Utah State University Looking for Assistant Director of Career Design for Statewide Campuses Full Time

Requisition ID: 2024-7418

# of Openings: 1

Job Locations
US-UT-Logan | US-UT-Blanding | US-UT-Brigham City | US-UT-Moab | US-UT-Orem | US-UT-Price | US-UT-Taylorsville | US-UT-Tooele | US-UT-Roosevelt | US-UT-Vernal

Category (Portal Searching): Management

Position Type: Benefited Full-Time

Job Classification: Exempt

Percent of Time or Hours per Week
100%

College: Statewide Campuses

Department: Statewide Campuses-Administration

Advertised Salary
Minimum $57,000, commensurate with experience; plus excellent benefits

Telework Eligible
Yes

Overview

The Assistant Director of Career Design for Statewide Campuses (Program Coordinator III) will provide senior-level support for the Career Design Center’s vision “to bring career education and opportunities to all USU students before graduation” for Statewide campuses. This position is responsible for developing initiatives and resources to meet the unique career needs of students at each of the Statewide campuses. This position plays an integral role in enrollment management for USU’s Statewide Campuses through initiating and maintaining high-level professional relationships with Statewide leadership and other key stakeholders, developing, implementing, and assessing career design priorities, strategies, and programs that support USU’s recruitment, retention, and completion efforts, and participating as a key member of the Statewide central administrative team.

The work of the Career Design Center is grounded in both career development theory and design thinking as articulated in Designing Your Life: How to Build a Well-Lived, Joyful Life. Staff in the Career Design Center act as consultants to faculty and staff across campus, provide career advising to students, and develop relationships with employers across the state, region, and nation to provide quality internship and career opportunities for students and graduates. This position reports to the Associate Vice President for Statewide Campuses with a dotted reporting line and strong collaborative responsibilities to the Executive Director of Career Design.

Responsibilities

Collaboration and Outreach – 40%

• Provide leadership, support, and in-depth coordination between Logan-based Career Design Center and Statewide Campuses to understand the vision, mission and priorities/strategies of the center and how to effectively scale/implement them at the statewide level.
• Collaborate with Statewide Administration/Leadership to understand broad statewide goals/strategy and how the Career Design Center initiatives can support those efforts.
• Build strong relationships with Statewide leadership and staff to identify local career needs, interest, and match/design content and programming to best fit their unique needs.
• Design and coordinate strategic career recruiting/marketing initiatives with statewide marketing and recruiting teams (external recruiting and internal student marketing)
• Develop relationships with Statewide Vice Provost and faculty to promote career education in the classroom
• Collaborate with Statewide Campus leadership to actively engage local and regional employers to identify career and internship opportunities for USU students with an emphasis on meeting the specific needs of Statewide students
• Collaborate with the Employer Relations Manager, Huntsman School of Business and Statewide employer relations specialist roles to unify the university employer engagement/relationship management process.
• Collaborate with employers, alumni, faculty, and staff to plan career events for Statewide students
• Learn and disseminate region-specific information, coupled with industry needs, to educate and engage students in their career development

Career Design Center Administration – 40%

• Co-supervise Statewide Career Design Specialists in partnership with the leadership of each region (this may be accomplished as a secondary reviewer on performance check-ins)
• Lead Statewide administration and local staff in matching/designing content and programming to best fit their unique needs such as:
  • Developing relationships with statewide faculty & staff to promote career design (encourage ETE badging/Champions participation, trainings, etc.)
  • Expanding 1-on-1 coaching via various unique models such as success coordinators, advisors etc.
  • Promoting and expanding the access and reach of career education for statewide students
  • Building and supporting local employer engagement strategies to meet campus/center needs
  • Implement, coordinate and support statewide career events
  • Lead and support the hiring and training of student career peers; co-supervise career peers through a dual reporting line to the campus and this role
• Analyze and interpret past and current career data sets such as First Destination Survey data, Graduating Student Survey data, and Career Design Center programming/services data to improve statewide career offerings.
• Evaluate and assess Career Design Center resources such as website, online content, courses, etc. for accessibility and inclusion of statewide needs where appropriate.
• Establish regular reporting of statewide career data to key stakeholders about statewide career programming/initiatives data findings to Statewide Administration and leadership via written reports and in person presentations to promote the success of statewide career design.
• Partner with key university stakeholders to gather and analyze relevant career data as it pertains to student persistence, degree completion, satisfaction, enrollment etc.
• Support local statewide campus leadership in gathering/interpreting their career data (FDS, GSS etc.)
• Serve on the Career Educational Resources Committee (CERC) and other committees as assigned
• Engage in professional development activities that may include state, regional, and national associations
• Engage in continuous professional development by staying current with labor market trends and emerging best practices in career education
• Take on special projects as determined by the associate vice president for Statewide and the executive director of Career Design.

Career Coaching/Development – 20%

• Expand the integration of high impact practice (HIP) and lead efforts to provide career planning, career coaching, and employer engagement for all Statewide students
• Further develop the champions online Orientation Training to meet stakeholder needs (e.g., shorter, more job specific bite-sized courses potentially for different groups like success coordinators, advisors, etc.)
• Develop and expand marketing strategies for career design resources directed at Statewide students
  • Support center’s online teaching needs as necessary, which may include leading/instructing courses; pre-course preparation, grading, office hours, etc.
  • Collaborate with regions to grow statewide career course participation and offerings to meet local career needs.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree plus five years of experience in higher education, corporate college relations, and/or professional staffing
• Knowledge of Utah State University policies, procedures, technology, and organizational structure
• Knowledge and experience with multi-campus university structure
• Knowledge and experience using data and student analytics
• Experience teaching workshops and/or courses
• Experience with assessment of higher education student affairs
• Proven ability to develop training opportunities relating to professional competencies
• Familiarity with serving online and post-traditional student populations

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities;

• Ability to prioritize own work and multi-task
• Excellent organizational skills
• Ability to take initiative and ownership of project
• Ability to routinely and independently exercise sound judgment in making decisions
• Ability to direct the work of others
• Knowledge of computers and database/spreadsheet/word processing software
• Ability to make administrative/procedural decisions and judgments
• Ability to interact with students, faculty, staff, and/or the public in a team environment
• Project specific knowledge, skills, and abilities as described in recruitment notices
• Records maintenance skills
• Ability to exercise a high level of creativity, decision making, problem solving, and discretion as work is varied and may be undefined

Required Documents

Along with the online application, please attach:

1.  Resume to be uploaded in the Candidate Profile

2.  Cover Letter to be typed/pasted into a text box at the end of the application

**Document size may not exceed 10 MB.**

Advertised Salary

Minimum $57,000, commensurate with experience; plus excellent benefits

ADA

Employees work indoors and are protected from weather and/or contaminants, but not, necessarily, occasional temperature changes.  The employee is regularly required to sit and often uses repetitive hand motions.

University Highlights

Founded in 1888, Utah State University is Utah’s premier land-grant and space-grant university, with a strong commitment to excellence, access, and inclusion. USU serves approximately 27,500 students throughout the state at three residential campuses, eight statewide campuses, and 23 education centers. USU Online has served students from all 50 states and 55 countries for over 25 years, and USU Extension provides outreach and service to all counties in Utah.  

As a land-grant university, USU engages communities and empowers people to lead successful lives of involvement, innovation, and impact. As an R1 research institution, USU provides a high-quality undergraduate and graduate education at an affordable price. Washington Monthly has consistently ranked USU in the top 10 among public universities for contribution to social mobility, research, and public service.  

Utah State is committed to cultivating a diverse, equitable, and inclusive community where different perspectives, values, cultures, and identities are acknowledged, welcomed, and valued. We seek to recruit, hire, and retain people from all walks of life who will champion excellence in education, research, discovery, outreach, and service. We believe that promoting a strong sense of community and belonging empowers and engages all members of USU to thrive and be successful. Learn more about USU. 

The university provides a Dual Career Assistance Program to support careers for partners who are also seeking employment. Additionally, USU is committed to providing access and reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities. To request a reasonable accommodation for a disability, contact the university’s ADA Coordinator in the Office of Human Resources at (435) 797-0122 or [email protected]. 

About the Region

U.S. News and World Report ranked Utah first for its strong economy, fiscal stability, education, and health care. Outstanding outdoor recreational opportunities abound throughout the state, including five national parks, 43 state parks and recreation areas, and 15 alpine ski resorts. The home of USU’s main campus, Logan, is a city of 54,000-plus people in a picturesque mountain valley 80 miles north of Salt Lake City. The Logan metro area claimed the top spot in the Milken Institute’s 2022 ranking for best-performing small cities in the nation. 

*updated 7/2023

Notice of Non-discrimination

In its programs and activities, including in admissions and employment, Utah State University does not discriminate or tolerate discrimination, including harassment, based on race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other status protected by University policy, Title IX, or any other federal, state, or local law.

The following individuals have been designated to handle inquiries regarding the application of Title IX and its implementing regulations and/or USU’s non-discrimination policies:

Executive Director of the Office of Equity Matthew Pinner, [email protected], Distance Education Rm. 401, 435-797-1266

Title IX Coordinator Cody Carmichael, [email protected], Distance Education Rm. 404, 435-797-1266

Mailing address: 5100 Old Main Hill, Logan, UT 84322

For further information regarding non-discrimination, please visit https://equity.usu.edu/, or contact:

U.S. Department of Education, Office of Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, 800-421-3481, [email protected]

*updated 09/2023