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Career Services

The Career Services Manager is responsible for providing oversight and direction to career services activities, including programming, career fairs, outreach, information and resource management, department operations, and data/assessment to support career growth and enhancement for students, alumni, and/or other community members.

• Direct and manage career services employees within the areas of programming, career fairs, outreach, information and resource management, and data/assessment; provide supervision, coaching, and professional development opportunities
• Provide a vision for and oversight over career services' outreach and programming efforts; conceptualize, plan, implement, budget, and evaluate programs
• Develop and implement strategic initiatives that align with institutional goals and address the evolving career needs of students and alumni
• Oversee outreach to students, alumni, University offices, faculty/staff, and other institutions of higher education to expand career services' reach and impact
• Cultivate and strengthen relationships with employers, alumni, community partners, and industry leaders to create opportunities for internships, full-time employment, and networking events
• Develop and implement policies and procedures to ensure the delivery of quality services across all areas of career services
• Ensure that services and programs provided adhere to the required laws and ethical standards of the profession
• Assess program outcomes, analyze data, and refine services to ensure alignment with goals and labor market trends
• Represent career services within national, state, and local, conferences and networks

Level:

– Senior Manager

Base Description:

– Manages direct reports where primary duty is the management of a working unit.

Level Summary:

– Demonstrates advanced skills in critical functions related to unit's success. Demonstrates advanced knowledge of emerging technologies and processes. Monitors completed work of others to ensure effectiveness and adherence to requirements. Sets clear expectations and holds team accountable. Establishes a shared team/unit vision. Demonstrates ability to evaluate and enhance team/unit practices that promote a strong commitment to inclusionary practices. Coaches others using appropriate strategies. Demonstrates diplomacy. Demonstrates ability to serve as liaison between senior-level management and staff. Resolves complex, controversial, or unprecedented issues and problems.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

– Oversees large team or teams of individual contributors and/or supervisors/managers
– Leads a department or functional area

Fiscal Responsibilities:

– Monitors and tracks large budgets
– Plans, forecasts, and/or develops budgets
– May approve budgets for specific area
– Typically has final signature authority for specific area

Problem Solving:

– Encounters highly varied and complex problems that impacts the team and possibly the unit
– Develops creative and/or novel approaches to resolve problems that are difficult in nature
– Independently resolves complex and/or unprecedented issues and problems

Independence of Action:

– Work results are not clearly defined
– Generally sets own goals and determines how to accomplish results with few or no guidelines to follow
– Monitors completed work of others to ensure soundness of approach, effectiveness of meeting requirements, the feasibility of recommendations and adherences to requirements
– Delegates more advanced tasks to others

Communication and Collaboration:

– Communicates with both internal and external audiences
– Collaborates closely with team members and various areas across the University
– Fosters collaboration between units and engages others' coordinated efforts to reach desired outcomes with broad scope

• Comp Grade – 12
• Minimum – $76,700.00
• MidPoint – $95,900.00
• Maximum – $115,100.00