Assistant Director of the Center for Career & Professional Development

Description

Southwestern University, located in Georgetown has an immediate opening for an Assistant Director of the Center for Career & Professional Development. This position empowers students and alumni to shape their professional identities, develop career-readiness skills, and construct well-managed professional lives by providing advising, programming, and resources to explore education and career options, and engage in successful searches for employment. The Assistant Director will serve as a point of contact for student employment resources and initiatives in keeping with University’s tactical goal to “create a more robust student training and campus employment program”. This is a full-time, fully benefited, exempt position who reports to the Director of the Center for Career & Professional Development.

Primary Duties:                                         

• Designs and coordinates standardized student employment resources for the campus in collaboration with a group of interdepartmental staff representatives.
• Manages and updates student employment policies, procedures, and processes.
• Organizes events related to student employment, including student presentations and supervisor training.
• Provides career advising to assist current students and alumni develop career decisions and planning.
• Provides resume writing, interviewing, and job/internship search assistance.
• Recruits, hires, trains, and supervises departmental student staff.
• Develops, coordinates, and facilitates educational events related to career exploration and networking in collaboration with faculty, staff, and/or employer partners.
• Supports department marketing strategy through efforts with social and campus media.
• Participates in strategic planning and contributes input to develop and achieve objectives.
• Troubleshoots concerns and inquiries by alumni, parents, students, and employers.
• Facilitates connections between students, alumni, and employers via networking referrals.
• Assists in post-graduate survey collection and compilation of alumni career-outcomes data.
• Assists with Student Life efforts and office operations.
• May serve as a liaison to student groups and campus departments.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Position Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree.
• A minimum of one year of experience in higher education, human resources, or career services.
• A minimum of one-year experience in student supervision.
• Knowledge of career-development theory and application and basic understanding of and commitment to value of career competencies and career-readiness skills.
•  Ability to have professional interactions with all internal and external University constituencies by using strong interpersonal and communication skills (oral, written, listening).
•  Initiative and creativity to develop and spearhead new projects.
•  Ability to manage multiple projects and multitask.
•  Ability to handle highly sensitive information with integrity and confidentiality.
• Ability to work as a member of a team.
• Discernment; ability to make independent judgements.
• Demonstrate leadership skills, including a strong work ethic.
• Ability and willingness to do occasional evening and weekend work.
• Willingness to adhere to the University’s core values.
• Ability to attend work consistently and maintain a regular work schedule.
• Ability to be flexible, adjust to fluctuating priorities, and produce reliable work product.
• Proven ability to perform well in stressful situations.
• Ability and willingness to travel utilizing standard, commercial, and/or personal modes of transportation.
• Excellent computer skills utilizing software s