Director, Career Coaching & Program

The Director of Career Coaching and Program oversees all career coaching efforts, including resource development, customization and training for effectiveness. Provides all data collection and reporting for student engagement with the Engineering CDCR team. Develops and implements customized career development programming and resources to create access for all undergraduate and graduate engineering students.

• Provides individual and group career coaching/career development opportunities for students and/or alumni to assist in making career decisions, career artifacts, career readiness, and job and internship plans and searches to ensure successful employer engagement.
• Collaborates with leadership on vision and execution of all career coaching and career development programming, related student focused activities, training, and assessment.
• Manages Career Coaching + Programs team, facilitates ongoing training and professional development, and performance evaluation
• Participates in assessment and strategic planning with emphasis on student learning outcomes and supporting the mission of the College and the university. Develops surveys and other data collection tools in support of this activity.
• Manage hiring, training, and coordination of duties of all coaching and ancillary staff involved in providing career coaching services (e.g., career exploration, career management education, career management preparation, job/internship search, etc.) to students and alumni, including scheduling walk-in hours and student populations assignments. Provides leadership in setting uand enforcing coaching policies and standards. Contributes to annual performance reviews and employee management responsibilities. Collaborates with team on program development and execution.
• Develops career readiness resources, programs and partnerships to best serve Auburn Engineering graduate students.
• Manages all student preparation and experience with the Auburn University Co-op Program and Engineering Internship Program. This includes program marketing, program development, student preparation resources and tracking, co-op and internship role reporting, course registration, and resources and strategies for transition to and from work.
• Serves as a liaison to Career Discovery and Success regarding student career readiness resources and overall career development platforms.
• Serves as a liaison to best support navigating undergraduate research opportunities with students, which includes serving on committees, working with Associate Deans of Undergraduate and Graduate Studies, and providing insight on the student experience as they navigate seeking undergraduate research.
• Partners with Corporate Relations team to best support interactions, engagements and programming between engineering students and employers.

• Master's Degree in Administration of Higher Education or related field and 7 years of experience in career services or career counseling in a university or college setting. Must have at least 1 year of leading, supervising, and mentoring a professional team.

• Knowledge of career development models and approaches to professional development programming.
• Strong leadership skills.
• Proficiency in writing solicitation letters and proposal materials and creating/managing budgets.
• Well-developed communication skills, both written and verbal, and an aptitude for public speaking, excellent computer skills, well-developed organizational and interpersonal skills.

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