Career Coach

Position Information

Position Title: Career Coach

Department: Educational Opportunity Center

Posting Link: https://www.ubjobs.buffalo.edu/postings/62747

Job Type: Full-Time

Position Summary

The Career Coach will work within the Student Support Services Unit of the Buffalo Educational Opportunity Center (BEOC) to help build community while enhancing student advisement, career development and preparation through individual advising, workshops, and other activities to students and alumni.

In this position, you will:

• Provide one-on-one career advisement to students and alumni.
• Maintain a database of available job opportunities for students.
• Develop strong relationships with potential employers to build job placement opportunities for students.
• Build and maintain faculty relationships, providing classroom and center-wide professional development workshops.
• Monitor, analyze, and evaluate current scope of services offered through career services and plans, implements, and directs new programs.
• Conduct research to analyze employment trends both locally and nationally.
• Keep the Center informed of labor market trends as they pertain to the vocational and academic programs offered at the institution.
• Monitor and track job order status until they are closed.
• Generate reports to school management on student employment progress when requested.

About the Buffalo Educational Opportunity Center

The Buffalo Educational Opportunity Center (BEOC) is an adult education enterprise, of the State University of New York, University Center for Academic and Workforce Development (UCAWD), with an annual enrollment of 1,940 students, that provides urban and/or disadvantaged residents in the Western New York area with tuition-free academic programs, workforce development training and certifications, and gainful employment opportunities. The mission of BEOC is to produce lifelong learners who are self-directed, empowered, and committed to excellence. Residents of the surrounding Buffalo community are provided a range of services designed to develop the academic and workforce development skills necessary to become self-sufficient. Programs and services are structured to adapt to the needs of our students — as well as to the demands of our community — and serve as first steps toward the attainment of long-term educational and employment skills. To learn more about the Buffalo Educational Opportunity Center, visit our website.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree with 2 years of experience.
• Demonstrated experience in a coaching and/or counseling environment or the transferable skills equivalent.
• Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively within department and with external partners.
• Excellent organizational and communication skills and be able to work well with students, faculty, staff, and employers.
• Experience working with a diverse workforce population.
• Must be available to work weekends and evenings and have a strong working knowledge of best practices in the field.
• Ability to function in a team environment and work across organizational boundaries.
• Strong, analytical problem solving, organizational and interpersonal skills.
• Strong written and oral communication skills.
• Proficient with technology. Computer literate in Microsoft Office Suite, Outlook, and student information systems.
• An equivalent combination of education and experience will be considered.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree from an accredited college or university or professional certification.
• Bilingual

Salary Range
$57,151 - $59,000

Posted: 2026-06-04

Date to be filled: 2026-08-13