Career Counselor - College of Engineering - Engineering and Public Policy

Job Details

Carnegie Mellon University is a private, global research university that stands among the world’s most renowned education institutions. With ground-breaking brain science, path-breaking performances, creative start-ups, big data, big ambitions, hands-on learning, and a whole lot of robots, CMU doesn’t imagine the future, we invent it.

The Department of Engineering and Public Policy (EPP) is a unique department in the College of Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University which addresses important problems in technology and policy.

Carnegie Mellon University’s Department of Engineering and Public Policy seeks a Career Counselor to lead the planning, development, and implementation of EPP MS career planning, counseling, and job searches.

Core Responsibilities

Employer Relations

• Develops and implements an employer outreach plan that meets the needs of students.
• Manages and oversees Employer Recruitment, Relationships, Development, and External Relations.

Program Management

• Develops and implements relevant programming that meets graduate students’ career needs.
• Take lead responsibility for managing the development and execution of student orientation programs, workshops, and other events.

Advising

• Provides career services and serves as the primary career coach to master’s students.
• Provides career development counseling and advising to college graduate students.

Assessment/Data Management

• Engage in tracking and reporting student employment outcomes.
• Manges data collection for internal dashboards.

Recruiting / Partnerships

• Identifying partnership opportunities with corporations to provide internships and Capstone projects.

Course Support: Internship and Capstone Projects

• Coordinates counseling and interview preparation to assist students securing a required summer internship.

Marketing/Communications

• Designs, schedules and executes campaigns for recruiting, job opportunities, job fairs, career events.

Alumni Relations

• Active alumni relationship management via self-created data base.

Admissions

• Key member of ETIM admissions committee.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree
• 1-3 years’ Experience Career Counselor