Career Counselor
- Employer
- Bard College
- Location
- New York, United States
- Salary
- Salary Commensurate with experience
- Date posted
- Oct 3, 2020
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- Position Type
- Administrative, Business & Administrative Affairs, Financial Affairs, Student Affairs, Financial Aid
- Employment Level
- Administrative
- Employment Type
- Full Time
Bard College seeks a Career Counselor. This is a full-time, exempt, 12 month per year position. The Career Counselor provides career advising and job search support to undergraduate students at a liberal arts college. The Career Counselor must be able to work in a fast-paced office that is student-centered and job recruiting and career events driven. Bard College has transformed its student body in terms of socioeconomic status, ethnicity, and nationality. Our ideal candidate will excel at supporting a community that is broadly diverse in terms of race, ethnicity, nationality, gender, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, and religion and will have demonstrated success with providing career development services to a diverse group of students.
Bard College’s main campus is in Annandale-on-Hudson, NY with
1900 undergraduate students; the campus also features multiple
graduate programs. The 1000 acre campus sits along the Hudson
River and offers the Fisher Performing Arts Center, the Hessel
Museum of Art, as well as the home of the Bard Prison Initiative,
the largest college degree granting prison education program in the
U.S. The Bard Network also includes several Bard High School
Early Colleges across the country as well as five international
campuses and partnerships. The Bard Network is complex and
demonstrates Bard’s priorities well in addition to the College’s
emphasis on civic engagement.
Bard College is a private institution working in the public
interest. Bard faculty and staff lead their students by example,
building upon the existing network of boundary-breaking programs
focussed on rethinking who can and should be included in this kind
of education.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES:
The Career advisor will play a large role in developing and overseeing on-campus partnerships with faculty and other key areas on campus to enhance and provide strategic programming. Additionally, the Career advisor will work closely with the entire CDO staff to help facilitate the many recruiting events, interviews, and panel discussions that focus on job and internship opportunities. 60% of the job involves individual career advising and all post-graduate career preparation, and 40% focuses on programming and career readiness development, including developing campus-wide partnerships across departments and student clubs, creating workshops and speaker series, as well as contributing to our current programs. Knowledge of and experience in administering personality assessments and interest inventories is a plus in working with students to explore career options.
This position requires a solid understanding of career advising and the functions of a college career office. The Career advisor delivers one-on-one advising to students and must be able to assist students in translating a liberal arts education into the world of work. Knowledge of careers in Communications and Media; International Affairs, Human Rights NGOs and Foreign Service; Environmental Studies, Urban Planning and Architecture related jobs are a plus in working with students interested in careers in these job markets. Meeting one on one with students, assisting with our annual recruiting consortiums, and giving workshops on relevant career topics are an integral part of the job.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
-
Experience working with college-age
students in an advising capacity
Develop connections with diverse
groups of students across campus
Plan and deliver career panels,
career information events and site visits including managing
details of these events
Design and deliver curricular
materials to orient and engage students, faculty and internship
partners through digital and traditional means.
Develop seamless systems to engage
and position students for success in their internships and
experiential learning opportunities
Collaborate to develop/utilize
assessment tools to analyze and monitor student career development
progress; recommends various enhancements to improve students
experiences; as well as analyzes job
market trends to determine solutions in response to market
conditions
Interface with campus organizations
and staff to coordinate career programming
Research and connect to prospective
employers of interest
Support End of Year reporting and
collection of data
Create effective workshops on
relevant career topics
Build relationships with campus
partners and faculty
Meet one-on-one with students
Collaboratively hire, supervise and
train our student peer career advisors
Perform occasional weekend and
evening work
Other job duties, as assigned
REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS and ABILITIES:
-
B.A. required and a master’s degree
in Counseling, Higher Education, Social Work or related field is
preferred
Must exhibit excellent communication
skills to a diverse group of internal and external audiences.
Demonstrated success working with and for diverse students,
faculty, staff, and alumni/ae
Strong time management, organization
skills, program management skills required
Knowledge of assessment tools
required
Excellent verbal and written
communication skills with the ability to represent the office and
present at public events and deliver effective workshops; can
successfully create career-related handouts, social media posts and
CDO correspondence
Excellent interpersonal skills
Ability to work under tight
deadlines, and collaborate with others,
Able to deliver creative programming
with minimal staff
Strong knowledge of CSMs required
experience with Handshake preferred
PHYSICAL DEMANDS:
-
Must be able to sit for extended
periods of time and work in standard office environment
Must be able to occasionally lift 20
pounds
Must be able to work occasional
weekends and evenings as needed
Please submit a cover letter, resume, and the names of three references through Interfolio.com at: http://apply.interfolio.com/77771
Bard College is an equal opportunity employer and we welcome applications from those who contribute to our diversity. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, mental, or physical disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, familial status, veteran status, or genetic information. Bard is committed to providing access, equal opportunity, and reasonable accommodation for all individuals in employment practices, services, programs, and activities.
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