Career Services Coordinator, College of Fine Arts
The University of Texas at AustinAbout the role
Job Posting Title:
Career Services Coordinator, College of Fine Arts----
Hiring Department:
College of Fine Arts----
Position Open To:
All Applicants----
Weekly Scheduled Hours:
40----
FLSA Status:
Exempt from FLSA----
Earliest Start Date:
Immediately----
Position Duration:
Expected to Continue----
Location:
UT MAIN CAMPUS----
Job Details:
General Notes
The College of Fine Arts is the college of creativity at The University of Texas at Austin—a home for artists, performers, designers, scholars, educators, makers and creatives ready to change the world.
100% employer-paid basic medical coverage
Retirement contributions
Paid vacation and sick time
Paid holidays
This job description may not contain all assigned duties, responsibilities, or aspects of the job described. Even if you don't qualify or have specific experience in every facet of this role, we encourage you to apply.
Purpose
To support student success by providing individualized career coaching — helping students explore career pathways, prepare for employment, and develop job search skills — while also coordinating student development programs that build engagement, partnerships, and measurable outcomes across campus.
Responsibilities
Career Coaching: Advise fine arts students, including undergraduate students, graduate students and alumni of COFA, on career-related queries, including defining career goals; developing career plans; internship assistance; resume and cover letter critiques; conducting mock interviews and connecting student's with on and off campus resources.
Programming and Content: Assist in designing, coordinating, and implementing in-house professional development opportunities for students in the form of workshops, services, events, and programs; enrich all offerings by crafting relevant promotional and educational content. Examples include resume workshops and in-classroom visits about career-specific topics. Support daily Career Services operations by maintaining resources, documenting procedures, tracking participation, and assisting in office initiatives.
Fostering Career Ecosystem: Build and maintain relationships with internal and community stakeholders. This includes collaboration with the College of Fine Arts staff and faculty, community leaders and creative industry professional. Must also be able to provide timely and effective communication across multiple teams and functional areas.
Logistical and Communication Support: Support event logistics such as scheduling, room reservation, catering and speaker coordination, registration, set-up, day-of support and follow-up. Additionally, manage communications on main career services email, triage inquires, proactively and independently research solutions.
Data Tracking: Assist the Senior Career Coordinator in collecting and interpreting data about student outcomes, program attendance, and satisfaction. This includes the use of Qualtrics (survey software) and 12Twenty (career services platform for student appointments and event attendance). Assists in assembling data for the First Destinations survey, a survey of recent graduates about their employment after graduation.
Student Funding Committees: Serve on award committees to review applications for student funding opportunities, including the Internship Scholarship fund, and Professional Development Travel fund.
Student Employee Supervision: Assist with the training and supervision of student employee as needed, including assigning and monitoring the completion of tasks, and providing feedback.
Other Duties as Assigned
Required Qualifications
Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent
At least 3 years of experience in career services, higher education, student affairs, recruiting, advising, event planning, communications, program / project coordination, or a related field
Experience planning and coordinating events, workshops, or programs
Demonstrated experience working with students in a higher education environment
Intermediate to advanced worki
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