Assistant Director, Career Services

Job Description Summary

The Assistant Director, Career Services, reporting to the Executive Director of Career Services, serves campus, Center and online students through career planning and development, in person and virtual presentations and workshops, by building connections with potential employers and by providing events and opportunities where students and alumni can successfully connect with employers offering internships and full time employment. The Career Services team serves a diverse talent pool of nearly 14,000 undergraduate and graduate students enrolled across our three Colleges – Arts & Sciences, Donald Tapia College of Business, and Education & Social Services – at our north Tampa Bay campus, nearly 40 regional locations, and online. Career Services provides education and services to students and alumni to help them develop the key competencies necessary to make informed decisions and take action to achieve their career goals. We facilitate systemic engagement among students, alumni and employers through key internal and external stakeholders that generate opportunities to enable student success while at Saint Leo and beyond.

As a member of the Saint Leo University community, you are expected to uphold our core values of Excellence, Community, Respect, Personal Development, Responsible Stewardship and Integrity. As an Assistant Director, Career Services, you will be expected to provide immediate contribution to our strategic efforts aimed at increasing the reach, utilization and effectiveness of Career Services resources and programming through collaboration with the broader University community. Specifically, you will orient traditional and non-traditional students as well as alumni to the career development process and facilitate opportunities for career success outcomes. The incumbent will also take responsibility for developing and implementing educational programs in collaboration with University partners to increase students' awareness and participation in career opportunities.

Job Description

Duties and Tasks:

Note: The following duties are illustrative and not exhaustive.  The omission of specific statements of duties does not exclude them from the position if the work is similar or related or a logical assignment to the position.   Management may require incumbents to perform duties other than those contained in this document.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Career Development:

• Guide students and alumni on the effective use of career services tools and supplemental resources to enhance their understanding of the job market and increase their competitiveness for employment and post-graduate success. 
• Provide advising services to students (traditional as well as non-traditional adult learners) as well as alumni engaged in the early stages of the career development process: reflection and self-assessment, career exploration, experiential learning, decision-making and goal-setting, and implementation.
• Participate in unscheduled “drop in” consultations offered daily to other students and alumni seeking assistance with resume development, brand marketing, job search strategies, executing a career change, effective networking and interviewing.
• Research and apply industry knowledge, best practices and strategies to optimize individual and team capabilities to meet and exceed customer expectations on career and professional development coaching.
• Collaborate with employers, faculty, alumni and university partners to maintain awareness about employer expectations, recruiting trends and hiring events to better prepare our students for post-graduate success.

Career Programming:

• Educate and inform traditional and non-traditional students through engaging programs about the benefits of internships and other experiential learning opportunities to their career development. This may include, but is not limited to, conducting information sessions in person and online, advertising employer opportunities through various communications channels, and garnering students’/graduates’ success stories from these experiences.
• Facilitate students’ professional skills development in preparation for these experiences through educational programs delivered in person and virtually.
• Serve as lead or work with colleagues to produce a variety of campus and university events, both live and virtually that assist students and alumni connect to employers
• Initiate relationships with faculty and provide support to academic departments interested in increasing their students' awareness and competency in