East Lansing, Michigan, United States

Sdl Career Services Network 40001300

Area of Interest: Administrative/Business/Professional

Area of Interest: Advising/Counseling

Area of Interest: Student Services/Student Affairs
Support Staff

Opening on: Aug 27 2025

Closing at: Sep 16 2025 - 23:55 EDT

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Salary Commensurate with Experience

Student Affairs

1073003

POSITION SUMMARY

Provides strategic leadership in the design, implementation, and evaluation of career development curriculum and educational initiatives that prepare students and alumni for career success. Ensures that career education is integrated into the academic and co-curricular experience, aligning with institutional goals and the evolving needs of employers and the workforce. Supervises college Career Consultants and Assistant Directors to provide consistent and relevant career services within academic programs and departments.

CURRICULUM AND CAREER EDUCATION

• Lead the development, assessment, and continuous improvement of a comprehensive career education curriculum embedded across academic programs and co-curricular experiences.
• Collaborate with faculty, academic departments, and campus partners to embed career readiness competencies into courses, programs, and advising models in a variety of modalities.
• Through collaboration with Career Services Network team members, design and deliver workshops, seminars, and digital learning modules on topics such as career exploration, job search strategies, graduate/professional school preparation, and lifelong career management.
• Assess student learning outcomes related to career readiness and leverage data to improve programming and resources.
• Administer and interpret career assessments in individual and group settings
• Partner with employer relations teams to integrate industry insights into career education initiatives, ensuring alignment with market needs.
• Lead training for career advisors, faculty, and academic staff on effective career education pedagogy and advising techniques.
• Develop and implement university-wide career readiness credential program.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

Knowledge equivalent to that which normally would be acquired by completing a Master’s degree in education, business, human resources; three to five years of related and progressively more responsible or expansive work experience in counseling/advising, teaching including career curriculum design and implementation, career programming, and public speaking; familiarity with budgets, project management techniques; or, an equivalent combination of education and experience.

DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS

Exceptional public speaking skills and ability to motivate others; relationship cultivation and management abilities and demonstrated collaborative skills; experience working with technology solutions and innovations; experience working with unique student populations and an energetic commitment to student success; excellent communication, grammar, writing and editing skills; demonstrated behavior competencies: achieving results, building trust, effective interpersonal communication, job/organizational knowledge, excellent problem solving/judgment, productivity, commitment to continuous quality/process improvement, initiative/leadership, encourages teamwork/cooperation, and ability to lead change.

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