Assistant Director of Life Design, First Year Initiatives (Life Design Lab)

We are seeking an Assistant Director of Life Design, First Year Initiatives who will report to the Senior Director for the SOAR team and will execute on the Life Design Lab’s vision, strategy, and objectives to enhance and deliver the professional development, career advancement, and life design offerings for first-year students across the Krieger School of Arts and Sciences and the Whiting School of Engineering. As an equity-based office that believes all of our students have the same opportunity to pursue their life purpose regardless of background, field of study, or social capital, each Life Design Educator is expected to co-create, collaborate, and support all of our students; however, this position has a particular focus on first-year undergraduate students.

The Life Design Educator will become familiar with the novel approach to career readiness and life design established at Johns Hopkins University and implement programs, scalable support systems, and create content to connect critical mindsets, frameworks, and approaches with their designated student population. There will be an emphasis on scalable solutions and applied experiences to support our student population.

Specific Duties & Responsibilities

Core Services & Outcomes

• Scale efforts for a positive life design and professional development experience for all students and alumni, with special attention to first-year undergraduate students within the Krieger School of Arts & Sciences and the Whiting School of Engineering.
• Design and implement workshops to support our first-year students’ career readiness and life design needs at scale, grounded in current best practices and emerging trends.
• Develop scalable asynchronous and on-demand content to deliver career readiness best practices at scale to students pursuing undergraduate education.
• Strategically manage first-year student communication, ensuring they are informed about relevant services, opportunities, and events while proactively monitoring engagement and implementing targeted outreach to enhance participation and support.
• Engage in social media, digital outlets, and academic and professional journals and associations to establish an exciting brand, tell the story, and serve as a thought leader at Johns Hopkins University and higher education.
• Collaborate with fellow Life Design Educators and departmental leadership to enhance life design & career development initiatives and industry pathways, share best practices, and support team-wide efforts.
• Provide individual and group coaching to support students' life design exploration, career readiness, and professional development.
• Track and drive key student outcomes, including internship attainment, offer conversion, and participation in high-impact experiences.

Curriculum Development & Facilitation

• Using the mindsets and methodologies of life design and best practices from the Life Design Lab, deliver workshops, programs, content, and digital resources to help students and alumni achieve their life ambitions.
• Customize existing Life Design curriculum, offerings, and approaches given the unique needs of students and alumni based on identity and values, academic pursuits, and professional interests.
• Instruct the Life Design Summer Experience Practicum Course and additional credit-bearing classes when available.
• Integrate asynchronous learning material into tailored student outreach, cohort development, and programmatic efforts.

Project Management

•  Adheres to project timelines, supporting the execution of life design programs and initiatives.
• Coordinates cohort-specific programs and services in partnership with key stakeholders.

Strategic Partnerships

• In partnership with Life Design Lab leadership, cultivate and strengthen relationships with colleagues across units, including, but not limited to, school leadership, academic advising, and Integrated Learning & Life Design partners.
• Collaborate with Hire Hopkins & alumni relations colleagues to build and maintain a network of employers and mentors across varied careers who can attend courses, programs, and networking events.
• Coordinate support for start-of-the-year programming, including but not limited to orientation and involvement fairs.
• Facilitate a seamless transition of support services to sophomore year experience at the end of the academic year.

Departmental Contribution

• Actively participates as a member of a Life Design Lab committee, contributing to strategic initiatives and collaborative decision-making.

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