Associate Director of Career Education
About the Opportunity
JOB SUMMARY:
Reporting to the Director of Experiential Education and Career Development, the Associate Director of Career Education serves as a senior career specialist and team leader on the Oakland campus. A core member of the Career Education team, the Associate Director brings deep, current knowledge of the labor market to every dimension of student career development from first-year exploration through offer negotiation. This role designs and delivers high-impact programming, cultivates active employer relationships, and leverages labor market data and AI-enabled tools to give students a meaningful competitive edge.
The Associate Director has a clear-eyed understanding of how AI is reshaping hiring from changes in recruiting processes and evolving skill profiles to the emergence of hybrid roles across industries, and translates that intelligence into practical, outcome-focused advising and workshops.
In addition to direct student work, the Associate Director supervises and develops the Assistant Director of Career Education, serving as a coach and thought partner who builds a high-performing, student-centered advising practice.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
- Bachelor's degree required; minimum 4-6 years of progressive experience in career services, recruiting, workforce development, or industry, with demonstrated understanding of current hiring practices and emerging roles
- Experience advising students or early-career professionals, with the ability to translate complex industry dynamics including recruiting timelines, credentialing norms, and evolving employer expectations into accessible, actionable guidance
- Demonstrated experience managing others, including regular coaching and feedback, structured professional development, performance management, and the cultivation of a high-performing, student-centered advising practice
- Demonstrated ability to build and sustain employer relationships and convert those relationships into experiential learning and recruiting opportunities for students
- Proficiency with career management platforms (e.g., Handshake), labor market intelligence tools (e.g., Lightcast, LinkedIn Talent Insights), and AI-enabled career development tools
- Data fluency: ability to interpret employment outcome data, labor market trends, and program metrics to evaluate effectiveness and continuously improve programming
- Strong presentation, coaching, and interpersonal skills, with the ability to engage effectively with students across varying levels of experience and career readiness
- Collaborative orientation and ability to work effectively across departments, colleges, and administrative units in a matrixed university environment
- Demonstrated commitment to equity, inclusion, and culturally responsive advising practice
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES & ACCOUNTABILITIES:
1) Career Advising & Student Coaching
Provide individualized career advising and coaching to students pursuing internships and other experiential learning opportunities across a broad range of industries and functions. Guide students through job search strategy, resume and application development, interview preparation, and offer evaluation. Supervise and develop the Assistant Director of Career Education, providing coaching, structured feedback, professional development support, and ongoing guidance.
2) Programming Design & Delivery
Design, deliver, and continuously improve a calendar of career programming that addresses the full arc of the student job search: industry and career exploration, professional networking, interview preparation, career fairs and employer showcases, and offer and salary negotiation.
3) Employer Engagement
Cultivate and steward relationships with a targeted portfolio of employer partners across industries and functions, with the explicit goal of generating internship and full-time opportunities for Northeastern students and graduates.
4) Labor Market Intelligence & Data-Informed Practice
Monitor labor market trends including hiring volumes, emerging roles, compensation benchmarks, and geographic hiring hubs, and synthesize this intelligence into programming, advising content, and student-facing resources.
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