University of Denver Hiring for Career Success Manager-College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences at Denver, Colorado, USA Full Time

As the Universitys largest and most varied academic unit, the College of Arts, Humanities, & Social Science is comprised of artists, learners, performers, scholars, scientists, and teachers, and acts as a central hub where many of the University’s disciplines intersect. The Office of the Dean for the College of Arts, Humanities, & Social Sciences (CAHSS) is the colleges administrative center directly responsible for guiding, coordinating, and applying academic, financial, and human resources policies for 22 departments, programs, schools, and centers housed in CAHSS. Nearly all 6,000 undergraduates at the University take liberal arts courses with us, and about one-third of these students declare a first major in a CAHSS program. Most of our departments, programs and schools offer masters or doctoral programs. CAHSS scholars, artists, instructors, staff, and students collaborate in a shared quest for knowledge about the human condition and the development of skills to improve our local and global communities

Position Summary

The Deans office at the College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences seeks applications for a Career Success Manager to serve all units. The CAHSS career success manager works within the College of Arts, Humanities, & Social Sciences to develop, facilitate, and support comprehensive College-wide classroom to career enrichment and readiness opportunities for CAHSS undergraduate and graduate students. Reporting to the Associate Dean, the manager will work in collaboration with the Deans Office and Advancement to build out and support existing, and cultivate new campus, alumni, and external relationships that lead to internship and other career preparation opportunities for CAHSS students. The manager will utilize established and promising best practices of career development to advise and guide CAHSS students toward internship and other professionalization opportunities. This position will manage all aspects of the Colleges career success program, analyze effectiveness, and make decisions on program components.

Essential Functions

• Envision and plan a student journey from college to career for CAHSS majors
• Cultivate, coordinate, and manage internships and relationships with campus partners, alumni and external relationships that lead to internship opportunities for CAHSS students
• Organize and/or participate in outreach activities that may include developing communications and training, planning/promoting events and/or conferences.
• Facilitates internship placements for CAHSS students, and monitors / supervises non-credit internships in collaboration with Career & Professional Services, departments and cross-campus colleagues
• Advise students on a range of career success matters, including but not limited to, internship preparation and placement process, internship goals and outcomes, career plans and professional development, community standards, academic program policies, etc., to assist students in making appropriate choices and decision
• Maintains detailed, up-to-date database records about current, past, and potential future internship opportunities; catalogues student placements and outcomes
• Collaborates with CAHSS Marketing and Communicaiton to write and share students stories and produce an annual report on CAHSS internships
• Works with CAHSS faculty members who manage department-level internship programs to create a consistent college-wide internship experience for students, developing programming for CAHSS students regarding potential internship opportunities, including how to apply for internships, getting the most out of an internship, and using an internship to support their career trajectory
• Manages annual evaluation process of internship programs, including placement sites and supervisors
• Develops marketing materials and workshops and additional events to promote internship opportunities and to communicate their value, internally to students and externally to industry partners.
• Works in partnership with Career & Professional Services to support students skills development around applying for and learning from internship opportunities, as well as using internship experiences to advance their career goals
• Works in partnership with Alumni Engagement to support students career-relevant skills development through connections with CAHSS alumni/ae
• Supervises student employees

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Exceptional communication and organization skills
• Ability to build and foster relationships and to serve as a liaison between external and internal stakeholders
• Ability to research and synthesize information regarding new and existing internship opportunities in verbal and written forms
• Ability to effectively supervise CAHSS students with off-campus, no-credit internship
• Familiarity with higher education, particularly undergraduate and the importance of internships for career readiness
• Ability to take initiative and manage projects from conception to completion
• Ability to manage data within spreadsheets and other software
• Ability to act proactively and with self-motivation
• Commitment to furthering DUs diversity, equity, and inclusion goals
• Ability to multi-task and prioritize in the context of larger goals
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team

Required Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in a related area
• Knowledge of career and professional development theories and practices
• Experience with career services, internship programs, student success programs, human resources, or skills based professional development

Preferred Qualifications

• Advanced degree or experience in this area
• Demonstrated intercultural competencies, e.g., proficiency in more than one language
• Project management experience
• Evidence of work in advancing the success of students in launching a career

Working Environment

1. Standard office environment.
2. Unexpected interruptions occur often and stress level is moderate to high.
3. Noise level is quiet to moderate.

Physical Activities

1. Ability to sit in front of a computer for an extended period of time.
2. Occasionally required to move about the office/campus with the capability of transporting objects up to 20 lbs.

Work Schedule
Monday – Friday, 8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

Application Deadline
Applications will be reviewed until the position is filled.

Special Instructions
Candidates must apply online through jobs.du.edu to be considered. Only applications submitted online will be accepted.

Salary Grade Number:
The salary grade for the position is 9.

Salary Range:
The salary range for this position is $55,000-$65,000

The University of Denver has provided a compensation range that represents its good faith estimate of what the University may pay for the position at the time of posting. The University may ultimately pay more or less than the posted compensation range. The salary offered to the selected candidate will be determined based on factors such as the qualifications of the selected candidate, departmental budget availability, internal salary equity considerations, and available market information, but not based on a candidates sex or any other protected status.

Benefits:
The University of Denver offers excellent benefits, including medical, dental, retirement, paid time off, tuition benefit and ECO pass. The University of Denver is a private institution that empowers students who want to make a difference. Learn more about the University of Denver.

Please include the following documents with your application:
1. Resume
2. Cover Letter

The University of Denver is an equal opportunity employer. The University of Denver prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, ancestry, age, religion, creed, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, pregnancy, genetic information, military enlistment, or veteran status, and any other class of individuals protected from discrimination under federal, state, or local law, regulation, or ordinance in any of the University’s educational programs and activities, and in the employment (including application for employment) and admissions (including application for admission) context, as required by Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972; the Americans with Disabilities Act; Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973; Title VI and VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964; the Age Discrimination Act of 1975; the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967; Equal Pay Act; Colorado Equal Pay for Equal Work Act; the Colorado Protecting Opportunities and Workers’ Rights (“POWR”) Act; and any other federal, state, and local laws, regulations, or ordinances that prohibit discrimination, harassment, and/or retaliation. For more information, please see the University of Denver’s Non‑Discrimination‑Statement.

All offers of employment are contingent upon satisfactory completion of a criminal history background check.