Director of Career and Vocation

Student Affairs

Irvine, CA, USA

Full-Time

Email Me Similar JobsEmail Me This Job Office Profile: The Center for Career and Vocation assists students to determine and fulfill their career goals through programs and services that foster, in each student, career management confidence via self-assessment, research, skill development, and exposure to opportunity. Role:The Director of Career and Vocation partners with Academic Advising and the Associate Dean of Student Development in facilitating continuous improvement to ensure the Career Center remains responsive and relevant to students' career development needs within the context of institutional priorities and of an evolving labor market. This position collaborates with a variety of internal and external stakeholders, develops the vision and implements comprehensive professional development initiatives throughout the students' college years. This individual provides thought leadership, strategic planning and connects the activities and outcomes of the department to institutional priorities, goals, and mission. This position's emphasis is in Self-Assessment, Understanding of Vocation, Professional Development, Training and Marketing, and State of the Art Technology Applications. The position requires an energetic and effective communicator who can engage and connect with stakeholders and cultivate collaborative relationships both on and off campus, to build momentum and foster buy-in for strategic initiatives.Service delivery is to be consistent with Christian values and the fulfillment of the Mission of Concordia University Irvine.STAFF AND SUPERVISORY RELATIONSHIPS:

Report to the Associate Dean of Student Development for general supervisionWork closely with Academic Advising, Alumni Relations, and Human ResourcesSupervises Student Workers

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING:Career Coaching, Advising, and Counseling (30%)

Collaborate with students in identifying needs, personal characteristics, and life experiences related to vocation and career development.Develop action plans in support of student employability skills and based on a theoretical model of career development.Present career issues including career planning and employability skills.Administer, interpret, report, and record finding from assessment instruments such as personality, career thoughts, Strengths Finder, decision making, interest, values, or aptitudes/skills.Research, select and receive training in using new assessments in career coaching based on student qualities and goals.Base coaching on goal-oriented (realization of career goals) and holistic (whole person) models in a relational and informational manner.Lead in the delivery of career coaching including group-based, individual based, workshop, and instructional applications.

Brokering, Connecting, and Linking (20%)

Maintain and communicate a knowledge base of occupational, career, and job information resources and technologies as well as an understanding of the labor market employment trends, and recruiting strategies and techniques.Be aware of economic, political, and global issues that affect higher education and major employment trends.Source, develop, adapt, design and use resources to consult with students on job-search tools and strategies, including resume writing, developing cover letters and job-campaign correspondence, interviewing, networking, and making connections with employers.Serve as a liaison to academic and co-curricular departments and organizations on career readiness trends and resources.Collaborate with the Director of Alumni and Family Relations to assist parents and families in understanding and supporting their students with the challenges students face in the career development and job-search processes.Manage, source, and develop experiential education opportunities that meet the needs of the student population.Participate in cross-departmental service delivery to constituencies such as Orientation, WINGS, first generation, undeclared students.

Teaching, Training, and Educating (15%)

Design, administer, and compile results of needs assessments and benchmarking for teaching, training, and educating initiatives.Articulate learning objectives and design programs and workshops based on development theories and current research.Keep up-to-date of current professional research, and use relevant results in the performance of job duties.Understand the basics of student development theory, learning styles, and strategies of instruction.Provide information regarding the importance of career mentoring and networking.Develop, plan and conduct orientation, seminars, workshops and classroom presentations on topics such as career and job search strategies, resume writing, interviewing techniques, salary negotiations, setting up LinkedIn profiles, social media brand management.

Program and Event Administration (10%)

Assess student learning outcomes for programs and events, and implement changes based on assessments.Develop creative and innovative programming to meet the needs of the students, faculty, and/or other stakeholders.Develop, evaluate, and adjust budgets to maximize use of and track the fiscal resources of programs and events.Manage and assume accountability for timelines for programs and events, ensuring that all aspects are covered and results are accomplished in a timely fashion.Develop appropriate alliances with others to deliver programming and produce events efficiently and effectively.

Research, Assessment, and Evaluation (10%)

Articulate the impact of programs and services for promoting student learning and development to campus stakeholders.Develop specific strategies to assess programs and services for desired outcomes.Conduct a multi-year trend analysis, identify utilization patterns, develop strategies to reach underserved student population segments, and report that information to stakeholders.Apply specific findings and recommendations from research-based readings to develop strategies for career services improvement initiatives.Create a typical career services operational plan, including goals, objectives, strategies, and success metrics.Demonstrate comprehensive understanding and effective use of assessment results and benchmarks in determining that career services are meeting its mission and in setting future direction.

Information Management (10%)

Evaluate and disseminate incoming information and resources.Work with vendors and campus contacts to implement and maintain systems.Create or update web or virtual engagement forums (i.e. Handshake, Career Center webpage)

Marketing, Promoting, Performing Outreach (5%)

Design and implement marketing campaigns in support of programming.Research topic and audiences, draft content, and deliver customized presentations to diverse constituencies.Understand social media marketing trends and video content creation.

SAFETY:Employees are responsible for complete cooperation with all aspects of the safety and health program, including compliance with all rules and regulations, and for continuously practicing safety while performing their duties.Supervisors are responsible for developing proper attitudes toward safety and health in themselves, and in those they supervise, and for ensuring that all operations are performed with the utmost regard for the safety and health of all personnel involved, including themselves. APPOINTMENT:

Appointed by the Associate Vice President and Dean of StudentsApproved by the Associate Dean of Student Development

LEADERSHIP:

Maintain a working philosophy consistent with Christian valuesAssist Concordia in translating Christian principles into day-by-day practice and procedureBe a person of integrity and honorPossess the skill and desire to provide spiritual counsel to students and colleagues Be able to work independently with minimal supervisionBe a person of high energyBe able to organize existing resources to strengthen the quality of ConcordiaCommunicate with others with warmth and understandingMaintain an open outlook, be future-oriented and innovativeManifest loyalty to other personnelWork as a team memberRespect lines of communicationConstantly strive to improve performanceFormulate goals and objectives and expect to be evaluated upon themAble to understand and work with underrepresented students and their families to ensure academic success

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE:The successful candidate will have a minimum of three years of professional experience working in student affairs, career development, or student development within a higher education community setting, with the majority of years of experience in a leadership role preferred; Master's degree in College Student Affairs, Administration, Counseling, or related field; Experience working in a Christian liberal arts institution is desirable.LANGUAGE SKILLS:Ability to read, analyze and interpret university procedures, general information, financial or educationalpublications, synodical procedures or governmental regulations. Ability to write reports, business correspondence and procedure manuals. Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of staff, faculty, administration, students, families and the general public.MATHEMATICAL SKILLS:Ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide in all units of measure using whole numbers, common fractions and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio, percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.REASONING ABILITY:Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram or schedule form.PHYSICAL DEMANDS:The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Repetitive motions sitting at a computer keyboardMay require rising and sitting repeatedlyAbility to lift, pull, grasp, stoop and reach to utilize 5-drawer file cabinetsMay require climbing stairs and walking indoors or outdoors to various offices on campus.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to sit. The employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, use hands to finger, handle or feel objects, tools or controls; reach with hands and arms and stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus.The employee may be required to lift and/or move up to 25 lbs.WORK ENVIRONMENT:The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate with the distractions of a busy office.

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