Job description
Job #
039673
Department Code
40305-3150
Department
Student Experience
Job Title
Associate Director in Career Services
Location
Syracuse, NY
Pay Range
Commensurate with experience
Staff Level
S5
FLSA Status
Exempt
Hours
Standard University business hours
8:30am – 5:00pm (academic year)
8:00am – 4:30pm (summer)
8:30am – 5:00pm (academic year)
8:00am – 4:30pm (summer)
Hours may vary based on operational needs.
Job Type
Full-time
Campus
Syracuse, NY
Unionized Position Code
Not Applicable
Job Description
The Associate Director in Career Services will serve as the second in charge of the office after to the Director of Career Services. Core responsibilities include but are not limited to. Oversight of all career and job search technologies, while partnering with the Student Experience. Technical Services team to provide front-end support on present and future university career platforms for career staff across campus. Management of two Career Exploration Specialists.
Planning and success outcomes as it relates to career readiness programming and workshops. Run early assessment of all career programming to identify areas of improvement both internally to the Central Career office, as well for our campus partners while providing recommendations for improvement. Assistance with the data collection for the University-wide undergraduate First-Destination Survey Lead the Career Services Network internal working group that consists of career staff from the various schools/college career offices. Oversee exploration, vetting and potential implementation for future career platforms.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree and 5+years of experience or equivalent combination of education and experience is required (Masters Preferred).
- Previous experience within Career Services, both from technical and career theory standpoint, with strong knowledge and understanding of how career technology platforms advance career development goals.
- Demonstrated classroom presentation and workshop experience.
- Proven experience in creating standard operating practices.
Job Specific Qualifications
- Very strong presentation, verbal, and written communication skills.
- Ability to work in a challenging and fast paced, collaborative environment.
- Ability to troubleshoot/navigate through technically challenging problems involving integrated systems. with internal and external audiences.
- Excellent interpersonal, communication and presentation skills.
- Demonstrated ability to be detail-oriented and accurate.
- Able to handle multiple tasks simultaneously.
- Demonstrated organizational and prioritization skills, along with the ability to work within tight and often conflicting.
Responsibilities
- Management of career and job search technologies, trainings, and vetting of future systems. In conjunction with Technical Services, design, develop, and deliver coaching and training to the multiple Career teams, student, and employer partner populations to increase system knowledge and improve individual performance with each career platform.
- Staff management (2 Career Exploration Specialists) and oversight of career readiness programming and workshops.
- Serve in place of the Director of Career Services when absent and assist in the day-to-day management of the Central Career Services Office while assessing of all career programming, process improvements, and First-Destination Survey collection for our undergraduate student population.
- Track and generate reports based on user management within all career platforms.
- Assess and analyze usage of career-oriented systems to make recommendations for improved business processes, and/or additional training opportunities.
- Partner with career vendors to stay up to date on new system improvements and best practices being utilized by peer institutions.
- Formalize standard operating practices for how best to implement career platforms into career conversations and facilitate scenario-based training sessions (1:1, small group, workshops, recorded content, etc.) to students, staff and employers.
- Provide timely response to front-user inquiries and request for support of training opportunities.
- Regular maintenance and updates of trainer paths and support documentation (1-Pagers, Answers Page, How-T o’s, Career Decks. etc.) for an expanding library of content.
- Conducting train-the-trainer sessions and remain current on educational career products and methodologies.
- Assist ITS with system and process testing, as needed.
Physical Requirements
Tools/Equipment
Application Instructions
In addition to completing an online application, please attach a resume, cover letter.
About Syracuse University
Syracuse University is a private, international research university with distinctive academics, diversely unique offerings and an undeniable spirit. Located in the geographic heart of New York State, with a global footprint, and nearly 150 years of history, Syracuse University offers a quintessential college experience.
The scope of Syracuse University is a testament to its strengths: a pioneering history dating back to 1870; a choice of more than 200 majors and 100 minors offered through 13 schools and colleges; nearly 15,000 undergraduates and 5,000 graduate students; more than a quarter of a million alumni in 160 countries; and a student population from all 50 U.S. states and 123 countries. For more information, please visit www.syracuse.edu.
The scope of Syracuse University is a testament to its strengths: a pioneering history dating back to 1870; a choice of more than 200 majors and 100 minors offered through 13 schools and colleges; nearly 15,000 undergraduates and 5,000 graduate students; more than a quarter of a million alumni in 160 countries; and a student population from all 50 U.S. states and 123 countries. For more information, please visit www.syracuse.edu.
About the Syracuse area
Syracuse is a medium-sized city situated in the geographic center of New York State approximately 250 miles northwest of New York City. The metro-area population totals approximately 500,000. The area offers a low cost of living and provides many social, cultural, and recreational options, including parks, museums, festivals, professional regional theater, and premier shopping venues. Syracuse and Central New York present a wide range of seasonal recreation and attractions ranging from water skiing and snow skiing, hiking in the Adirondacks, touring the historic sites, visiting wineries along the Finger Lakes, and biking on trails along the Erie Canal.
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Syracuse University has a long history of engaging veterans and the military-connected community through its educational programs, community outreach, and employment programs. After World War II, Syracuse University welcomed more than 10,000 returning veterans to our campus, and those veterans literally transformed Syracuse University into the national research institution it is today. The University’s contemporary commitment to veterans builds on this historical legacy, and extends to both class-leading initiatives focused on making an SU degree accessible and affordable to the post-9/11 generation of veterans, and also programs designed to position Syracuse University as the employer of choice for military veterans, members of the Guard and Reserve, and military family members.
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