ARTS & SCIENCES; DEAN (BL-ARSD-IUBLA)

The Indiana University Bloomington Walter Center for Career Achievement provides top-quality career education programming and services to Indiana University College of Arts & Sciences students to help them transfer their diverse passions and talents into successful and rewarding careers.

Department-Specific Responsibilities

• Serves as a key Walter Center representative in the Faculty Fellows program by providing insight, guidance, and perspective on the Walter Center services and approaches to student career support.
• Coordinates communication with Faculty Fellows throughout their participation in the Fellowship program.
• Manages faculty requests for Walter Center classroom support, including classroom presentations, and overview and explanation of Walter Center services, platforms, and resources.
• Collaborates with the Associate Director - Career Studio and the Senior Associate Director of Strategic Alumni Initiatives on faculty classroom initiatives involving the Career Studio or alumni participation.

General Responsibilities

• Assists with professional and career development of students and alumni through career assessments, exploration, decision-making, goal setting, and planning.
• Focuses efforts on resume building, interview skill development, mock interview, and job search preparation and navigation; graduate school application and interview preparation through counseling appointments and consultations.
• Develops and delivers workshops on career development which include networking strategies, interviewing, resume and cover letter writing skills, portfolio development, and using the internet for career search.
• Supports faculty and students with career exploration, internships, job shadow experiences, presentations, and facilitation of resources available for career development.
• Serves on various community and institutional committees to build partnerships across the university and among comparable universities to build knowledge base.
• Assists in the process of collecting and tracking data for office assessment purposes.
• Utilizes data to assist in the creation of office objectives and goals to meet the needs of the student population.
• Works through issues with a variety of stakeholders: students, employers, alumni, and faculty.
• Identifies and capitalizes on connections between groups of stakeholders and leverage those connections in unique ways through events and interactions.
• May provide guidance and delegate administrative tasks to other career services staff.
• May make process recommendations for improved operational efficiency.

Combinations of related education and experience may be considered. Education beyond the minimum required may be substituted for work experience. Work experience beyond the minimum required may be substituted for education.

EDUCATION

Required

• Bachelor's degree in business or related field

Preferred

• Master's degree in related field

WORK EXPERIENCE

Required

• 2 years in career consulting or related field

SKILLS

Required

• Proficient written and verbal communication skills
• Maintains a high degree of professionalism
• Demonstrated time management and priority setting skills
• Demonstrates a high commitment to quality
• Possesses flexibility to work in a fast paced, dynamic environment
• Seeks to acquire knowledge in area of specialty
• Highly thorough and dependable
• Demonstrates a high level of accuracy, even under pressure
• Counseling skills, program development skills, understanding of college student success, knowledge of career development services in higher education, ability to interpret career assessments

This role requires the ability to effectively communicate and to operate a computer and other standard office productivity equipment. The position involves sedentary work as well as periods of time moving around an office environment and the campus. The person in this role must be able to perform the essential functions with or without an accommodation.

Bloomington, Indiana

$53,000 Annually

For full-time staff employees, Indiana University offers a wide array of benefits including:

• Multiple plan options for medical insurance
• Dental insurance
• Health Savings Account with generous IU contribution
• Life insurance, LTD, and AD&D options
• Base retirement plan contribution from IU, subject to vesting
• Additional supplemental retirement plan options
• Tuition benefit for IU classes
• 10 paid holidays per year
• Generous Paid Time Off
• Paid Parental Leave
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Learn more about our benefits by reviewing our online Benefits Brochure.

Career Level: Career

FLSA: Exempt

Job Function: Student Services

Job Family: Career Services

This posting is scheduled to close at 11:59 pm EST on the advertised Close Date. This posting may be closed at any time at the discretion of the University, but will remain open for a minimum of 5 business days. To guarantee full consideration, please submit your application within 5 business days of the Posted Date.

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