Associate Director, Graduate Student Career Development
- Employer
- Princeton University
- Location
- New Jersey, United States
- Salary
- Salary Not specified
- Date posted
- Sep 13, 2022
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- Position Type
- Administrative, Student Affairs, Student Activities & Services
- Employment Level
- Administrative
- Employment Type
- Full Time
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Associate Director, Graduate Student Career Development
US-NJ-Princeton
Job ID: 2022-15482
Type: Full-Time
# of Openings: 1
Category: Student Affairs and Services
Princeton University
Overview
Overview The Associate Director, Graduate Student Career Development position focuses on advising, guidance, and programming on all aspects of career planning and development of graduate students for careers inside and outside academe. Reporting to the Senior Associate Director for Graduate Student Career Development, the Associate Director serves as a key relationship builder with major stakeholders across campus. The person in this role has direct responsibility for creating and implementing engagement and outreach initiatives by collaborating with campus partners to capture and respond to evolving graduate student career interests and needs. This position also involves collaborating broadly within the Career Development team. The Associate Director advises graduate students according to our student-centered career advising philosophy that aligns with our office’s model focused on self-exploration and lifelong career management. This holistic model involves both one-on-one career advising and an educational/curricular framework. In addition to providing one-on-one advising for graduate students, the person in this role designs and facilitates career education and skill-building programs for graduate students and contributes to the development and maintenance of our office career resources for graduate students. This role will be in-person in the Center for Career Development offices.
Responsibilities
Responsibilities Graduate Student Career Advising & Programming (60%)
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Provide personalized
career advising for graduate students via one-on-one in-person and
virtual (phone/Zoom) advising appointments on career-related
concerns inside and outside academe.
Meet individually or
in groups with graduate students to provide coaching and advising
to help graduate students clarify values, interests, skills, and
strengths.
Educate graduate
students on significant employment trends within and beyond
academe.
Assist graduate
students with developing action plans and follow-up strategies
based on a series of progressive meetings.
Collaborate with the
Employer Engagement team to develop and implement programs and
resources that connect grad students with employers, such as the
Undercover Bosses program and the Bring a Ph.D. to Work
series.
Collaborate with the
Alumni Engagement and Experiential Learning team to create programs
and resources that connect graduate alumni with graduate students,
such as the From Ph.D. to Workplace panel series.
Create and implement a
wide range of engaging, informative, and actionable programs on
topics ranging from exploring careers to preparing for the academic
job search to interviewing and negotiating job offers for graduate
students.
Actively collaborate
with graduate academic departments and student organizations to
identify changing career needs of graduate students and design and
implement career education and skill-building programs tailored to
specific graduate student groups or a requested department.
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Serve as a primary
liaison to graduate academic departments and student organizations
at Princeton University for graduate student career
development.
Develop, maintain, and
enhance relationships with graduate faculty and departmental staff,
primarily directors of graduate studies, job placement officers,
graduate program administrators, and student department
representatives.
Build and cultivate
relationships across campus with
graduate student
groups and centers on campus serving graduate students.
Connect with
underserved graduate student populations across campus through
outreach initiatives.
Help develop a
prioritized list of campus outreach targets and implement outreach
strategies to ensure that all Princeton graduate students have
access to meaningful career exploration and opportunities.
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Oversee and maintain
campus engagement data in the office's Salesforce instance.
Use data to assess
outreach/program impact and areas for continuous improvement.
Participate in
assessment projects to conduct a broader survey or focus-group
interviews to understand Princeton graduate students’ career
development experiences.
Qualifications
Qualifications
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Master’s Degree
required; Ph.D. strongly preferred
Minimum of three years
of professional experience in career counseling/advising and
program development in a higher education setting required; two or
more years of experience in graduate student advising strongly
preferred
Ability to implement a
developmental, goal-oriented, and student-centered approach to
advising graduate students
Excellent
communication and interpersonal skills to deliver effective career
presentations, and build internal and external relationships
Experience in working
with and supporting underrepresented populations, and deep
commitment to advancing diversity and inclusion goals
Proven track record
and experience in cultivating connections, program planning and
execution, and group facilitation and engagement with a strategic
mindset to create value and impact
Demonstrated passion
or/and experience in creating innovative programming reflecting the
changing needs of graduate students and the world of work inside
and outside academe
Experience gathering
and analyzing data to inform decisions
Ability to solve
problems and make decisions in a timely and effective manner
Broader familiarity
with career assessments (MBTI and CliftonStrengths) preferred
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