Assistant Dean for Global Careers

Johns Hopkins University has developed an ambitious vision of integrating cutting-edge approaches in career and life design, experiential learning, alumni mentoring, and employer development and engagement into the academic experience of all students to ensure their lifelong professional success.

For eight decades, students have come to the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) to learn from renowned faculty and distinguished policy practitioners, build their professional networks, and gain hands-on work experience. Today, SAIS carries on this tradition, preparing students for the emerging challenges of the 21st century. SAIS alumni number more than 20,000 graduates, a network of professionals working across the globe.

Reporting to the Vice Dean for Education and Academic Affairs and serving as a key member of the executive leadership team at the School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), the Assistant Dean for Global Careers will develop a vision, strategy, and plan for enhancing professional development, career advancement, alumni connection, employer engagement, mentoring opportunities, and ultimately, outcomes for all SAIS students and alumni. The Assistant Dean for Global Careers will work with colleagues, including the Assistant Dean for Academic Affairs, to deliver an experiential learning program that prepares students for their future careers.

The Assistant Dean for Global Careers will:

• Lead a team of career educators and practitioners to empower every student to pursue their professional ambitions and career advancement opportunities regardless of background, or social capital.
• Apply data-driven decision making and deep knowledge of employment trends to enhance employer connections, alumni engagement, and career design programs to achieve equitable career outcomes for students and alumni.
• Partner with faculty, staff, and career offices across the university to maximize internship and employment opportunities, mentoring connections, and relevant information for SAIS students and alumni.
• Provide guidance and leadership to the team of Global Careers professionals to deliver exceptional career services and programs to students, alumni, and employers and achieve strong employment outcomes.

Specific duties & responsibilities:

Leadership

• Hire, train, supervise, and motivate a team of career educators and practitioners to develop a positive and equitable professional development experience for all students and alumni through courses, workshops, programs, content, and digital resources to help students and alumni achieve their life ambitions.
• Engage in social media, digital outlets, and academic and professional journals and associations to enhance the brand of SAIS and Global Careers, and improve career outcomes for students and alumni.

Employer Development

• In partnership with the office of Hire Hopkins, design a robust employer outreach program with deep knowledge of multiple distinct job markets, establishing an understanding of internship and employment timelines, expectations, and best practices.
• Foster and maintain strong employer connections in the fields that SAIS students are interested in, including government, non-profit, education, and private sectors.

Data-driven programming and strategy

• Develop a strategy of integrating career readiness, alumni connections, employer engagement, and career and life design into the academic and co-curricular experience of all students.
• Collaborate with colleagues, including the Assistant Dean for Academic Affairs, to create an experiential learning program that prepares students for future employment.
• Create career programs and services that suit the unique needs of students and alumni based on areas of academic interests.

Collaboration

• Cultivate and strengthen relationships with colleagues across the school, dedicating special attention to the partnership with SAIS Development and Alumni Relations, Hopkins Connect, and Hire Hopkins. Other partners include, but are not limited to, academic leadership, academic advising, online and distance learning, and international services.
• Develop strategic relationships with key academic leaders (dean, vice deans, program directors, faculty, etc.) to monitor and assess the effective implementation of career and professional development for students and alumni.
• Meet regularly with administrators at the university whose offices also provide career and life design as well as mentoring and employer engagement to encourage coordination and identify the intersections of programs and initiatives.
• Engage with faculty, alumni, and employers to increase mentoring, experiential learning, and career opportunities for students and alumni.
• Collaborate with leaders of Hire Hopkins, Hopkins Connect, PHutures, and career and life design offices to build and maintain a network of employers and mentors across varied careers who can attend courses, programs, and networking events.

Data Collection & Analysis

• In coordination with the VP of Institutional Research and the VP for Integrative Learning and Life Design, collect, analyze, and report data relative to students and alumni career outcomes, engagement in internship and mentoring, and satisfaction with career and life design courses, programs, and services.

The Ideal Candidate

• The ideal candidate has direct industry experience in recruiting and/or academic experience in employer development and engagement. Candidates with strong connections in employment sectors of interest to SAIS students are highly desirable.
• The ideal candidate is visionary, strategic, entrepreneurial, data savvy, outcomes driven, strong in planning and execution, comfortable with leading programs and activities with various groups, and skilled at developing relationships and connections with stakeholders.
• The idea candidate is an effective user of social media and digital outlets to engage multiple audiences, increase impact, build partnerships with employers and alumni.

Minimum Qualifications

• Master’s degree required.
• 7 years recent direct experience within government, non-profit, think tanks, corporate setting, or higher education.
• The successful candidate will have proven leadership skills and expertise in one of the following: recruiting, university-employer relations, alumni relations/fundraising, sales, or business development, knowledge of labor market trends, and familiarity with highly selective college or university settings.
• Strong multicultural competency; extensive experience and working knowledge in diversity, equity, and inclusion.
• Previous experience in high-level leadership, staff supervision, and budget and systems management.

Preferred qualifications

• A proven track record of success in recruiting or education-to-job transitions is highly desirable.
• Leadership in the areas of business development, recruiting, data management, and training and development is desirable.

Special knowledge, skills, and abilities

• By way of experience, evidence of ability to develop and execute programs, courses, events, and content to scale impact across various constituent groups.
• By way of experience, evidence of ability to engage, teach, and energize various constituent groups.
• Knowledge of higher educational leadership and administration, higher education structure and governance and factors that affect decision making at private research institutions.
• Understanding of nationally recognized practices, trends, and procedures for university career and life design, especially the unique needs of students and alumni.
• Ability to translate student experiences to employment as evidenced by prior experience in either a government, non-profit, education, or private sector setting.
• Demonstrated skill in fostering new institutional relationships, and marshaling professional networks with faculty, senior administrators, employers, and alumni.
• Experience in developing and implementing effective assessment methods and articulating strategic priorities.
• Ability to provide energetic leadership, with competency to develop and execute a vision, and effectively manage, supervise, and develop staff.
• Ability to work effectively with persons from diverse backgrounds to promote an inclusive campus and community culture.
• Demonstrated skill in effective negotiation, building consensus and influencing institutional decisions.
• Be influential and manage change in a highly decentralized institution.
• Analyze information and situations and make independent judgments and decisions.
• Listen and communicate convincingly in written and verbal formats.
• Effectively and creatively utilize social media to increase engagement and influence public opinion.
• Manage and delegate workload and workflow under the pressure of deadlines.
• Set priorities in a complex environment and represent the institution’s perspective to external entities.

Classified Title: Assistant Dean-MGM
Working Title: Assistant Dean for Global Careers
Role/Level/Range: ADMOFF/01/EX
Starting Salary Range:
Employee group: Full Time
Schedule: 8:30 am - 5:00 pm
Exempt Status: Exempt
Location: 01-DC:District of Columbia
Department name: 10000935-Global Careers
Personnel area: SAIS

Please refer to the job description above to see which forms of equivalency are permitted for this position. If permitted, equivalencies will follow these guidelines:
30 undergraduate degree credits (semester hours) or 18 graduate degree credits may substitute for one year of experience. Additional related experience may substitute for required education on the same basis. For jobs where equivalency is permitted, up to two years of non-related college course work may be applied towards the total minimum education/experience required for the respective job.

The successful candidate(s) for this position will be subject to a pre-employment background check.

The Johns Hopkins University values diversity, equity and inclusion and advances these through our key strategic framework, the JHU Roadmap on Diversity and Inclusion.

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All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

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The following additional provisions may apply, depending on campus. Your recruiter will advise accordingly.

The pre-employment physical for positions in clinical areas, laboratories, working with research subjects, or involving community contact requires documentation of immune status against Rubella (German measles), Rubeola (Measles), Mumps, Varicella (chickenpox), Hepatitis B and documentation of having received the Tdap (Tetanus, diphtheria, pertussis) vaccination. This may include documentation of having two (2) MMR vaccines; two (2) Varicella vaccines; or antibody status to these diseases from laboratory testing. Blood tests for immunities to these diseases are ordinarily included in the pre-employment physical exam except for those employees who provide results of blood tests or immunization documentation from their own health care providers. Any vaccinations required for these diseases will be given at no cost in our Occupational Health office.

Note: Job Postings are updated daily and remain online until filled.

The successful candidate(s) for this position will be subject to a pre-employment background check.

If you are interested in applying for employment with The Johns Hopkins University and require special assistance or accommodation during any part of the pre-employment process, please contact the HR Business Services Office at jhurecruitment@jhu.edu. For TTY users, call via Maryland Relay or dial 711.

The following additional provisions may apply depending on which campus you will work. Your recruiter will advise accordingly.

During the Influenza ("the flu") season, as a condition of employment, The Johns Hopkins Institutions require all employees who provide ongoing services to patients or work in patient care or clinical care areas to have an annual influenza vaccination or possess an approved medical or religious exception. Failure to meet this requirement may result in termination of employment.

The pre-employment physical for positions in clinical areas, laboratories, working with research subjects, or involving community contact requires documentation of immune status against Rubella (German measles), Rubeola (Measles), Mumps, Varicella (chickenpox), Hepatitis B and documentation of having received the Tdap (Tetanus, diphtheria, pertussis) vaccination. This may include documentation of having two (2) MMR vaccines; two (2) Varicella vaccines; or antibody status to these diseases from laboratory testing. Blood tests for immunities to these diseases are ordinarily included in the pre-employment physical exam except for those employees who provide results of blood tests or immunization documentation from their own health care providers. Any vaccinations required for these diseases will be given at no cost in our Occupational Health office.

Equal Opportunity Employer
Note: Job Postings are updated daily and remain online until filled.

EEO is the Law
Learn more:
https://www1.eeoc.gov/employers/upload/eeoc_self_print_poster.pdf
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