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Career Services Manager

Employer
USC Rossier School of Education
Location
Los Angeles, California
Salary
Up to $95,000 per year plus benefits.
Date posted
Sep 7, 2022

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Position Type
Administrative, Student Affairs, Career Services
Employment Level
Administrative
Employment Type
Full Time

Career Services Manager

 

USC and the Rossier School of Education

The University of Southern California (USC), founded in 1880, is a world-class research university located on a beautiful campus near the heart of downtown Los Angeles. USC is the largest private employer in the City of Los Angeles and is a spirited and committed community of educators and leaders.  As an employee of USC, you will be a member of the "Trojan Family," which is comprised of the faculty, students, and staff that make the university what it is today and those who will curate its future.

 

Position Description

USC’s Rossier School of Education seeks a career service professional to serve as Rossier’s Manager of Career Services. The role will lead the creation and implementation of resources, services, tools, and programming to meet the career-counseling needs of Rossier graduate and undergraduate students and alumni. The Manager advises students with appropriate career-planning and management strategies and job search skills, serves as a subject matter expert for specific job functions and industries, and partners with Rossier’s student groups and the faculty and staff of our academic programs to advance, coordinate and implement career services programs and activities.

Job Responsibilities

  • Lead the creation and implementation of resources, services, tools, and programming to meet the career-counseling needs of students and alumni for competitive, changing job markets and environments. Partner with student groups and academic programs to advance, coordinate and implement programs and activities.
  • Maximize Rossier’s career services’ quality and visibility to students and employers. Collaborate with senior staff to support organizational mission and strategic change, performing benchmarking and research for best practices. Represent career services at student and faculty meetings and relevant professional organization meetings and conferences.
  • Provide leadership in assessing student career readiness. Advise students and alumni, one-on-one and in small and large groups, with appropriate career management strategies and job search skills. Assist with career development plans matching student interests, current marketplace hiring trends, and demands.
  • Serve as subject matter expert for specific job functions and industries, leveraging personal, corporate and industry experience. Collaborate with other managers to implement programs supporting networking and outreach events and activities. Maintain currency with career, hiring, and employment trends in various industries and job markets, including but not limited to the K-12 and higher education fields.
  • Promote an environment that fosters inclusive relationships and creates unbiased opportunities for contributions through ideas, words, and actions that uphold the principles of the USC Code of Ethics.

 

Preferred Education: Master’s degree in business administration, counseling, higher education, human resources, or related field

Preferred Experience: 9 years

Preferred Field of Expertise: Six years’ career services, counseling or human resources experience in a corporate or higher education environment. Leadership and guidance skills, with the proven ability to manage, balance and prioritize different tasks and projects. Demonstrated experience interacting with diverse groups, exercising diplomacy, good judgment, and discretion.

 

Advanced knowledge of employer recruiting strategies, job market trends, and occupational, career, and employment information sources. Superior level of professionalism, exceptional attention to detail, and exemplary written and oral communication, presentation, and public-speaking skills. Proven business savvy, interpersonal skills, and ability to deliver quality services, and passion as it relates to impact on outcomes. In-depth knowledge of federal immigration regulations, interpreting and providing guidance as to their pertinence to international students.

 

Minimum Education: Master's degree

Minimum Experience: 5 years

Minimum Field of Expertise: Professional placement experience in industry or education providing a thorough knowledge of the field

                                                  

USC is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, or any other characteristic protected by law or USC policy. USC will consider for employment all qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring ordinance. We provide reasonable accommodations to applicants and employees with disabilities. Applicants with questions about access or requiring a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process should contact USC Human Resources by phone at (213) 821-8100, or by email at uschr@usc.edu.  Inquiries will be treated as confidential to the extent permitted by law.

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If interested, please apply at this link: https://usccareers.usc.edu/job/los-angeles/career-services-manager/1209/27016922912

 

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