Bilingual Career Specialist (Spanish/English)

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Please Note: PCC currently limits employment to individuals residing in Oregon and Washington. Employment offers are contingent upon the ability to establish residence in Oregon or Washington.

The Bilingual Career Specialist supports students in identifying and achieving their career goals by providing comprehensive career development services. Reporting to the Program Dean to Career Services, the role prioritizes career advising, job search assistance, internship coordination, and career readiness services to prospective students, current students, and alumni.

Responsibilities

• Provide one-on-one career guidance to prospective and current students and alumni regarding career exploration, job search strategies, résumé writing, interviewing, and professional networking.
• Administer and interpret career assessments (e.g., Focus 2).
• Offer Spanish/English translation services for the Career Services district for print and digital materials, student appointments and students’ professional documents
• Develop and facilitate workshops, classroom presentations, and career development events on topics such as job search strategies, career planning, résumé writing, and LinkedIn profile development.
• Collaborate with academic departments and faculty to integrate career readiness into curriculum and co-curricular programs.
• Build and maintain relationships with local employers to identify job and internship opportunities for students and graduates.
• Track student interactions and outcomes using career services management platforms (e.g., EAB Navigate, Symplicity, Workday, G-Suite, or similar).
• Manage 2-3 CTE programs located at the PCC Sylvania Campus and/or CTE programs located remotely or across multiple PCC campuses.

Qualifications

• Proficient/Native Spanish speaker
• 2 years of full time work experience in one of the following areas: Career counseling and advising high school students, college level students, or other adults populations; OR 2 years of full time graduate school coursework AND 1 year of experience in the areas referenced above.
• 1 year of demonstrable experience developing meaningful, outcomes driven relationships with employers; OR 1 year of demonstrable experience developing local community partnerships
• Ability to provide career services in Spanish with a culturally-specific lens and approach
• Ability to translate documents and information between Spanish and English