Overview:
The Tufts School of Medicine Graduate Programs Career Services provides comprehensive career development assistance to graduate students and alumni in multiple master’s and doctoral programs. We provide individual career advising, guidance in securing field experiences (applied practices), drop-in hours, online resources, workshops, clinical school advising, career and internship fairs, networking and presentations with alumni and employers, job and internship search assistance, and online job and internship listings. We strive to prepare students and alumni to proactively manage their careers so they can have the impact in the world they desire.
What You’ll Do:
The Assistant Director, Programs and Events plays a critical role in planning, creating, coordinating, and executing a wide range of programs and events to enhance the career success of our 1000+ students and alumni. This position reports to the Director, Career Services and collaborates with the Career Services team, students, staff, faculty, and external partners to deliver inclusive, engaging, and impactful experiences for the campus community. Additionally, they will advise our students and alumni on their career needs.

PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE

• Learn and follow Tufts best practices and methods for administrative processes.
• Participate in weekly office and department meetings.
• Maintain current knowledge and educate constituents on industry trends, employer culture and hiring processes in assigned industry/sector.
  What We’re Looking For:

Basic Requirements:

• Knowledge and experience typically acquired through Bachelor’s Degree and 2-3 years of related professional experience including career/academic advising; event management, recruiting or human resources.
• Ability to continually manage several events in varied stages of execution.
• Strong relationship building, project management, event planning, problem-solving and communication skills.
• National trends in the job market, career services, and diverse student populations.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills, strong customer focus, attention to detail and an ability to deal with frequent interruptions.
• Job search and hiring processes, personnel,and technology, including AI, HRIS or ATS.
• Ability to market to diverse audiences of employers, students, alumni, and faculty
• Strong technical skills; database management and familiarity with web-based recruiting software (Handshake preferred), client management systems (Salesforce preferred), Microsoft Office (including Excel), learning management systems (Canvas preferred), and online resources. Expertise in social media such as LinkedIn, Instagram, and blogs.
• Proficient in general office procedures, including proficiency in MS Office
• Ability to supervise student assistants and interns
• Be timely in acknowledging and responding to needs.
• Must be willing to work evenings and occasional weekends as needed

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master’s Degree in Higher Education, Counseling, Business Administration, Human Resources or related field preferred
• Experience working in a college or university setting.

Please refer the Job description for details