1913, Cal Poly Humboldt began as a small college for teachers. Today Humboldt has grown into a comprehensive university with rigorous science and liberal arts programs. Designated a polytechnic in 2022, Cal Poly Humboldt provides hands-on, impactful educational opportunities that lead to meaningful, measurable outcomes for the individual, for the state, and the world.

Cal Poly Humboldt is proud to have over 6,000 students of all backgrounds spread across 61 majors, 13 graduate programs, and 4 credential programs — all of whom contribute passion and creativity within their fields and set the stage for a future grounded in equity and sustainability. Hands-on learning, inspired teaching, ground-breaking research, and thought-provoking creative activity happen daily at Humboldt.

Cal Poly Humboldt is a Hispanic-Serving Institution that strives to foster an inclusive and equitable community to support our students of diverse backgrounds. We are committed to achieving the goals of equal opportunity and endeavors to employ faculty and staff of the highest quality committed to working in a multicultural and multiracial community that reflects the diversity of the state.

Finding a better future is a task for the bold and open, the down-to-earth and visionary. Cal Poly Humboldt strives to cultivate these qualities in leaders, innovators, and scholars in every field.

(Job #542498) Administrator II, Director of Career Development, Salary Range: $5,053 - $16,221 monthly. Hiring Range: $7,500 - $7,917 monthly. This is a full-time, benefited, exempt, 12-month pay plan position in Department the Career Development Center. This position is an Administrator II in the California State University Management Personnel Plan (MPP). Under this plan, incumbents are subject to normal management reviews and serve at the pleasure of the University President. Additional information can be found at: http://www.calstate.edu/HRAdm/policies/mpp.shtml. This position comes with a premium benefits package that includes outstanding vacation, medical, dental, and vision plans, life insurance, voluntary pre-tax health and dependent care reimbursement accounts, a fee waiver education program, membership in the California Public Employees Retirement System (PERS), and 14 paid holidays per year. Additional benefits information can be found at https://hraps.humboldt.edu/employee-benefits.

Position Summary:

The Director of Career Development is responsible for the advancement of the Career Development Center to ensure that the most innovative efforts are implemented to assist students and alumni in their career planning and development. The Director, reporting to the Vice President for Enrollment Management & Student Success, develops strategies, goals and initiatives for Career Development and leads the execution of strategic priorities that support the SEM Plan and institutional priorities. The Executive Director provides visionary leadership and strategic and tactical oversight to the Career Development Center and its team of highly qualified professional staff to ensure the career preparation and readiness of all Cal Poly Humboldt students, and recent alumni. The Director collaborates closely with academic colleges, academic advising, EMSS colleagues, Place-based Learning Communities, the Center for Community-based Learning, and the Forever Humboldt Alumni Office, in implementing and executing an integrated and sequenced career and professional preparedness plan for Cal Poly Humboldt students. The Director will play a significant and visible role in moving Humboldt’s strategic and operational initiatives forward by building relationships across the institution as an innovative and trusted partner. A vibrant university career center is essential to our polytechnic transformation and student success, and this Director will lead in developing that future-oriented Career Development unit.

 

Key Responsibilities:

30% - Strategic Vision & Leadership

• Provide strategic, tactical, and operation oversight to the Career Development Center including overall planning, organization, and direction of the Center and all its services; as well as conceptualization, development, and implementation of programs and services to meet the needs of students, alumni, and employers.