Job Title:

Assistant Director of Career Success

Job Summary:

Reporting directly to the Director of Career Success, the Assistant Director is a senior leader of the Career Success Team who fulfills CSC's mission to assist students and alumni in developing, evaluating, and effectively implementing their career plans. The Assistant Director operates with a high degree of autonomy, sets direction for department programs and data strategy, supervises staff and interns, and serves as the Director's designee for daily operations in the Director's absence.

As a member of the larger staff in Student Life, the Assistant Director collaborates and cooperates across divisions and departments to create a supportive University community which encourages student learning and development in the Jesuit Catholic tradition. The mission of Student Life is to fully support holistic student development within a social justice framework centered in preparing students to be caring, socially responsible citizens in our global and local community.

Full Job Description:

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Department Leadership & Operations

• Serve as the Director's designee for daily operations of the career coaching/advising function in the Director's absence, including assignment of class-presentation requests and oversight of service-delivery quality.
• Serve as one of the leads for the career counseling intern program: own hiring, training, scheduling, and supervision, and coordinate with other university departments on intern development and cross-training.
• May supervise career counselor, including onboarding, training and weekly 1:1 supervision.
• Participate in hiring, training, and mentoring of full-time staff.
• Represent Career Services on campus committees and in strategic planning groups.
• Supervise student assistants supporting CSC operations, as assigned.

Career Counseling

• Provide individual and drop-in career counseling to students and alumni, including complex or high-need cases, on values, interests, skills, personality, and goals.
• Advise on advanced job and internship search strategy, including resumes, cover letters, interviewing, networking, LinkedIn, Handshake, and salary/benefits negotiation.
• Administer and interpret the full range of career assessments (including FOCUS II) and evaluate new assessment tools for departmental adoption.
• Represent CSC in professional networks with colleagues at peer institutions to shape service and program content.

Program Strategy & Administration

• Design, manage, and evaluate the department's full workshop and industry-panel curriculum, including development of new programs and topics.
• Own the annual review, update, and evaluation of workshop content and evaluation instruments each semester.

Data Evaluation & Assessment

• Assistant Director will lead one or more of the following, at the discretion of the Director of Career Success, and dependent on current staffing levels:
  - Annual redesign of Pre- and Post-Appointment Surveys in Handshake.
  - Collection and analysis of student appointment surveys to measure counseling experience and service utilization; identify trends and build targeted communications for specific student populations, including first-generation, international, disabled, and veteran students.
  - Undergraduate/graduate population surveys assessing workshop content, scheduling, and CSC utilization, and translate findings into program changes.
• Stay abreast of best practices and employment trends through professional associations and networks; bring findings back into department strategy.
  

Technology & Innovation

• Lead research and evaluation of new tools and AI applications for integration into CSC processes and operations.

Campus & Employer Partnerships

• Own the department's strategic outreach plan and serve as primary liaison, at a program-leadership level, to one or more schools: McLaren Undergraduate School of Management, School of Nursing and Health Professions, College of Arts & Sciences, or School of Education.
• Lead integration of NACE Career Readiness Competencies across CSC programs, class presentations, workshops, and the Career Champions Program.
• Cultivate employer and alumni relationships to build career-readiness programming and workshops; represent Career Services at regional and national professional associations and community events.
  

Event Coordination

• Direct planning and execution of major CSC events, such as career fairs, speaking engagements, and promotional activities, coordinating support from CSC staff.

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