Associate Director, Career Services

POSITION SUMMARY:

Provide career advising and programming to undergraduate, graduate students, and alumni of the University of Richmond's School of Arts and Sciences, Jepson School of Leadership, and Robins School of Business. Serve as the department's lead representative to the Robins School of Business. Develop relationships with campus and external constituents including employers, alumni, faculty/staff and parents to fulfill the goals and mission of Career Services (CS).

JOB DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES:

Career Advising and Programming

• Coordinate and lead career advising efforts for students interested in finance and accounting careers.
• Advise students about career exploration, experiential learning pathways, and search strategies for internships, jobs, and graduate school; advisement may occur through individual appointments, small group meetings, class presentations, and events (workshops, panels, summits, treks, etc.).
• Collaborate with team to develop presentations and material related to self-exploration, résumé writing, interviewing, internship/job search strategies, networking tactics, and developing trends in the workplace; update career development tools annually.
• Research and prepare career exploration topics, focusing especially on first- and second-year students.
• Administer and interpret personality and skills assessments (MBTI, STRONG, etc.)

Relationship Development

• Lead a strategic and coordinated approach to career services for the Robins School of Business, including formation of annual comprehensive business school career advising and programming goals.
• Serve as primary contact for the Director of Career Programs in Business and business faculty and staff. Serve as career services representative for business professional development programs and the Student Advisory Council.
• Serve as advising liaison to the finance and accounting industries as well as other assigned industries/professions. In collaboration with the employer development team, devise and implement content strategy for assigned areas with the goal of diversifying and expanding total employment prospects for students.
• Collaborate with the communications and programs team to effectively market opportunities to students and alumni.
• Serve on University committees as assigned.

Administration

• Lead regular meetings with the Robins School of Business administration, faculty and staff to drive progress toward shared strategic career development initiatives.
• Provide coaching, and feedback to direct report; contribute to onboarding efforts for new team members, including direct reports.
• In accordance with department practices, regularly prepare and follow-up on advising appointments and programs.

CONTACTS:

Internal-

• Students: advising
• Staff, faculty, and administrators: promote career-development services, develop opportunity leads, steward relationship and partnerships

External-

• Alumni: deliver advising and steward relationships
• Employers: learn about emerging trends, persuade to hire UR students or participate in career programs
• Parents/Families: Promote office services, answering questions about student experience and persuading to hire UR students
• Other university career centers, national, state, and regional professional associations: benchmark and monitor best practices

SUPERVISION EXERCISED:

Supervisory responsibility includes direct supervision of another team member. It may also include leading teams on various projects or initiatives, as well as supervision of student staff or graduate assistants.

WORKING CONDITIONS/PHYSICAL EFFORT:

Office environment with some evening and weekend work expected. Some domestic travel also required.

QUALIFICATIONS:

Knowledge, skills & ability

• Knowledge of finance and accounting early recruitment practices and trends, as well as familiarity with career development and student development theories, research and practices.

• Ability to advise students, alumni and organizations
• Excellent written and verbal communication
• Extensive ability to collaborate and develop relationships with a wide range of constituents
• Supervision and leadership skills
• Outcomes assessment, learning outcomes and evaluation strategies
• Outstanding teamwork abilities
• Knowledge and commitment to inclusive practice in higher education
• Innovation and creativity in program development, processes, relationship development and other functions of the position
• Development of metrics and methods for continuous improvement of processes, goals, and strategies
• Proven presentation, group facilitation, and teaching skills
• MBTI and Strong Interest Inventory certification preferred

Education & experience:

• Minimum five years of experience in finance, accounting, career services, or college recruiting
• Master's degree strongly preferred, ideally in business, higher education administration, or counseling
  

Work Hours:

• Full Time, Exempt
• 38.75/hours weekly, 7.75 hours/daily

Salary information:

• Pay Grade 8 ($68,474.00 to $90,730.00)

***For full consideration, candidates must complete an online application, attach a resume, and a cover letter briefly addressing the questions below***

Please provide brief answers to the following questions. Each response should be 200 words or less.

The successful candidate will serve as the primary career advisor for students interested in finance and accounting careers (primarily investment banking, sales and trading, research, investment management, wealth management, corporate finance, accounting, audit).

Describe your previous experience working with any of these areas.

• How would you advise a student seeking an internship in this field?
• Share your relationship-building approach in working with one of the following groups - clients, faculty/staff, alumni/employers.
• What has been one of your greatest successes in this area? T
• What are your salary requirements? Our pay range is ($68,474.00 to $90,730.00)