"Director of Career Services & Professional Development Center"

Director of Career Services & Professional Development Center

Company:
Mississippi University for Women

Job Location:

Category:
Career Development and Services

Type:
Full-Time

Job Summary:

Reporting to the Executive Director of Development and Alumni, this position directs and manages the Office of Career Services and Professional Development Center. The Director will engage, assist, and actively connect with students, alumni, faculty, and employer clients in the development of career education, identification, search, and pursuit of employment opportunities commensurate with formal academic interests. The Director will continually expand the scope of services to ensure a comprehensive spectrum of services and resources, as well as, develop campus, alumni, community, and business partnerships.

Essential Duties:

• Serves as primary liaison between the university and its students, alumni and potential employers on state, regional and national scale.
• Responsible for fiscal planning and management of the Career Services & Professional Development Center including all operations and staff matters and supervision of staff.
• Maintains current relationships and develops new contacts with external organizations for the purpose of expanding employment opportunities for students and alumni and fundraising opportunities for the Career Services & Professional Development Center.
• Coordinates and supervises staff professional development activities and training to include travel for professional development workshops, seminars and conferences.
• Closely coordinates communication with deans, department chairs and faculty to ensure the Career Services & Professional Development Center is meeting the needs of the colleges and departments.
• Monitors, analyzes and evaluates the current scope of services offered through career services and plans, implements and directs new programs.
• Serves in various professional organizations including but not limited to the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) and regional affiliates which provide broad opportunities for job development activities.
• Provides career advising expertise to student and alumni regarding the job search process, interviewing, resume and letter writing as well as all other facets of career planning. Conducts workshops, seminars and other presentations to students, faculty, employer and alumni groups; coordinates job fair activities.
• Manages a Professional Development Certification program where the student will complete the requirements recommended by the NACE career readiness requirements.
• Manages a Career Inventory Program where students are educated and tested for best match for career choices utilizing the Strong Interest Inventory and O*Net resources.
• Manages the Internship Program which will require fundraising from alumni and other constituents.
• Conducts annual graduate employment surveys.
• Supervises the Internship Coordinator and oversees the Internship Clearinghouse.
• Performs other reasonable duties as assigned by the Executive Director of Development and Alumni.

Minimum Qualifications:

Education & Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree required; master’s degree or seasoned professional knowledge equivalent to a master’s degree preferred
• Requires more than 5 years experience in higher education, student services, human resources, talent acquisition, or related field

Other Skills, Abilities and Qualifications:

• Supervisory, management, and relationship-building skills
• Strategic planning/visioning aptitude
• Strong oral and written communication skills
• Strong commitment to working with a diverse student population
• Budget management background/fundraising
• Understanding and appreciation of growing role technology plays in delivery of career services
• Dependability, creativity, good judgment, professionalism, and dedication to sound principles of student development are paramount among necessary characteristics for this position
• Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite
• Ability to travel, occasionally overnight
• Valid driver’s license

Physical Demands:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel and talk or hear. The employee is regularly required to stand; walk and reach with hands and arms and occasionally required to climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; and lift and/or move up 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus. The noise level is moderate.

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