The Career Development Center (CDC) plays an essential part in equipping SUNY Oneonta students with the knowledge, skills, and intercultural competence they will need to succeed in their professional lives. The CDC staff foster student agency and appreciation of the power of reflection, goalsetting, and intentional efforts to bring aspirations to fruition.
The Career Development Center (CDC)'s next Director will lead from a passion for helping students succeed. The next CDC Director will also have the opportunity to chart the strategic direction of career services for SUNY Oneonta and further evolve a campus culture that recognizes and respects career development as an essential form of learning that compliments and reinforces academic preparation. The Director and staff will work collaboratively to implement professional development activities and programming tailored to students' needs amid rapidly changing digital environments and global contexts. The Director will oversee the provision of career planning services and daily operations of the office and supervise the CDC staff.
Essential Duties
Provide creative and strategic vision and leadership.
The Director will oversee the provision of career planning services and daily operations of the office and supervise the CDC staff.
Broaden opportunities for students and alumni. The Director will have an awareness of the employment landscape and an understanding of the broad career interests of liberal arts students.
The Director will work to strengthen and revitalize existing relationships with faculty and alumni to further the aspirations and goals of students and recent Oneonta graduates.
The Director will also forge new partnerships, including partnerships with corporations and non-profit agencies, to facilitate student placements in experiential learning opportunities and jobs.
The Director will engage institutional priorities, notably the University's efforts to serve students from diverse backgrounds and redress equity gaps through various diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts.
The Director will foster a culture of continuous improvement and use data for understanding student use of the CDC, staying apprised of shifting employment trends, and improving student services.
The Director will also promote services, programs, and resources to internal and external stakeholders including students, faculty, staff, employers, and alumni using marketing, including networking, brand management, social media, technology, professional presentations and print collateral.
Salary: $75,000
commensurate with experience. Information on SUNY's comprehensive benefits offerings can be found at https://www.suny.edu/benefits
Requirements:
Required Qualifications:
Bachelor's degree
4 years progressively responsible experience related to undergraduate career counseling/advising or human resources, recruitment, and employment services.
Innovation, entrepreneurship, and the ability to conceive of and implement an exciting vision, in collaboration with others.
Comprehensive and contemporary knowledge of career services, trends and best practices, and employment trends and markets.
Strong technical skills LinkedIn, and other social media tools, along with the ability to learn and utilize other systems, applications, and tools.
Experience and demonstrated ability in leading and managing staff.
Effective oral and written communication, interpersonal, leadership, and collaborative management skills
Ability to help students translate, articulate, and leverage an exceptional undergraduate and graduate experience
Ability to build relationships and partnerships with a wide variety of stakeholders
Cultural sensitivity and competency around multiple dimensions of diversity and access and experience working with and serving diverse populations.
Ability to promote an inclusive and equitable working and learning environments for all students, employees, alumni, employers and other constituencies
Preferred Qualifications:
Graduate degree, with a preference for a Master's in Counseling, Master of Business Administration (MBA) or related discipline or higher.
Previous experience with Handshake, Focus 2, Biginterview or other career services management systems.
Understanding of the academic environment and knowledge of student learning and student development
Experience supervising professional staff.
Members of underrepresented groups, minorities, women, veterans, persons with disabilities, and all persons committed to diversity and inclusive excellence are strongly encouraged to apply.
Additional Information:
SUNY Oneonta enrolls about 5,500 students who pursue bachelor's or master's degrees or certificates in one of 70-plus academic programs. Known as an exemplary residential campus that values inclusion, service and sustainability, SUNY Oneonta is a nurturing community where students grow intellectually, thrive socially, and live purposefully.
The university is located in the City of Oneonta, nestled in the northern foothills of the Catskill Mountains about a four-hour drive from New York City, Boston, and Philadelphia. With a population just shy of 14,000, Oneonta is one of the 20 Most Picturesque Small Towns in America, according to Microsoft News. The natural beauty of the region is breathtaking year-round. Each season offers outdoor activities such as hiking, biking, boating, swimming, and skiing. Employees give SUNY Oneonta high marks for work/life balance, management, and culture. The university's indeed.com rating is 4.4, with one recent review noting that the people are what make SUNY Oneonta so special.
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