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ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, MBA CAREER MANAGEMENT

Salary:

Minimum $58,000 ANNUAL (12 months)
Depending on Qualifications
The employee in this position can expect to receive benefits such as generous vacation, holidays, and paid time off; competitive insurances and savings accounts; retirement benefits.

Job Summary:

The Wisconsin School of Business (WSB) seeks an outcome-oriented Assistant Director, MBA Career Management to join our growing team! In this role, you will work with MBA (5-7 years of experience) and Masters (0-3 years of experience) students in the areas of marketing, technology and supply chain. Our MBA and Masters students hail from across the globe and join our programs with diverse and interesting work and life experience-including veterans and underrepresented minority students. Their shared goals for attending our programs are career enhancement-either changing careers completely ('career switcher') or advancing in their current industry or functional role. This position supports our student's career progression, through delivering workshops and programs, one-to-one coaching, partnering with WSB Knowledge Centers, engaging WSB alumni, and more! If you are detail-oriented, enjoy varied work activities throughout the day, like working with different groups of people, and want to take ownership of specific projects while also working within a close-knit team, this job is for you!

Responsibilities:

Coordinates and delivers career development programming, resource materials, and/or advising to students and alumni. Educates students, alumni, and other stakeholders about career development and opportunities and maintains relationships to aid in effective career planning. Supervises unit staff and/or has significant program management authority/responsibility, and strives to create a welcoming, equitable, and inclusive work environment.
  • 45% Educates or advises students and recent alumni individually, or in groups through various mediums about career exploration, self-assessment, skills, materials development, and career decisions
  • 25% Develops and delivers career development programming and resource materials across various mediums to provide education to students
  • 15% Responds to questions and provides information regarding student services, policies, procedures, and employment preparation
  • 5% May identify and maintain a professional network of employers or other stakeholders to facilitate career exploration and employment opportunities for students
  • 5% Participates in campus-wide career services community providing input to leadership regarding the development of advising, recruitment, and co/curricular programs offered by the school/college/unit
  • 5% Supervises unit staff and/or plans, organizes, allocates resources, assesses performance, and leads the operational activities for a significant portion of the unit's career services portfolio
Institutional Statement on Diversity:

Diversity is a source of strength, creativity, and innovation for UW-Madison. We value the contributions of each person and respect the profound ways their identity, culture, background, experience, status, abilities, and opinion enrich the university community. We commit ourselves to the pursuit of excellence in teaching, research, outreach, and diversity as inextricably linked goals.

The University of Wisconsin-Madison fulfills its public mission by creating a welcoming and inclusive community for people from every background - people who as students, faculty, and staff serve Wisconsin and the world.

For more information on diversity and inclusion on campus, please visit: Diversity and Inclusion

Education:

Required
Bachelor's Degree

Preferred
Master's Degree

Qualifications:

The position requires a minimum of three years of professional experience in the areas of higher education, employer relations, human resources, or a related field.

Well qualified candidates will also possess experience in/with:
- Career advising, recruitment and employment/workforce. Working with MBA populations is highly desired.
- A growth environment, where building new systems and processes and thinking in terms of
enhancing organizational outcomes is one factor underlying your approach to work.
- Proven effectiveness in delivering career-related workshops of varying topics across multiple
communication mediums.
- Routinely working with student data - inputting into online management systems, analyzing,
running reports, and using insights for decision making.
- Exceptional oral and written communication, public speaking, customer service skills and
effectiveness working individually, on a team, and across stakeholder groups.

COVID-19 Considerations:

UW-Madison continues to follow necessary health and safety protocols to protect our campus from COVID-19. All employees remain subject to the COVID-19 Workplace Safety Policy: https://policy.wisc.edu/library/UW-5086 . Please visit https://covidresponse.wisc.edu for the most up-to-date information.

Work Type:

Full Time: 100%

This position may require some work to be performed in-person, onsite, at a designated campus work location. Some work may be performed remotely, at an offsite, non-campus work location.

Appointment Type, Duration:

Ongoing/Renewable


Additional Information:

Please note that successful applicants are responsible for ensuring their eligibility to work in the United States (i.e. a citizen or national of the United States, a lawful permanent resident, a foreign national authorized to work in the United States without need of employer sponsorship) on or before the effective date of appointment.

Diversity and inclusion are primary values for the Wisconsin School of Business and are integral to achieving our strategic goals. We seek candidates with an awareness of and commitment to the principles of diversity and inclusion across all spectrums. Our school is committed to continuously increasing the cultural competence of its staff and faculty members through school-wide forums and professional development opportunities.

How to Apply:

Please complete the online application and attach a cover letter addressing your qualifications and experiences specifically relating to the responsibilities of this position as described along with a comprehensive resume.

Our search committee will review all application materials after the posted deadline. We will notify selected applicants to participate further in the selection process directly. We will notify all applicants once the search is completed and we have selected a top candidate. As applicants move on to next steps in the process, they will be asked to provide names and contact information (e-mail address, phone number, and mailing address) of at least three references.

Contact:

Tianwei Miller
tianwei.miller@wisc.edu
608-263-2259
Relay Access (WTRS): 7-1-1 (out-of-state: TTY: 800.947.3529, STS: 800.833.7637) and above Phone number (See RELAY_SERVICE for further information. )

Official Title:

Career Development Manager(AE079)

Department(s):

A128200-WISCONSIN SCH OF BUSINESS/MBA & MASTER'S PROGRAMS

Employment Class:

Academic Staff-Renewable

Job Number:

261995-AS



The University of Wisconsin is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. We promote excellence through diversity and encourage all qualified individuals to apply.

If you need to request an accommodation because of a disability, you can find information about how to make a request at the following website: https://employeedisabilities.wisc.edu/disability-accommodation-information-for-applicants/

Employment will require a criminal background check. It will also require you and your references to answer questions regarding sexual violence and sexual harassment.

The University of Wisconsin System will not reveal the identities of applicants who request confidentiality in writing, except that the identity of the successful candidate will be released. See Wis. Stat. sec. 19.36(7).

The Annual Security and Fire Safety Report contains current campus safety and disciplinary policies, crime statistics for the previous 3 calendar years, and on-campus student housing fire safety policies and fire statistics for the previous 3 calendar years. UW-Madison will provide a paper copy upon request; please contact the University of Wisconsin Police Department .

Applications Open: Jun 30 2022 Central Daylight Time
Applications Close: Dec 8 2022 11:55 PM Central Standard Time

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