Senior Director of Career Services

4 weeks ago


Houston, United States ConfidentialCompany Full time
Job DescriptionJob Description

Sr. Director of Career Services

Essential Duties and Responsibilities 

Leadership and Departmental Management

 

  • In collaboration with the Campus President, create, collaborate, and execute a strategic vision for the role of career development to include the development and implementation of long-term strategic plans, short-term operational plans and the determination of strategic priorities.
  • Manage the Career Services staff including administrative meetings, training, and professional development
  • Promote services, programs and resources to internal and external stakeholders including students, faculty, staff, employers, alumni.  
  • Provide leadership to the staff, motivating the team to reach beyond traditional responsibilities, processes and ways of thinking and collaborate to achieve departmental, goals 
  • Build community involvement at the campus level 
  • Develop and implement effective assessment and program evaluation methods 
  • Manage the Career Services Team and all activities of the department 
  • Oversee and assist with departmental recruiting activities 
  • Develop professional relationships with students, faculty, staff, alumni and industry professionals 
  • Provide direction, programming, and goals that strategically integrate all aspects of career development, career exploration, internships, job placement and career planning.
  • Work closely with Internal and External stakeholders ensuring communication on all activities 
  • Develop, promote, and manage the goals and objectives of the campus career services department as they pertain to the College as a whole.
  • Establish a partnership with academics to develop a strategic plan to achieve acceptable externship to hire (E2H) goal.
  • Assist placement reports, as required by TWC and accrediting boards.
  • Positively represent the institution in the classroom and community at all times.
  • Performs other duties as assigned by the Campus President.

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Affiliate and Employer Relations

  • Develop and maintain employer outreach programs to increase the number and quality of employers and E2H opportunities for students across all programs.
  • Grow and cultivate relationships with existing employer contacts, key campus stakeholders and new external corporate partners
  • Monitor the development and retention of relationships with employers for E2H job placement of graduates.
  • Continuously survey graduates and employers to ensure programs meet or exceed current job market and employer needs
  • Support Academic outcomes such as the management of externship programs  

 

Campus Events & Marketing:  

  • Expanding Career Services’ Career Edge online resources for all career-related opportunities and professional development.
  • Thinking strategically to leverage technology to enhance networking and connections for employers, students, and alumni. 
  • Attend new student orientation and graduate commencement ceremonies 
  • Assist in the development and implementation of the Schools programmatic marketing strategies to recruit and promote awareness of clinical and externship programs. 
  • Under the approval of Campus President and VP of Career and Alumni Services, develop and implement marketing strategies for career services events, programs and services to internal and external stakeholders, including creating approved publications and social media. 
  • Plan and organize career/job fairs. 
  • Arrange on campus careers seminars and interviews between employers and students

 Placement

  • Pursue increased potential for regional graduate career opportunities. 
  • Assist in expanding on-and-off campus learning opportunities in externships and community service.  
  • Execute the collection and reporting of placement and E2H outcomes and other data related to institutional effectiveness to constituents inside and outside the campus.
  • Oversee and monitor the development of job orders from employers, the presentation of graduates’ resumes, scheduling interviews, and follow-up with employers and graduates; all resulting in successful placement of graduates. 
  • Maintain accurate alumni and graduate placement data. 
  • Assist in-school students in finding part-time employment through job boards, survival placement opportunities and individual service as needed 
  • Provide career counseling to assist students  

 Alumni: 

  • Ensure accurate and complete alumni database records; capture contact, biographical and career information of alumni surveys, projects (i.e. alumni directory:, correspondence, website, postal returns, etc.) 
  • Develop alumni career resource tools such as career assessment meetings, career decision making and career transition assistance, guidance and direction on necessary tools for a professional job search including networking, résumé writing, and résumé critiques. 
  • Develop employment profiles for matching graduates' exceptional opportunities. 
  • Tailor resources for high-achieving graduates to leverage educational experience to translate into employment matches  

Qualifications:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

 

Education/Experience:

Bachelor’s degree preferred with five years relative experience.



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